Victim, released August 31, 1961 in the United Kingdom, is the first English-speaking film to explicitly name homosexuality and deal with it "sympathetically". It helped with changing attitudes towards LGBT persons in Great Britain.
Dirk Bogarde stars as a successful barrister in London and is blackmailed for being gay. Upon its release, it was considered controversial to the British Board of Film Censors, and the American Motion Picture Production Code refused a seal of approval. It received critical acclaim and is now considered a British classic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_(1961_film)#Critical_reception
No comments:
Post a Comment