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Queer disorientations in Only the Brave, Head On, and Blessed
Studies in Australasian Cinema Pub Date : 2022-07-04 , DOI: 10.1080/17503175.2022.2095160
Kelly McWilliam 1 , Jessica Gildersleeve 1
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ABSTRACT

In this article, we explore the orientation of queer bodies to the city – and to Lisa French’s (2013) motif of ‘looking from the largely industrialised west at the city’ in particular – in three films directed by Ana Kokkinos: Only the Brave (1994), Head On (1998), and Blessed (2009). In doing so, we take up Sara Ahmed’s queer phenomenological approach to focus on Alex (played by Elena Mandalis) in Only the Brave; Ari (played by Alex Dimitriades) in Head On; and Arthur/‘Roo’ (played by Eamon Farren) in Blessed. We argue that when each queer protagonist looks to the city they are not only multiply disoriented, their disorientations are also specifically triggered by earlier enunciations of queer desire. We argue that these physical, psychological, temporal, and spatial disorientations serve multiple purposes across these films. They symbolise the phenomenological disorientations of queer embodiment; disorientate viewers to offer them a queer spectatorial opportunity; and proffer the ‘hope of new directions’ [Ahmed, Sara. 2006b. Queer Phenomenology. Durham, NC: Duke UP] in the depiction of queerness in Australian cinema.



中文翻译:

《只有勇敢的人》、《勇往直前》和《幸福的人》中的奇怪迷失方向

摘要

在这篇文章中,我们在 Ana Kokkinos 执导的三部电影中探讨了酷儿身体对城市的定位——尤其是 Lisa French(2013 年)“从工业化程度很高的西部看城市”的主题:只有勇敢者( 1994 年)、迎面而来(1998 年)和祝福(2009 年)。在这样做的过程中,我们采用了萨拉·艾哈迈德的酷儿现象学方法来关注《勇敢者》中的亚历克斯(由埃琳娜·曼达利斯饰演阿里(Alex Dimitriades饰演)在《迎面而来》中;和 Arthur/'Roo'(由 Eamon Farren 饰演)在Blessed. 我们认为,当每个酷儿主角注视着城市时,他们不仅会迷失方向,而且他们的迷失方向也特别是由早期对酷儿欲望的表达引发的。我们认为,这些身体、心理、时间和空间的迷失方向在这些电影中有多种用途。它们象征着酷儿化身的现象学迷失方向;让观众迷失方向,为他们提供一个奇怪的观看机会;并提供“新方向的希望”[Ahmed, Sara。2006b。酷儿现象学。北卡罗来纳州达勒姆:Duke UP] 在澳大利亚电影中对酷儿的描述。

更新日期:2022-07-04
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