, was made on a budget of £10k, while he was living in a friend’s garden shed. This is no secret: it’s brought up whenever anyone writes about Macqueen – because it’s the antithesis of the moneyed and glamorous mirage the mere mention of making movies evokes, but also because the necessity of discomfort and sacrifice to make art is an enduringly popular trope.
As well as the heavy-duty logistics that come with writing and directing any film, Macqueen had the added responsibility of navigating heavy and complex themes. The seedlings ofcame from an experience he had working with a woman in her fifties who changed dramatically during the same period. She was later diagnosed with early onset dementia and died.
The portrayal of Tusker and Sam is tender: a relationship based on respect and romance. But that they are a gay couple is incidental to the narrative – something Macqueen intended. “I’m really proud of the fact that the film represents same-sex love in the way that it does,” he says. “The film doesn’t mention their sexuality, no one ‘flags’ it up – it is just presented as is. That’s quite revolutionary in its own quiet way.
hazmacca hazmacca You, Stanley and Colin got it right and on loss, hopefully at not too much pain to yourselves. For instance the reaction to Tusker not being able to button is shirt, that is what it's like to watch a loved one slowly disappear. Each thing taken away is a defeat.
hazmacca haz. You, Stanley and Colin got it right, hopefully at not too much pain to yourselves. For instance the reaction to Tusker not being able to button is shirt, that is what it's like to watch a loved one slowly disappear