Hard-Hitting ‘Drown’ Movie Trailer Takes On Homophobia
Filed under: Movies, Patrick, Totally GAY!
Author: Patrick
Date: Aug 27, 2012
It’s a weird coincidence to me that just yesterday I wrote about three guys from an Australian reality show involved in a homophobic assault and today I come across this movie trailer that deals with the same sort of homophobic issues and also three perpetrators. The film is based on a play by Stephen Davis.
In the following movie trailer for the film directed by Dean Francis called Drown, three lifeguards have a crazy night out on the town and are looking to pickup some girls. They decide to go to the gay bar with the logic that lots of hot girls go there, but the night goes way off track with a combination of too much alcohol, ecstasy, homophobia, jealousy, and unrequited lust.
The trailer is incredibly intense and the film looks like it will definitely be worth watching. Get your first look below. The film is still raising money, but expected to hit theatres in 2013.
‘Drown’ Movie Trailer
For more information about the film, check out their site: www.drownthemovie.com
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Andrew
August 28th, 2012 at 4:50 am
Little too dark and intense for me…
Jeffrey Dean
August 28th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Based on the trailer, I won’t be seeing this movie either unless someone tells me the straight men some how are transformed in their beliefs, otherwise it is another movie similar to “Shank” and what’s the point of making another Shank or glorifying the violence against us. If you have been in a real gaybashing, I doubt this movie will be palpable.
Can we not make movies of hope that balance out the realities of gaybashing? The transformation from being a thug unable to face his sexual thoughts to understanding what’s that about for him IS a movie I’d watch and provides some education through film.
If somebody see this and can counter my point, I’ll see it as I’m open to it.
JO
August 29th, 2012 at 12:51 am
Another movie about killing gays? I hope this doesn’t get made.
Paul
November 19th, 2012 at 3:27 am
How can you guys watch this and say no to it based on a trailer? You wouldn’t watch it unless a magic transformation of character happened? That’s not life. Film (as art in general) often reflects reality. Perhaps the point is to show things as they are, not with a bow tying it up at the end. In that way, you hope those who see it are bothered by it and more likely to act, vs. getting their Hollywood ending and forgetting it the next day. Maybe seeing life “as is” will wake up some who might otherwise have no empathy for gays and have real life transformations vs. on screen ones (which would be the much better outcome).
Also, I don’t see how this in any way glorifies the violence. Are they having fun? Do the violent guys look cool? Seems to me it shows they’re closeted and scared and resort to numbing (pills and booze), rationalizing (the reason for going to a gay bar), and gay bashing to cover it up (as many do). In the trailer, I saw the guys get unhealthier looking, less stable, and less appealing the more violent they got, which is the opposite of glorifying violence.