the man who loved yngve, a film from norway
which has almost all smiths singles on the wall of the main character`s bedroom
saw it a while ago, now this week it gets a rerun in one of the hamburg`s cinema`s again
SYNOPSIS
November 1989. The Berlin wall collapses. In Stavanger Norway, Jarle Klepp has no idea that everything is about to change. So far he has got everything; the best girlfriend in the world and the world's coolest buddy. Together they will soon launch Stavanger's toughest punk band, Mathias Rust Band. But then Yngve, the new boy in class, appears and he starts to fall in love with him. A sparkling, dramatic, coming of age comedy, with music from some of the leading rock bands from the period, such as Stone Roses, The Cure, REM, Japan, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Joy Division. Based on the best selling book "I Loved Them All" by Tore Renberg.
according the the mainboard they wanted to use the smiths music but were refused..
the book mentions the smiths according to bike
this film is not he only film with a queer storyline: gregg araki `s the living end about two gay hiv positive men on a road trip-as they are running away from the law.
araki wanted to use morrissey`s music but was either refused or did cost too much so he settled for a kill uncle shirt instead.
then of course the wonderful "the bubble" from israel which is about an Palestinian and and an israeli falling in love with each other
3 times : in dialogue,clothing and interieur: one of the male character talking about his fave celeb crushes when he was a teen: "river phoenix , the one from psb and morrissey",
also was the character wearing a morrissey shirt
plus smiths covers were plastered all over the record store which he character was visiting.
screenwriter gal uchovsky mentions the smiths covers in the interview with moz 2008.
also a book with a queer storyline namedropps moz: emma donoghue "stirfry"
she mentions hearing cohen,dylan and morrissey on a party
,a brilliant book about a irish college student fresh who discovers her sexuality when she became a roommate of a lesbian couple.set in dublin and wonderful written.makes me yearn for visiting ireland...