Tim Streeter yearns for Doug Cooeyate on the streets of Portland, Oregon. Cooeyate is an illegal alien who speaks effectively no English.
There's a thin line between a romantic comedy and movie about a stalker, and Gus van Sant's first feature either doesn't see the distinction or is making fun of the genre. True enough, in classic Hollywood movies, the object of the leading man's lust is held to be the most beautiful woman, but that's obvious nonsense when Myrna Loy is playing a maid, or Jetta Goudal an acolyte. Heck, Garbo played support too. In any case, we can assume that Cooeyate
So what are we to make of this homosexual take on the matter? Is it simply different strokes for different folks, with a happy ending -- i.e., marriage -- barred because of the law? I think not. Streeter, although he speaks about friendship, never seems at all interested in that part of a relationship. Neither does anyone learn anything.
There's a thin line between a romantic comedy and movie about a stalker, and Gus van Sant's first feature either doesn't see the distinction or is making fun of the genre. True enough, in classic Hollywood movies, the object of the leading man's lust is held to be the most beautiful woman, but that's obvious nonsense when Myrna Loy is playing a maid, or Jetta Goudal an acolyte. Heck, Garbo played support too. In any case, we can assume that Cooeyate
So what are we to make of this homosexual take on the matter? Is it simply different strokes for different folks, with a happy ending -- i.e., marriage -- barred because of the law? I think not. Streeter, although he speaks about friendship, never seems at all interested in that part of a relationship. Neither does anyone learn anything.