DVD
Rock Hudson's home movies
Languages
In English, with optional French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Rock Hudson, Eric Farr.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2022]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (63 minutes) : sound, black and white with some color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Rock Hudson's Home Movies is a provocatively entertaining and hugely influential film essay from Mark Rappaport. It uses a collage of film clips from throughout Hudson's career, and a winking performance by Eric Farr as a Hudson stand-in, to highlight the homosexual subtext in his work. Subversive, hilarious, and profoundly enlightening, its use of video became a model for the future of film criticism as it mutated on YouTube, TikTok, and beyond.
Notes
Originally produced as a documentary film in 1992.
Includes four bonus films by Mark Rappaport: Blue streak (1971, 9 minutes), John Garfield (2003, 16 minutes), SERGEI / SIR GAY (2016, 36 minutes), Conrad Veidt - my life (2019, 60 minutes).