Pederastic filmography

This list includes movies depicting pederastic relationships or sentiment.

List

* "Satyricon", dir. Federico Fellini (Italy, 1969)
** based upon Petronius' "Satyricon". "Not surprisingly, pederasty in the Satyricon is said by Heinze to be a parody of the sentimental love of the Greek romances." [Gerald Sandy, "Satire in the Satyricon" in "The American Journal of Philology," Vol. 90, No. 3 (Jul., 1969), pp. 293-303]
* "Les Amis" ("The Friends"), dir. Gérard Blain (France, 1970).
**"This movie about a pederastic love is a real masterwork of rigor and pudor, like the best pictures of Bresson's cinema. Much dignity without the the facility and the glamour of the gay cinema that we know since two decades." [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065393/ Internet Movie Database] ]
* "Morte a Venezia" ("Death in Venice"), dir. Luchino Visconti (Italy, 1971)
** based on the novel by Thomas Mann. [From "Death in Venice," translated and edited by Clayton Koelb, Norton Critical Edition; p.93.]
* "Racconti di Canterbury" ("Canterbury Tales"), dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy, 1972)
** Part of his "Trilogy of Life". In the "Racconto del Frate" the camera follows two pederasts and their doings with a street boy. Fabio Frangini, "La “Trilogia della vita” di Pier Paolo Pasolini" "In seguito, dopo aver “osservato chi osserva”, lo Straniero si sostituisce al Delatore e spia dallo stesso buco tra i panneggi della tenda, cogliendo l’attimo in cui il pederasta povero sospende per un momento l’atto sessuale per addentare una mela e per offrirla al ragazzo sdraiato." [ [http://www.ilcorto.it/iCorti_AV/TESI_Fabio%20Frangini.htm Università degli Studi di Padova Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Dipartimento di Discipline Linguistiche, Comunicative e dello Spettacolo Sezione di Spettacolo, tesi di laurea, La “Trilogia della vita”di Pier Paolo Pasolini] ]
* "Voor een verloren soldaat" ("For A Lost Soldier"), dir. Roeland Kerbosch (The Netherlands, 1993) [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108504/ Internet Movie Database] ]
* "Gohatto" ("Taboo"), dir. Nagisa Oshima (Japan, 1999).
**"Akin to the ancient Greek ideals of pederasty, homosexual love in premodern Japan was not an affair among peers but an institutionalized relationship of mentoring and subordination." [ [http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/33/gohatto1.html Bright Lights Film Journal Andrew Grossman, July 2001-Issue 33] ]
* "L.I.E. (Long Island Expressway)", dir. Michael Cuesta (USA, 2001). [ [http://www.i-reports.info/m/M200201.html Interrogation Reports, Review of L.I.E., Terry L. Jeffress, 5 June 2002, retrieved 4/11/08] ]
*"", dir. Adi Sideman (USA, 1994)
** independent documentary consisting of interviews with members of NAMBLA. [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/434325/Chicken-Hawk-Men-Who-Love-Boys/overview New York Times Movies, retrieved: 4/11/08] ]
*"The History Boys (film)", dir. Alan Bennett (England, 2006)
**The History Boys is a British film released in October 2006. It was adapted from his play of the same name, which won the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play. [ [http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0464049/ The History Boys (2006) ] ]

ee also

* Pederasty
* List of films portraying paedophilia or sexual abuse of minors

Notes