US EditionMovie Review: 'On Swift Horses' is a fumbled queer tale set against atomic blasts
- On Swift Horses, adapted by Bryce Kass from Shannon Pufahl's novel, explores queer themes in a post-Korean War setting, emphasizing how dominant cultures suppress natural impulses.
- The film features a dangerous love triangle and highlights gambling as a metaphor for hidden homosexuality during a perilous time.
- Diego Calva described the film's experience as intimidating, particularly being in scenes with Jacob Elordi, emphasizing how intimacy reflects youthful love.
- On Swift Horses depicts a queer story set in the post-Korean War era of America.
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Winston-Salem Journal
Movie Review: 'On Swift Horses' is a fumbled queer tale set against atomic blasts
A waitress in 1950s America, Muriel seems to be the quintessential June Cleaver. She’s got a loving husband, a suburban white-picket-fence house in California and nice outfits. But not everything is as it seems in “On Swift Horses.” Associated Press…
On Swift Horses is a mid-century period drama that has Jacob Elordi but little else
Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics In the 1950s, Douglas Sirk made melodramas that combined soapy plots with sharp commentary on class, race, gender and sexuality in mid-century America. Against a technicolor backdrop, movies like Written on the Wind, All that Heaven Allows and Imitation of Life depicted characters struggling against social standards, domestic expectations or prescribed cultural roles to pursue the lives they desired. Sirk’s legacy…
Queer Across America: Queer Joy in New Orleans
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