Nitrate Kisses

Nitrate Kisses

1992
Documentary
1h 7m
Visually structured around four couples making love, one couple at a time; narratively structured around four chapters in lesbian life: older women talking about what it was like in the 30s, 40s and 50s; a look at the hidden eroticism of movies; the repression of gays under the Third Reich; and, the work of the Lesbian Herstory Archives in New York City (imdb)
Your probable score
?

Nitrate Kisses

1992
Documentary
1h 7m
Your probable score
Avg Percentile 60.87% from 21 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(21)
Compact view
Compact view
Rated 18 Dec 2012
83
72nd
In interesting look at homosexuality in the early 1900s, with interviews from people who lived through contrasted with the stifling media restrictions of the time. The stories we hear are very interesting ones. With activist and artistic ambitions, it practices what it preaches by intercutting the anecdotes with explicit homosexual depiction stripped of glamour. The sincerity of these scenes is disarming and very effective.
Rated 13 Mar 2014
84
88th
Queer Gummo. Poignant but also important as it argues for the importance of histories that are erased. Sometimes this means watching 80 year olds perform cunnilingus, which might get old after awhile but Hammer's eye is one constantly in awe of her own images. Everything we see is tactile, yet the film still manages to be dreamy and tragic. Sort of perfect, though it maybe runs out of steam even at just an hour. It's hard not to love any film with a Foucault quote, though.
Rated 22 Feb 2013
80
68th
A really good document, with the look at how lesbians had to keep silent about their treatment in the Holocaust serving as the depressing but fascinating and illuminating highlight. Some of the images in this are startlingly beautiful and honest.
Rated 16 Aug 2022
92
98th
A masterpiece. Queer history, queer sex, funny juxtapositions, poetic montages and the pains and joys of being part of such a marvelous community :’)

Similar Titles

Loading ...

Statistics

Loading ...

Trailer

No Trailer