导演: Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
编剧: Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
主演: Geoff Edholm / 大卫·沙克特
类型: 剧情
制片国家/地区: 美国
语言: 英语
上映日期: 1985
片长: 81 分钟
IMDb: tt0088864
简介 · · · · · ·
The elusive first film about that “new” disease of the 80s, AIDS.
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Gay-porn-director-turned-indie-film-maker Arthur Bressan (who also made ABUSE) deals directly with the subject of the disease by having David, a young typesetter (David Schachter) undertake volunteer work as a ‘buddy’ to visit AIDS patients in a New York hospital. His assignment is Robert (Geoff Edholm), who’s down and nearly out for the count, but still passionate about the politics behind the disease. Although David is currently processing a book about the illness from all points of view – medical, religious, etc – he finds there’s more to learn first-hand about attitude.?
Bressan keeps the viewpoint exclusively on the two buddies and makes the unusual choice to block out all other actors in the movie – it took me a while to realise that we were only hearing people’s voices (on the phone, in the adjacent room, on tape recorders) or not seeing who they were (filmed from the back, behind shower curtains, out of focus, etc). Not unexpectedly for an indie film it’s low-key and low-budget, with an erratic level of performance, but nice-looking and with a suitably simple score for string quartet. As a piece of cinema, it’s of interest primarily for historical reasons, but surveyors of the NY Indie scene or those with an interest in alternative cinema may want to check it out, too.
《Buddies》（1985），由奥尔·霍尔布鲁克（Arthur J. Bressan Jr.）执导，是一部开创性的同性恋题材电影，主要讲述了两名男性朋友在面对艾滋病（HIV）疫情的背景下的关系和成长。影片聚焦在两位主角——David（由Paul O'Bannon饰演）和Robert（由David Schachter饰演）——的故事。David是一个纽约的同性恋者，他在得知好友Robert被诊断为艾滋病毒阳性后，决定为他提供支持，并陪伴他度过这一段艰难的时光。这部电影不仅揭示了艾滋病对于个人、家庭和社会的影响，也通过David和Robert的互动展现了爱与友谊的力量。它是1980年代初期，艾滋病疫情尚在蔓延之时，首批勇敢地讨论这一主题的电影之一。
