QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND
THE RUBBER GUN
TIME & LOCATION
AFS Cinema - 6259 Middle Fiskville Road, 78752
Monday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m.
ABOUT THE EVENT
aGLIFF, Austin’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival in partnership with AFS Cinema present THE RUBBER GUN as part of AFS Cinema’s QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND monthly screening series curated by Elizabeth Purchell from the popular podcast Ask Any Buddy. THE RUBBER GUN is a rarely-seen classic of 70s independent queer cinema that’s been newly restored by Canadian International Pictures.
ABOUT THE FILM
THE RUBBER GUN | Canada | 1977 | 1 hr 26 mins
Director: Allan Moyle | Writers: Allan Moyle, Stephen Lack, John Laing | Cast: Joe Mattia, Armand Monroe, Allan Moyle
The charasmatic leader of a pansexual drug commune unwittingly becomes the subject of a shy young sociolgy student’s thesis in this feature debut from future Times Square and Empire Records director Allan Moyle and Scanners star Stephen Lack. A unique mix of cinéma vérité documentaries and hard-boiled crime thrillers with an earworm-filled original soundtrack by Lewis Furey.
Screening with a video introduction by Queer Cinema: Lost & Found programmer Elizabeth Purchell.
QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND
From Austin Film Society
Archivist and historian Elizabeth Purchell (of Ask Any Buddy) explores the history of queer cinema and its many groundbreaking pioneers in this refreshing behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of queer representation on screen.
THANKS TO THE PRESENTING PARTNER:
