Bound
1996
Chicago
The Wachowski Brothers
Soft-Porn Crime Thriller
What’s it all about: Most lesbians move in together after the first date. Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon skip the U-Haul and instead scheme to steal millions in cash from the mob.
What’s so gay about it: Gina Gershon wears a heavy leather jacket and drives a red Chevy truck; in case you missed that she’s a lesbian, she drinks beer, wears men’s underwear, carries a tool box, fixes the pipes and wears a flannel shirt after sex
First Encounter: first viewing
Prostitute Index: medium
Death By: finger snipping
Relics: vamp nail polish, Cagney & Lacey snark
Hoops: loud sex heard through thin walls
Heartthrobs: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon
Pass/Fails the Test of Time: Christopher Meloni
LoFi Magic: lock-pick earrings
Makes me want to: pass the mic to Candotti, who has a lot to say about this movie
Candotti Take: “A golden-era Hollywood meets a street lesbian with a truck.” / “It was their fantasy: two women fucking for money.” / “I wish it kept the lesbian spirit. It’s like 20 minutes of lesbian, an hour of straight.” / “Such a C-movie. My favorite kind, actually. Cheaply good.”
Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes (at least the first 45 minutes and the ending)
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