UN CHANT D'AMOUR (1950)

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Jean Genet's only film (later disowned by Genet), Un chant d'amour (1950) was banned from public exhibition in France upon its initial release, and has won only sporadic screenings since, often in censored form. It is semi-pornographic, featuring full-frontal male nudes playing with their hard-ons, and fetishistic close-ups of sweaty feet, armpits and thighs. Tough watching it is but its influence can be found in most of the more stylised examples of gay culture everywhere, from perfume adverts to Madonna videos... Semenal (sic) stuff. Arf!