The History of Sound - Guardian review from Cannes

Paul Mescal has played gay a lot lately. It's ironic since he was accused of being a homophobic bully in school.

Maybe he's playing gay because he was accused of being a homophobic bully in school.

The Paul Mescal homophobia rumours come from a single post on Reddit, which anyone could have written. I could go on there right now and accuse Liberace of bullying me for being gay at school and it would be as credible.

Is he queerbaiting?

[quote] which anyone could have written.

Well, of course anyone could have written it. Someone did.

Waste of sexy Irish genetics. They should have kept them in UK or Ireland, let them speak their real English, and found an interesting story.

Deadline review:

THR review:

Without those two attached, this would have been just another one of a hundred gay movies released each year only a handful of people end up seeing.

And why the fuck is Jenny Slate's husband writing gay short stories, anyway? At least the director is a homo. Former protégay of Emmerich's, apparently.

Oh, look, more straight actors given gay roles.

R9, lol, I know of a guy who was a former Emmerich "protege"

His career never went anywhere, though

Très Mescaline!

Ben Shattuck is cute.

R9 Jenny Slate dated Chris Evans before. Who has long been rumored to be the subject of a famous BI about wanting to come out.

Is this Josh O'Connor's 4th or 5th role as a cocksucker?

Are you asking whether an actor has played too many gay roles? Let me check, I might be in the wrong forum.

Jenny Slate is easily explained enough

She’s an Aspiephile

Some women can’t resist a man who doesn’t say much and can’t sustain eye contact

Paul Mescal says new gay romance film no 'Brokeback Mountain'

Irish actor Paul Mescal on Thursday balked at critics comparing the latest film he stars in, a gay romance competing at the Cannes Festival, to "Brokeback Mountain".

[quote]Paul Mescal says new gay romance film no 'Brokeback Mountain'

For once, no one gets murdered at the end. I can't wait to see something with such a (relatively) happy ending.

Anne Hathaway doesn't show her tits in The History Of Sound?

As predicted, he got a 4-hour standing ovation. Always outdoing themselves at Cannes

Josh O’Connor is in the best gay movie since Brokeback Mountain, but it’s about the working class so no one cared.

"Brokeback" itself was, arguably, about the 'working class' (albeit played by strapping young actors with perfect teeth)

From what I am reading, it has been universally panned. Variety is a pan.

What I do not get ..... the protagonist is from Kentucky and the other one from New England (I think)....and they needed two Brits? It is tiring.

They don't need to, but apparently they can.

One of the lowest scores in Cannes this year.

Right, r23. I always think of it as a gay cowboy movie but you are correct.

God’s own Country came out the same year as CMBYN, which didn’t help.

r27 Oof!

O’Connor also co-wrote the gay flick Bonus Track (2023). I have no idea what's going on in his head, but it's kinda peculiar he's so attracted to gay projects.

r28 The accents didn't help either. I know of an American gay critic who walked out of a screening at a gay festival after ten minutes, said he couldn't watch it without subtitles.

Will go the way of Harry Styles's "My Policeman." It won't hurt Mescal's career one bit, though.

R30. Those northern accents are tricky, but unless it’s within spitting distance of the Scottish border, I don’t have too much trouble. I’ve shown this to several gay friends and they all said the same thing as the critic.

Closed captioning and nudity got them through it. It’s also a great movie with a really understated performance by O’Connor.

Four hours, R21?

Just mocking that increasingly silly Cannes tradition, R33

[quote]God’s own Country came out the same year as CMBYN, which didn’t help.

[quote]The accents didn't help either. I know of an American gay critic who walked out of a screening at a gay festival after ten minutes, said he couldn't watch it without subtitles.

And then they released a DVD without subtitles. I saw the movie in the theater, and was able to discern the plot, but it would have been nice to hear more of what the characters said to each other. Finally, Heathcliffland is no competition for Lombardia.

I liked Hermanus's last movie with Bill Nighy, so I'm excited about this. And Owen Gleiberman is such a cranky old cuss.

Another stuffy gay movie for festivals and Oscar bait.

What kind of gay movie would you prefer?

DL is most concerned with how the breeders perceive us. So, a perfect gay (power) couple that has its shit together and gets invited to all the breeders' dinner parties, where they shine and get heaped with praise. Homosexuality is affirmed as the superior lifestyle by all in attendance. Both of their parents and their former bullies appear at the door and ask for forgiveness for not accepting them in the past. The End.

And they both have to be masc, of course.

Sounds 20% like All of us Strangers.

[quote]The accents didn't help either. I know of an American gay critic who walked out of a screening [of God's Own Country] at a gay festival after ten minutes, said he couldn't watch it without subtitles.

Fucking hell, how American of him. It often takes me ten minutes to acclimate to a play (the volume of their actors, the accents (their own or for the role), the echo or sound quality, the decisions of set design...but then things click and you are drawn in and understand perfectly. Giving ten minutes to a film with accents in his damn language suggests the fault might be his. Americans tell themselves they live in a melting pot, but they retreat from any pride in that the moment they hear anyone "talk funny."

The Irish Times is less than impressed:

Variety puts Mescal as top contender for best actor. Given everything we have read, it makes no sense. We will have to wait until Saturday.

Best Actor

Prediction: Paul Mescal, “The History of Sound”

At 29, Mescal wouldn’t be the youngest winner in Cannes history (that remains Yuya Yagira when he won at 12 years old for “Nobody Knows” in 2004). Still, the Oscar-nominated actor is said to bring a stirring portrayal of a sensitive soul navigating music and intimacy during wartime what many are saying is this year’s most affecting male performance. This could also give him a great headstart for Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet” later this year.

"the youngest winner in Cannes history (that remains Yuya Yagira when he won at 12 years old for “Nobody Knows” in 2004)"

Love that film and performance.