Donna Deitch’s groundbreaking film Desert Hearts will open the week-long celebration at the Brattle’s double feature event followed by Lana Wachowski’s Bound on Tuesday June 23rd starting at 6P. Desert Hearts is one of the greatest love stories of all time & will be presented in a new 2K restoration. The cast includes Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley & Andra Akers. The film takes place in 1959 when Professor Vivian Bell arrives in Reno, Nevada for a divorce. There she meets Cay Rivers a wild short jean wearing sculptor/casino employee who is brazenly herself. These 2 opposing forces circle around each other falling in lust & love as Cay dares Vivian to take a risk for something more. The film is directed & producer by Donna Deitch with producer Cami Taylor & written by Natalie Cooper. Then at 8:15P the classic romance Bound will be presented that flip-flops & scrambles up neo-noir themes & gender norms into an incredibly sexy thriller starring Gina Gershon & Jennifer Tilly. Sparks fly as ex-con plumber Corky (Gershon) meets & immediately sparks an attraction with sultry gangster’s moll Violet (Tilly) in a bid to escape their current lives the pair plot to steal $2 million in mob money from Violet’s sleazy boyfriend played by Joe Pantoliano & hang him out to dry. In 2017 I talked to Donna Deitch about her personal commitment is to LGBTQ equality in this exclusive podcast. Donna stated, “My personal commitment to LGBTQ equality is 100% but I think that I am most useful in terms of my commitment & my production to making that come about is just making movies that tell these stories.”
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