The Dallas Buyers Club

[Mrmojorisin]

Anyone going to see this?? I am going Sunday. My kids are taking me for my birthday.

http://www.focusfeatures.com/dallas_buyers_club?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Search&utm_campaign=DallasBuyersClub

[Mrmojorisin]

Well, maybe I will not be seeing this after all..it is a limited release and Houston doesn't seem to be on that list...

[mikeyb39]

I plan on seeing it,  it would be weird if they didn't play It here in dallas, but I finally did scroll down far enough to see it

I've been wanting to see it for a while, its been talked about for some time.

[mikeyb39]

I clicked on the showtimes and it doesn't show up at either theatre on the 15th, so that's kinda weird.

[Habersham]

It's not in general release for awhile yet. They are having a sneak preview in Philadelphia on November 5th.  After that - depending where you are- it will be coming to a theatre near you.  ")

[tednlou2]

I will have to get tickets for the November 22nd showing here in Louisville.  I saw the one actor, who plays a woman, on Ellen.  Until I saw that interview, I didn't realize Matthew's character did not like gay men and blamed gays, at first, for his infection.  But, all that changed. 

[Jmarksto]

Mrmojo; I think it is in Houston, if you scroll down the link says:

Landmark
River Oaks 3
2009 W Gray Street, November 8, 2013

I look forward to seeing it soon myself.

JM

[buginme2]

I like Matthew Mcaunaghey (it's that Texas swagger, he's delicious).

But I think I'm gonna pass on this, I'm feeling a little bit AIDS'd out. 

[curious1here]

Anyone seen it yet? Is it good? If it's a movie of hope, yep wanna see it. I am tired of seeing sad Aids movies where they completely focused on someone deteriorating. A movie that focuses more on hope, fun with friends e.t.c would be nice. Problem Hollywood tries to make everything shocking so they can win an oscar, but this looks good.

[Miss Philicia]

It's not in general release for awhile yet. They are having a sneak preview in Philadelphia on November 5th.  After that - depending where you are- it will be coming to a theatre near you.  ")

Actually the poster says it starts its limited release on November 1st. Fandango doesn't list it playing in Philadelphia until November 15th (Ritz East).

[Habersham]

Recap - it is in limited release in New York and Los Angeles on November 1st

The sneak preview is by invitation only - NOT listed on any posters

I got the info from my invitation

[Miss Philicia]

Recap - it is in limited release in New York and Los Angeles on November 1st

The sneak preview is by invitation only - NOT listed on any posters

I got the info from my invitation

Well Missy, you best scan that invitation (after having it notarized) and post an image of it in this thread or we're all going to forever question your legitimacy on this forum.

[mecch]

http://thebigqonline.com/jared-leto-gets-in-drag-for-candy-magazine-talks-new-gender-bending-film-role/

[Habersham]

"Instead, “Dallas Buyers Club” presents the fable of a homophobe’s awakening, with supporting roles given to Ms. Garner’s kind doctor and to Rayon (Jared Leto), a troubled transgender person who becomes Ron’s business partner. Mr. Leto is always a subtle and intriguing actor, but Rayon essentially revives the ancient stereotype of the tragic, self-destructive queen, suffering operatically and depending, at last, on the kindness of strangers."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/01/movies/matthew-mcconaughey-stars-in-dallas-buyers-club.html

I'm tired of drag queens. I'm going to pass on it too.

[mecch]

GD useless tragic drag queens.  What have they ever done for the community.

[Mrmojorisin]

Well, it is coming here and I will be going to see it this Sunday....I cannot wait..been wanting to see this for a while..

[ARMANDO]

HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS MOVIE YET?IT's showing in my city and at first i thought i would definitely go see it but now i think i should wait .i'm wondering if it may be too emotional for me just like LONG TIME COMPANION

[Miss Philicia]

It's playing in Philadelphia at the Ritz East downtown if anyone is interested. I haven't gone to see it yet myself. There are other things I want to see at the moment like "Blue is the Warmest Color" (but that's 3 hours and I might wait for Netflix where I can pause it) and 12 Years a Slave. Oh, and Gravity.

[Mrmojorisin]

  I went and saw the movie a week and half ago. My kids took me for my birthday. I enjoyed the film. As has been said in the press Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto both gave amazing performances.
 It does put a face on AIDS in the 80's and the struggles that go with it. It does get emotional at times. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will probably go see it one more time while it is in theaters.
 The movie highlights the pharmaceutical industry's attempt to exclude alternative and experimental treatments early in the epidemic. It shows Ron Woodruff's fight to have a say in what his treatment options are and what medications he wants to use.

[edfu]

By all means, see "Dallas Buyers Club" for the astounding award-worthy performances by Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, but please remember:  This is a fictionalized treatment of only one true story, and it is not by any means a definitive historical account of the AIDS buyers' clubs during the horror-filled, doom-laden, terrifying 1980s.  Indeed, it is not even the story of one of the most important, the most significant, the most long-lasting buyers' clubs of that period.

"Dallas Buyers Club" is not a documentary; nevertheless, a strong argument can be made--especially to those who were not around at that time or who do not know the history of that deadly decade--that the film is an example of heterosexual co-opting of historical gay activism and especially of gay AIDS activism. In point of fact, most such buyers' clubs were founded and operated by gay men, not by a homophobic straight redneck who nevertheless helped a bunch of frightened sissies who stayed in the background.  Most buyers' clubs were established as non-profits; Ron Woodroof (McConaughey's character) was in it for his own health, yes, but also for profit.  The Dallas Buyers Club was the only such club at the time which refused to sign on to the Fort Lauderdale Principles, which outlined in detail the ethical, moral, and financial imperatives of the movement. 

The true heroes of this "underground" search--at a time when the medical and governmental authorities were woefully, even criminally, lackadaisical--to discover pharmaceuticals that would reduce viral load and increase CD4 counts, and, even more importantly in that grim time, medicines to cure the deadly opportunistic infections, were all gay men, such as Martin Delaney, Jim Corti, John James, Dr. Joe Sonnabend, Michael Callen, Derek Hodel. I, too, strongly recommend the book "Acceptable Risks," by Jonathan Kwitney, for a true history of the AIDS buyers' clubs movement.

For a much better, and more moving, critique of the position I've outlined here, please see this post, "Not Buying 'Dallas Buyers Club,'" by Patrick Mulcahey on Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patrick-mulcahey/dallas-buyers-club_b_4262093.html

It is imperative we remember our true history, the history of AIDS, for Silence = Death. 

[Mrmojorisin]

This is a fictionalized treatment of only one true story, and it is not by any means a definitive historical account of the AIDS buyers' clubs during the horror-filled, doom-laden, terrifying 1980s.  Indeed, it is not even the story of one of the most important, the most significant, the most long-lasting buyers' clubs of that period.

"Dallas Buyers Club" is not a documentary; nevertheless, a strong argument can be made--especially to those who were not around at that time or who do not know the history of that deadly decade--that the film is an example of heterosexual co-opting of historical gay activism and especially of gay AIDS activism.

 I have read these criticisms a couple of times. But this film does not portray itself as an all encompassing history of buyers clubs or the aids epidemic. It is simply a story of one man, Ron Woodruff.
There are other movies out there that tell a lot more of the story of AIDS in its early days. Even those have critics because they missed this or that. This is but a very small paragraph in a very long novel.
 I don't think it would be possible to make a movie about those days without leaving out something. There was so much going on.
 Maybe because I have only been recently diagnosed and meds have always been available to me that I do not have a good perspective on all this. Like much of the rest of the world, during the 80's I was only vaguely aware of AID's. But that happened to someone else, and it was a world away from mine.

[absopozilutely]

That was an interesting movie, WOW have we come a long way. God, I just wish the stigma was gone, I wish my family was more educated, I wish I could tell them. *sigh* still, a good movie, it was a bit eye opening, anyone have any thoughts on it?

[Ann]

Abs, I moved your thread from Off Topic and merged it into an already existing thread about this movie in Living.

Off Topic is only for subjects that have nothing to do with hiv. That's why it's Off Topic

I haven't seen the movie yet and probably won't until it airs on a channel I get on Sky. I don't get any movie channels (other than Film4 and a few obscure ones that show ancient or made-for-telly flicks) so it might be a while.

Amazingly, The Lonely Heart is premièring on Sky Atlantic tonight and I've got it set to record. I didn't think we'd get the premier for some time yet.

[mecch]

That was an interesting movie, WOW have we come a long way. God, I just wish the stigma was gone, I wish my family was more educated, I wish I could tell them. *sigh* still, a good movie, it was a bit eye opening, anyone have any thoughts on it?

How do you know how deeply held is your family's stigma? Has your family ever had a family member with HIV and what was the reaction?  Sometimes people's tunes change when a topic really hits home.

[redrobot]

I really enjoyed the movie. Really good me thinks.

[absopozilutely]

How do you know how deeply held is your family's stigma? Has your family ever had a family member with HIV and what was the reaction?  Sometimes people's tunes change when a topic really hits home.

I'm sure my family would be supportive, I just need to grow a pair and tell them, it just never seems like the right time. At the same time I don't know what I'm waiting for. It's just one of those leaps I need to make, I don't get why it was so easy to tell coworkers, and a 3 of my friends ( I don't really mean easy, just not as scary) I think it's because I have the possibility of denying it. Anyways I'm rambling.

-Abso