The meaning of friendship and honor are pushed to the breaking point as Daniel slowly comes to realize that he truly does love Matthewand vice versa.ĭMW Greer adapts his 1995 play ( co-written with Helen Kvale ) making an impressive directorial debut with what is essentially, underneath the flashy setting, a tender gay love story. He then immediately puts Daniel's life under the microscope and the lives of everyone involved are abruptly caught up in a modern-day witch hunt. Not surprisingly, he finds one and all stonewalling him.īut when a sailor innocently reports he has seen Daniel cavorting with another fighter pilotthe headstrong, muscle-bound Matthew ( Rob Mayes ), in a gay clubthe investigator senses blood in the water. A government agent is brought aboard the aircraft carrier of the two pilots to investigate. But the friendship is strained when a pilot is killed in a subsequent mission under William's watch. Together, this disparate duo offers proof that queer cinema is vibrantly alive and covers a lot of creative turf.Īt the outset of Burning Blue, the friendship between elite Navy pilots Daniel ( Trent Ford ) and William ( Morgan Spector ) is such a close one that Daniel takes the blame for an aircraft crash that happened due to William's poor eyesight. This article shared 8351 times since Wed Jun 4, 2014īurning Blue and Exposed could not be more different for a myriad of reasons ( to begin with, the first is a well-made narrative drama while the second is a shockumentary ) but fans of LGBT cinema should make plans to see both of these excellent films when they open this Friday in the Chicagoland area.
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