![]() You almost want to take that sweater off and have this other work to talk about."īut Troche's scope of work is far from limited to Go Fish. But the film's importance has "put me in a moment in time," explained Troche, akin to "having your sweater snagged on a door from 25 years ago. ![]() As a "maker," Troche rightly describes the film as its "own being," a movie that's not only become iconic, but part of a cultural competency list for queer women of a certain era, right next to Stone Butch Blues, Tegan and Sara, and But I'm a Cheerleader. Yet her relationship with Go Fish is a complicated one – and not just because she made the film with Turner (in true lesbian form, Troche confirms they're still friends, too). I'm so happy the community is still embracing it." Now it's a historical document about resetting the image. "It never apologized for what it was."Ĭoming up on its 25th anniversary, Troche admitted, "It's always shocking how quickly time passes. Shot over the course of many days – 32? 52? Troche can't remember exactly, but she knows it was long and often called for the sacrifice of weekends and after-work hours – lifelong friendships were formed.īut the impetus for Go Fish stemmed from Troche and Turner's belief that the previous generation of lesbians weren't "representing us correctly." The power of the film – which they promoted as by, for, and about women – lay in that desire to put lesbian life on camera at a time when the AIDS epidemic was still claiming thousands of lives and the world was "villainizing queer people," recalled Troche, noting that the film "pressed a button" socially. Calling the film "ragtag," Troche doesn't believe Go Fish exemplifies "extraordinary filmmaking": Instead, she recalled it being a "work of love" and said "everyone," the cast and crew, really wanted to make the movie she wrote with her then-girlfriend Guinevere Turner. The 1994 black-and-white film about lesbian love and friendship will receive the Tribute Award this weekend at the 32nd annual All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival.Īnd Troche, she's honored. At least, that's what many of us learned – or laughed about – watching Rose Troche's seminal lesbian film Go Fish, which manages to touch on almost every lesbian stereotype like an inside joke or a wink to all the queer girls watching. ![]() What kind of foreplay is nail cutting? Lesbian foreplay. ![]()
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