aGLIFF Program 1993

Camp for Boys and Girls
lenni Olson, Frameline Curated by lenni Olson
USA 16mm 75 mins.
A vast collection of the campiest examples of American pop culcure is offered up in this
barrage of Hollywood trailers, educational film excerpts, TV clips and commercials. You'll
hear!! "The shattering truth about girls behind bars!" You'll cheer!! For the queer
superheroes! You'll see!! Gay actors: Rock Hudson, Robert Reed, Danny Kaye,
Montgomery Clift, Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson Reilly!
You'll find queer content! homoeroticism! and camp, camp,
camp! in the least expected places! There's something for
everyone at this Camp for Boys
- Los Angeles Fest
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Westler East of the Wall
Director: Wieland Speck
West Germany 16mm 94 mins.
Westler East of the Wall played at the 1989 festival and has been one of the most requested films to be brought back. Westler is a story of love divided by
the Berlin Wall. The film starts in Los Angeles, about as far west as a German tourist can go. Here Felix, the gay German, drives around in a convertible
with his American friend Bruce, taking in all the sights of Hollywood. Later, the Old World and the new socialist order replace capitalist glitter when Bruce
visits Felix in West Berlin, and they decide to take the day trip to the East.
During the trip, Felix meets Thomas, an East Berliner. Their only time together is when Felix comes ro the East for a day trip, forced to return by midnight.
As the trips across the border become more and more
frequent, suspicion is aroused and
one day a border guard asks Felix
to step into an examination room
where he is told to strip for
closer inspection to see if any
smuggling is going on.
Frustrated, the couple plan to
meet in Prague where they
can at least spend a whole
evening together and
hopefully plan Thomas'
escape to the West.
-San Francisco Fest