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xelovneba / ATR<br />

moimarjveT cxvirsaxocebi<br />

Get out your handkerchiefs<br />

ase qvia frangi reJisoris, bertran blies mier 1978<br />

wels gadaRebul skandalur films, romelic imave<br />

wels oskariT dajildovda saukeTeso ucxoenovani<br />

filmis nominaciaSi. blies namuSevars konkurencias<br />

sabWoTa suraTi `TeTri bimi, Savi yuri~ uwevda. filmis<br />

reJisori, romelzec dRes vilaparakebT, arc frangia<br />

da arc sabWoTa socialistur garemoSi ucxovria,<br />

Tumca amerikis SeerTebuli Statebis swored im epoqas<br />

aRadgens, rodesac “yvela Tanaswori iyo, magram<br />

zogi ufro Tanaswori”.<br />

1990-iani wlebidan moyolebuli amerikeli reJisori<br />

gas van senti, av<strong>to</strong>ri filmebisa `spilo~, `paranoid<br />

parki~, `ukanaskneli dReebi~ ramdenjerme miubrunda<br />

san-franciskos legendaruli gei kanonmdeblis, harvi<br />

milqis cxovrebis is<strong>to</strong>rias, magram proeqtis ganxorcieleba<br />

mxolod 2008 wlisTvis SeZlo. van sentis<br />

bolo namuSevris saxelwodebaa `milqi~ da is saukeTeso<br />

mxatvruli filmis nominaciaSi wels oskaris mosapoveblad<br />

ibrZoda. oskarze iyo wardgenili mTavari<br />

rolis Semsrulebeli Son penic, romelmac savsebiT<br />

samarTlianad moipova 2009 wlis saukeTeso msaxiobi<br />

mamakacis tituli.<br />

gei Tematikis filmebis monawileoba oskarebis dajildoebis<br />

ceremonialze axali xili ar aris, Tumca<br />

asparezze `milqis~ gamoCena axali prezidentis inauguraciidan<br />

erTi Tvis Tavze mainc gansakuTrebuli<br />

movlenaa. `me cvlileba mWirdeba~ _ ramdenjerme<br />

imeorebs filmis mTavari personaJi, amerikis SeerTebuli<br />

Statebis is<strong>to</strong>riaSi pirveli homoseqsuali<br />

Tanamdebobis piri, romelic ar malavda Tavis orientacias.<br />

misi sityvebi mayurebels aucileblad gaaxsenebs<br />

barak obamas mTavar winasaarCevno lozungs,<br />

romelmac 20 ianvars 4 milioniani audi<strong>to</strong>riis winaSe<br />

swored gei episkoposis locva-kurTxeva moismina.<br />

70-ian wlebSi aSS-Si sul sxva situacia iyo, sazogadoebasa<br />

da disciplinarul wreebSi homoseqsualoba<br />

xSirad ganixileboda rogorc fsiqikuri gadaxra da<br />

avadmyofoba. harvi milqis mier yamir niadagze wamowyebuli<br />

saqmianoba milqis da san franciskos maSindeli<br />

meris _ jorj moskones mkvlelobiT dasrulda.<br />

Such is the title of a scandalous and Oscar winner<br />

film shot by French direc<strong>to</strong>r Bertrand Blier in 1978<br />

which was named best foreign language film that<br />

year. Blier’s main competition was the Soviet film<br />

“White Bim, black ear”. <strong>The</strong> direc<strong>to</strong>r of the film we<br />

will discuss below was neither French nor a native of<br />

a Soviet Socialist environment, though he did revive<br />

the era of American his<strong>to</strong>ry when “all were equal but<br />

some were more equal”.<br />

Since the 1990s, American direc<strong>to</strong>r Gus Van Sant,<br />

author of films such as “Elephant”, “Paranoid Park”<br />

and “Last Days”, turned his attention <strong>to</strong> the legendary<br />

San Francisco city councilman Harvey Milk, completing<br />

the project in 2008. Van Sant’s latest work is<br />

called simply “Milk”. It was nominated for a best picture<br />

Oscar this year. Sean Penn was also nominated<br />

for best male ac<strong>to</strong>r and was awarded a deserved Oscar.<br />

<strong>The</strong> fact that a gay-themed film is competing for an<br />

Oscar is nothing new, but the appearance of “Milk” at<br />

roughly the same time as the new president’s inauguration<br />

is a special event. “I need change” is a line<br />

we hear several times from the film’s main character,<br />

harvi milki san franciskos saqalaqo sakrebulos 1977 wlis arCevnebSi gamarjvebis Semdeg<br />

Harvey Milk Winning 1977 San Francisco City Council Elections

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