Brokeback? No! Homoerotic? Yes! An interesting commentu2026 u201cWhen film making first started actors tended to use the same techniques that they used on the stage. I find the title to this post just a tad tawdry. And if you want to make sure that our posts definitely appear in your Facebook newsfeed, just follow these simple steps. Or better yet, sign up for our daily email and get a daily dose of Open Culture in your inbox. But neither, as writer Kevin Sessums writes, “shows as much love for her … as they do for each other.”įind more classics in our collection, 4,000+ Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, Documentaries & More.įollow Open Culture on Facebook and Twitter and share intelligent media with your friends. This Brokeback-before-Brokeback moment took place in the 1927 film Wings - the first and only silent film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Buddy Rogers and Richard Arlen star in the film, playing two combat pilots who vie for the affection of the same woman (Clara Bow). Now we rewind the videotape and present the first same-sex kiss in film history (or at least one of the earliest known ones). That takes you back to 1896, to a film brought to you by Thomas Edison. BrainPickings recently highlighted the first kiss in cinema history.
