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Campfire Details

1999

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Starring	Joram Schurmans, Koen Van Heule, Circé Lethem, Maarten Verbeuren
Director	Bavo Defurne
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian

Campfire

Enormously popular at lesbian and gay film festivals throughout the world, Bavo Defurne's rich and beautiful short films examine gay love and loss and mark the emergence of one of Europe's most exciting young filmmakers. One of the many pleasures of Defurne's work is the playful and unforced way in which he references the work of other artists - from Dreyer and Eisenstein to photographers Herbert List and Pierre et Gilles.

Most significantly, Defurne and his regular team have created an allegorical and headyily romantic gay aesthetic that draws on a wide range of influences, but is uniquely their own. Defurne's choice of using largely unprofessional actors brings charming innocence to... more » the performances that complements the magical, overwrought worlds that they inhabit.

Includes the films: Campfire / Saint / Particularly Now, In Spring / Sailor

Starring	Joram Schurmans, Koen Van Heule, Circé Lethem, Maarten Verbeuren
Director	Bavo Defurne
Studio	BFI VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 14 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian
Language	DVD: Dutch, English
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1999 To Rent: DVD: 27 May 2002

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  Not bad, but not great
  
  These 4 shorts are in some ways worth watching (as effortful curiosities), but are also very much of the School of Significant Silences: it's all very very ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 27 Aug 2004 at 00:56
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  Bit of Fluff
  
  Four short films of no consequence, nothing about them sticks in ones mind after watching them, and cannot think why they were ever grouped in the first ... read more »
  
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  - 06 May 2012 at 08:26
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  WARNING: This is not the film described.
  
  This is a collection of short films by Bavo Dufurne, interesting if you like creative artsy films about young men in love.
  
  It is not the film by ... read more »
  
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  - 25 Oct 2011 at 22:59
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  Warning: this is a collection of short films...not obvious when I rented this!
  
  Some well shot short films. Acting was a bit dodgy but the themes explored were relatively interesting. I was disappointed to find that it was a collection of ... read more »
  
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  Enormously popular at lesbian and gay film festivals throughout the world, Bavo Defurne's rich and beautiful short films examine gay love and loss and mark the emergence of one of Europe's most exciting young filmmakers. One of the many pleasures of Defurne's work is the playful and unforced way in ...