Rock Hudson's Home Movies

Jun 25 1993 Not Rated 1h 3m
Biography, Documentary

In this revisionist documentary, actor Eric Farr re-creates the character of Rock Hudson in order to take a look back at his films. It compares the actor's screen (and public) image with his real life and shows certain scenes, lines and situations in his films to insinuate that Hudson may have been gay.

Plot

Eric Farr speaks to the camera as if speaking Rock Hudson's words from a posthumous diary. Film clips from more than 30 Hudson films illustrate ways in which his sexual orientation played out on screen. First we see tenuous and unresolved relationships with women, then clips of Rock with men, cruising and circling. Next comes pedagogical Eros: Hudson with older men. We see Rock with his sidekicks, often Tony Randall. We look in depth at comedies of sexual embarrassment and innuendo: films in which Hudson sometimes plays two characters, "macho Rock and homo Rock." He's masculine yet vulnerable, a hunk who needs taking care of. Last come cinematic reflections on death.

Written by

Mark Rappaport

Directed by

Mark Rappaport

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Couch Potatoe Productions

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
551
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA