Tales of an Injun: A Very Natural Thing (1974)
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
A Very Natural Thing (1974)
I came across this film because I downloaded the Russ Meyer's movie "Up!" while doing research of sexploitaion films. Up! is a very silly sex movie that wasn't very good, but had this dreamy man in it by the name of Robert McLane:
I was trying to find out more about him, but the wiki article for Up! links to this soldier guy from like the 1800s... Eventually I found out his name is Robert Joel actually and that he did this movie called "A Very Natural Thing" where he plays a gay ex-monk... !!! Needless to say I had to find it!
I searched around for a while and finally came upon a copy of it on a gay torrent site!
I had a sit down with the movie today and was very pleased I did. The movie follows an ex-monk, David (the very sexy Robert Joel) who moves to New York to be a teacher by day and try to find a partner at a gay club by night. At the club he meets Mark and the two hookup for the night. Mark and David decide to see each other more and eventually end up moving in together ("getting married" as they say). Things are going great until Mark realizes he doesn't want to be tied down like a married straight couple and begins exploring the bath-house world. Mark tries to get David into the bath scene, but David knows he's meant to be with someone who wants only him. The movie is a very bittersweet look at the relationship of these two men and does a nice job being honest about it. The dialogue is a bit straighforward at times, but for a film in 1974 it's very groundbreaking. The movie contains scenes of the 1973 Pride Parade in New York which are lovely and nicely placed. All in all it was a very good movie and I'd definiely recommend trying to grab a copy sometime. This film was the first mainstream gay film and it didn't hold back at all, there's some great nudity throughout (some of which is very sexy slow motion running).
And to finish it off, here's another shot of Robert Joel! Yum, the 70s sure were sexy!
Sadly Robert Joel died in 1992... Rest in Peace dear man, I'm very thankful that you stood up for my rights and future!
Posted by Tyrel Boelsma at 5:41 PM
1 comments:
Anonymous said...
I am Robert's nephew. His name was actually Robert Joel McLane. I am always so glad to see people still watching and loving Robert's work. Sadly he died right after I was born, but I think of him often. I still keep picture of him around me.
January 26, 2011 2:55 PM
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