Hello and welcome to Queer as Fiction, the podcast where we discuss the intersection between

the queer and the historical in media. I'm Jason. I'm Ellis. I'm Eli. And today we're

bringing you a recap of three different queer historical films that were released in 2018.

So first off, happy New Year to all our listeners.

We love you very much.

So as I mentioned earlier, we're going to be discussing three films today.

The films are Vita and Virginia, Colette, and Bohemian Rhapsody.

There will be timestamps in the description, so if you are interested in only one or two of the films, you can skip to the part where we discuss those films.

So we're going to start with Peter and Virginia. The worst of the three movies.

Inarguably.

Inarguably.

The content warnings for this discussion are as follows. Mental illness, suicide, homophobia, and sex. Vita and Virginia was directed by Channing Button, and it follows the love affair of Vita Sackba West,

played by Gemma Arterton, and Virginia Woolf, played by Elizabeth Debicki. Against the backdrop

of Virginia's mental illness, the women's relationships with her husbands, the Bloomsbury group,

and the writing of some of their most famous works, including Orlando. It's adapted from a play of the same name written by

Dame Eileen Atkins. I wonder if the play is any better. Not that much better. I mean,

well, all right, we're getting ahead of ourselves. What did you guys think of this film?

So we saw this film altogether.

We did.

Which is the only one of the three films, which that is the case.

Yes.

And Eli and I stared at each other about 10 minutes in.

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