tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post3050283798947797539..comments2023-09-25T10:15:41.979-04:00Comments on NYSocBoy's Beefcake and Bonding: River Phoenix: Running on EmptyNYSocBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-37651843645552297022021-05-16T01:22:31.123-04:002021-05-16T01:22:31.123-04:00I admire what our host has written about River Pho...I admire what our host has written about River Phoenix. Clearly he appreciates him. But I must agree with the commentators who recognize Stand by Me and My Own Private Idaho (which our host has not disparaged so much as given short shrift) as gems. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-62573971820614496992020-09-02T10:37:59.712-04:002020-09-02T10:37:59.712-04:00River was beautiful and very talented actor. His t...River was beautiful and very talented actor. His tragic death was real loss to the art of cinema. Who knows what other great performances he would have given? He seemed to be comfortable with his sexuality too bad he was hanging out with people who gave him the drugs that killed him. But will always have him in "My Own Private Idaho" or in the wonderful "Stand By Me" a real boy movieJP Aragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09664852451815214352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-40517464942169956972019-11-11T01:54:04.278-05:002019-11-11T01:54:04.278-05:00have you ever done a write-up on lukas hass? (tri...have you ever done a write-up on lukas hass? (tried looking, coulddn't find one) von.wittghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724003918369519953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-56050840967327732712018-06-26T08:34:41.930-04:002018-06-26T08:34:41.930-04:00I'd argue My Own Private Idaho created its own...I'd argue My Own Private Idaho created its own tropes, for better or worse: 90s gay movies were full of small-town teens who find liberation in the big city, or are murdered by intolerant rubes. (Never mind that outside of a couple city blocks, big cities were no better.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-27671122392545049932013-01-11T01:32:29.499-05:002013-01-11T01:32:29.499-05:00River Phoenix was my first true love. Like you sa...River Phoenix was my first true love. Like you said, he was more than a "teen idol", he was the last of the true "movie stars". I'm honestly not seeing any comparison to Leif Garrett or Brad Renfro AT ALL, but he seemed to me like a throwback to the days of James Dean and Marlon Brando when stars were more than just cute boys slapped onto the big screen. I was surprised you completely glossed right over 'Stand by Me' on this page until I clicked the link to your post about the film. I personally don't remember getting a "heterosexist" feeling from the film at all (I don't remember the f-word perjorative or any mention of girls at all except one throw-away joke about Annette Funicello's bustline, so I apparently need to watch the film again), in fact, I distinctly remember it being the first film I'd ever seen that developed a serious emotional "relationship" between two boys my age (read by me at age 13 as decidedly "gay"), beyond the usual "frat boy" humor (it was the mid-80s after all). I've heard some people say the same thing about the film 'My Bodyguard', but that was released several years prior to me being able to go to the movies by myself and pick which films I wanted to see, so I didn't see that one until years later. It's obvious you dislike 'Stand by Me' (and I admit there may have been some things I didn't perceive when I was 13), but believe me, 'Stand by Me' was the film that made River Phoenix a movie star among both gay and straight fans, no two ways about it. Yes, he starred in 'Explorers' before that, but the nerd glasses and Poindexter wardrobe in that film made him so unappealing that I doubt anyone who'd seen it even remembered his name (I know I didn't). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-3918317183280350232012-12-20T12:10:20.771-05:002012-12-20T12:10:20.771-05:00You mention meeting Michael J. Fox, Lee Montgomery...You mention meeting Michael J. Fox, Lee Montgomery, and Robin Willians. Who else? A complete list, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-78712025642513884832012-12-20T12:05:38.998-05:002012-12-20T12:05:38.998-05:00Did you ever meet River Phoenix?Did you ever meet River Phoenix?JasonKnoreply@blogger.com