The Closet « milkboys

#1 written by undead alive
about 8 months ago

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well – that’s a bittersweet story…

#2 written by brain
about 8 months ago

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this is a beautiful video… its short, and sweet, past and present, love and loss…

<3

#3 written by Sotta
about 8 months ago

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It’s incredibly well shot… and very beautiful indeed!

#4 written by Hibou
about 8 months ago

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Touching , Moving & Bittersweet , c’est la vie !

#5 written by gayboiluvrrrr
about 8 months ago

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Wow who knew a video three and a half minutes long could be so moving

#6 written by kevin
about 8 months ago

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That was an incredibly well-done short. Every scene, every actor / actress was absolutely spot-on in their delivery. The scenes perfectly balanced, light / dark used well, and the editing was superb.
Wow. I really liked this one Josh.
Thanks :-)

#7 written by xznya
about 8 months ago

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I was expecting the old man to go on the other side and find the other kid, aged as well. A bit of a twist.

#8 written by Felix
about 8 months ago

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I guess the old man is supposed to be the father of one of the boys – he is tha man who stands with his belt in the room ready to beat the boy.
Just the little girl does not really fit – ok I understood that it has to do with gay marriage and so on… but just talking about the great movie – it did not fit.
- #9 written by samshine
  about 8 months ago
  
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  Actually, considering the kind of clothing and that toy car in the flashback sequences, I’d be willing to bet the old man was one of the boys, not the father.

#10 written by Paul
about 8 months ago

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Just goes to show you that “less is more.” Beautiful

#11 written by larkin
about 8 months ago

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That’s what we need, more tolerance, understanding and fearlessness in search of truth.

#12 written by idea
about 8 months ago

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I don’t normally comment, but this was so good… now I’m at a loss for what to say xP

Hmmm… well I guess it just shows that we are so lucky to have the freedoms we have today. I thought the video is a beautiful and optimistic look at the future, although I do feel sorry for the old man. At least he can find contentment in the knowledge that the world is a better place now than it has ever been.

#13 written by intered
about 8 months ago

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Very very nice

#14 written by Benji
about 8 months ago

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This was a wonderful film, i loved it, and the music is just amazing.
In love <3

#15 written by Wacksus
about 8 months ago

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Hey!, that’s so cool, you know I’v ebeen following this AWESOME blog for like 2-3 weeks and today I found you post one of the vids I uploaded, thaks a looot for that, and I really hope you like this vid, keep up the good work guys you have an amazing online place here ;) Hugs, Wacksus

#16 written by Robin82
about 8 months ago

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Wow! Speaks to many of us forced to be in the closet through circumstances. I guess, I long for a day, when those who are gay today will never have to hide their sexuality. There is still so far to go; but considering how far we have come; it brings hope.

#17 written by Giro
about 8 months ago

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Hmm, I didn’t get the plot -.-

#18 written by chizthefriz
about 8 months ago

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Wow! that was wonderful. Thank you for posting. <3

#19 written by Powman
about 8 months ago

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Amazing effect in such short time.Leaves me thinking about a lot of things.

#20 written by Julien Ekdhal
about 8 months ago

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such a nice film , but quite sad :(
anyways I love the music :)

#21 written by harris
about 8 months ago

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the closet reminded me when i was 10 and gay the first time i met this other boy same age and we held hands and kissed a lot two that was the first time i fell in love .

#22 written by xtophr
about 8 months ago

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Fantastisch!

#23 written by Mark
about 8 months ago

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While I agree with the positive comments about this short film, I feel I must advise everyone of a dark side to this video. The star of the video, young actor Andy Scott Harris, has this short posted on his YouTube channel “andyscottharris”. It is the only gay themed upload on his channel. I recently favorited the video to my YT channel, and sent a friend invite. To my chagrin, I was refused, blocked, and received a hate filled message in return. As it turns out, Andy is too young by YouTube’s TOS agreement to have a YT channel, and judging from the comment’s tone, an adult acting in Andy’s stead (parent, guardian) wrote it, not Andy himself. If Andy is going to be a successful actor, he (and his agent) must learn not to accept roles that he does not relate to or empathize with. How does one take on a gay role and then shun the very demographic it is meant to attract and appeal to? My advice to everyone is to boycott his channel, and this video, for this blatant display of bigotry.

And is it just me, or is my gaydar up? Ironic, eh?

#24 written by Andy's Mom
about 8 months ago

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You may have been misunderstood. Please send another friend invite to Andy’s YouTube channel.

#25 written by aleks
about 8 months ago

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This video is AWESOME!!!

The older gentleman is NOT one of, nor related to, any of the younger characters. He’s remembering his own youth – at least 50 – 70 years earlier.

His detailed memories allow him to both see and to feel how it was when he fell in love in the 1900s – 1920s, before a dictator took all of that away from him. He loved a boy, with semi-societal approval, until Hitler said that such a love wasn’t acceptable.

In his dotage, he sees that young people have recovered a small part of what he might have enjoyed, and he is pleased beyond words!!!

Search: Magnus Hirshfeld and Paragraph 175 of the German Law

All of my life, my fondest wish has been to guarantee that my grand-children or my great-grandchildren could dare to express their romantic and sexual affection for a same-sex friend, when they first felt the urge, without having to fear the total social ostracism and inherent dangers that I knew when I first wanted to kiss Jeff (and he damn sure wanted to kiss me)!!

#26 written by Josh~
about 8 months ago

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Why do you assume the character is German? oO
#27 written by Mark
about 8 months ago

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At last, someone else got the roles figured out! It is plainly obvious that the older man is recalling his youth, triggered by the ball coming over the hedge. He returns to the present day and is wistfully amused at the gay couple, and what could have been for him had events of his childhood taken a different course.

And, I agree with Josh; why do you assume the older man is German? I saw nothing to lead me to that conclusion. This appears typically American.

#28 written by cody
about 8 months ago

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wow !! as a filmmaker my self i have to say that was amazing! really inspiring !!! just great! :D

#29 written by Rhys...
about 8 months ago

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I loved this short film… I’m still in the closet. I don’t know how my parents, friends, and family will take it if I were to come. Jr. High is tough right now because of the teasing… they tease me for being a nerd and nothing more. I can only imagine when I come out… I don’t think me coming out will happen…

This is why we need to do everything to get equal rights in the world. Some of us are weak and we need those bold people to fight for what is right!

#30 written by Wacksus
about 8 months ago

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I kinda know how you feel,

Lately I’ve been thinkin’ and now, for me, to come out, is a silly idea. Ok it Is true that you’re going to be much more free to say and act how you feel is the others know you have certain sexual preference, but It is not absolutely necessary.

Coming out many times only generates problems, moreover if you do it openly…, I think you just need to be who you really are, “autentic”, with your friends, maybe with some part of your family, etc, I don’t think it is completely necessary to say “hey mom I’m gay/bi/whatever” I think it is enough if you respect other people feelings, and continue acting just like you feel you are, if youare gay/bi/whatever they’re gonnay know it, indirectly, and believe me it is much more easier for some ppl to live with dubts, than dealing with an unaccepted truth.

I’ve cameout with some people and I’ve been having many different reactions, some good, some bad, some HORRIBLE, and some “unespected”, everybody is different, and what i can conclude of everything is that, “ok, I haveto share moments of my life with many ppl, but, do they really care about me?” the answer many times is not, believe me, if you have a real friend and he don’t really know you’re gay/lesb/whatever but he knows you very well, accepts your personality, accepts you as a whole pearson, sexuality is just a tag… an add-on of life.

aaanyway if you have msn or so,itwould be cool tochat someday maybe, mm write me/add me shadenboy@gmail.com

Byeee

#31 written by ^arcangel^gabriel^
about 8 months ago

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OMG that seriously creeps me out, it’s sooo sad¡¡ sooo sad…
if I come out my mom will drop dead my lil sister will call me a fag and my dad will be reeeally unconfortable, I think my older sis would be ok with it somehow but still, tooo scary

#32 written by Kyle
about 7 months ago

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It was a nice short film.

#33 written by Rob
about 4 months ago

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I had to re-run the video a second time to get the actual drift. The title “The Closet” immediately passed me by as to its meaning. Of course I know its meaning! But, ‘it still passed me by’. Must be due to my age, being, pretty much as old as the fellow in the video. Then, as the film progressed, that androganous little character came out of ‘the cupboard’ in such peculiar, unexpected fashion. First time round I viewed ‘the cupboard-boy’ as a little girl with which the little boy then locked (in unlikely manner as I saw it, so peculiarly) their little girl/boy fingers. There’s nothing to be gained by old fogies coming-out? Once you’re past ‘your pretty prime’ best to stay in the cupboard and twiddle your own two little fingers to yourself.

#34 written by Nick
about 3 months ago

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“Must be due to my age, being, pretty much as old as the fellow in the video”

Been there. Done that.

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