Gus Van Sant is one of the prime movers and shakers to come out of the New Queer Cinema of the early ninties, if he's depicting two loner/outsider students it's somewhat unsurprising that he makes them gay. Besides, I love the way that angle is actually handled, very slight and ambiguous. I doubt they really are gay, it's just that they know they're about to do something terrible and aren't going to come out of it alive.
'I've never kissed anyone before.'
'Me either.' (Or whatever it was)
That's lovely stuff! Girls chucking up their guts in the bogs, less so, but it DOES happen, and as it provides one of the few genuine pieces of happening, I'd let it slide. Plus it has that kind of camp edge to it, and we love a bit of campness. I didn't find it extreme or OTT.
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How did I know you were going to love that film?
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I dunno, tell me!
