Larger services like Netflix and iTunes recognized long ago that the majority of their revenue will always come from the most popular major studio releases. One of the most surprising of these is one of my favorite lesbian films of all time: The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love (I actually went ahead and bought the DVD a few weeks ago to be able to show it to my teenage daughters). Most movie fans are surprised to learn that some of the most important LGBTQ films of the 1980s and ’90s remain unavailable on digital platforms. One of the lesser-known facts of our current digital delivery movie landscape is that so many films have not made the leap to digital and have essentially been left behind. It’s a very long story, but I’ll share with you the shorter version and a bit of context. I’m proud to have played a small part in bringing this film back to audiences once again. The Context: The Sad But True Reality of Digital Delivery
Bressan, Jr.’s final film, Buddies (the first feature film about AIDS) has been freshly restored by the prestigious Blu-ray label, Vinegar Syndrome, and will have a limited theatrical and film festival release (including a world premiere at San Francisco’s LGBT film festival and a week-long run at the Quad Cinema in New York City starting Friday June 22) before hitting Blu-ray on July 31.
