The Wonderful Film Beautiful Thing – A Story of Teenage Love – And The Cast Reunion Article on Glen Berry Blog. Its been 25 years.

Stills From the Film Beautiful Thing

Directed by Hettie Macdonald

Screenplay by Jonathan Harvey based on his original play

Starring
Glen Berry
Scott Neal
Tameka Empson

Music
“Words of Love”
The Mamas & The Papas Featuring Mama Cass

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Click here to see the gallery of the photographs from the film

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 Read below about the Cast Reunion Article

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click here to see Glenn Berry Blog about cast reunion

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Handsome Devil -2016 -Starring Andrew Scott, Fionn O’Shea, Nicholas Galitzine

None Of Us Are Free , Until All Of Us Are Free, To Be Who We Truly Are


I still find it rather hard to believe That my little films have reached and audience of over 1,000,000. I am a very very late bloomer. I hope you enjoy my new little film.

I hope you enjoy my new little film.

None Of Us Are Free Until All Of Us Are Free To Be Who We Are Truly Are

I keep pushing myself . In this one I have add my voice at the beginning I still find it rather hard to believe That my little films have reached and audience of over 1,000,000. I am a very very late bloomer. I hope you enjoy my new little film. Be Who You Are, There’s No One In The World Like You Bruce Baumwoll

To the few who feel I go too fast, this is a little moving picture. This is why I move the photographs at the speed I do. If you want to study a photograph, stop the film. This is a moment in time meant for you to relax and go for the ride. You see what you see and you feel what you feel. Its a little movie trying to take you somewhere else. Relax and let me take you there. To really get anywhere one must let go. Remember you can see all YouTube videos on your TV . Which makes them so much larger to be able to see. Bruce Baumwoll

Wikipedia Handsome Devil is a 2016 Irish comedy-drama film directed by John Butler.[2] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It centres around an ostracised teenager (Fionn O’Shea) at an elite, rugby-obsessed, all-boys boarding school in Ireland modelled on Castleknock and Blackrock, whose new roommate (Nicholas Galitzine) is the school’s new rugby star-player.[4][5] The two form an unlikely friendship until it is tested by those around them.[6] The film features themes of homosexuality, while examining hypocrisy and snobbery in the Irish private school system. Handsome Devil received critical acclaim, winning the award for Best Irish Feature of 2017 from the Dublin Film Critics’ Circle;[7] four nominations at the 2018 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Awards,[8] including Best Feature Film; and the Best Single Drama Award at the annual Celtic Media Festival in 2018.[9] Plot The film is set at an elite rugby-obsessed all boys boarding school in Ireland modelled on Castleknock and Blackrock, and is seen through the eyes of Ned, an ostracised student at the school.[10][11] He seems to be the only student there who does not enjoy rugby. A new student arrives at the school, Conor, who is Ned’s roommate and a star rugby player. Though the two are initially wary of each other, they soon form a close friendship, with a particular interest in music. The new English teacher, Mr. Sherry, also arrives at the school, who, though stern, is encouraging towards Ned and Conor. It is revealed throughout the film that the school generally encourages homophobic behaviour, particularly by the students and the rugby coach, Pascal. During a night out celebrating with the rugby team, Conor sees Mr. Sherry with his male partner at a gay club and understands that he is homosexual. At the same time, Ned realises that Conor himself is gay after seeing him in the same gay club. Pascal sees the two of them talking with each other and becomes worried that Mr. Sherry’s influence will have a negative effect on Conor, his most valuable player. Ned and Conor decide to perform a musical piece at the local elementary school’s variety show, at the encouragement of Mr. Sherry. Pascal encourages Weasel to ask his cousin (who attends the same school Conor did) the reason behind Connor getting into fights. He discovers that Conor was kicked out of his former school for repeatedly getting into fights with those who discovered that he was gay, and uses it as blackmail, insinuating that if he does not pick different friends, his secret will be revealed. As a result, Conor does not turn up to the variety show performance, much to Ned’s dismay. Ned turns up to an event with the rugby team, where Conor shoves him away in front of the entire team. Angry and frustrated, Ned outs Conor in front of the entire school during a rugby rally. A remorseful Ned is suspended and Conor runs away. As the final match approaches, Conor is still missing. Ned knows where to find him and brings him back to the stadium, where they convince Pascal that he can still be gay and a good rugby player, and that Conor is not ashamed of his sexuality, despite that being the case in the past. Although Pascal resists, the team stands by Conor, ultimately forcing Pascal to concede. The team eventually wins the final of the Leinster Schools Senior Cup while Mr. Sherry comes out to the school dean at the game. Ned returns to the school and wins the English writing competition using the story of his friendship with Conor which he names “Handsome Devil.”

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LGBTQ Center of Cleveland Ohio in the Gordan Square Arts District – Upcoming Exhibition 2021 CONVERGE – LGBTQ+ – My Husband Andrew Reach’s Art Has Been Selected – The Artwork SHINING LIGHT of a Photograph of Me (Bruce Baumwoll) From 1984 at the Christopher Street Subway Station

SHINING LIGHT by Andrew Reach, 2007
uv cured inkjet on acrylic, 24″w x 36″h

This artwork is one of two of Andrew’s artworks selected to be in the exhibition. Titled SHINING LIGHT, it’s from a photograph he took of me at the entrance to the Christopher Street subway station in 1984. It will be shown at the LGBTQ Center of
Greater Cleveland in the Gordon Square Arts District which is one of 3 other venues for the exhibition.

Andrew describes the artwork as follows:
“Shining Light is a visual love letter. The light above Bruce’s head softly illuminates him like a halo, while my “whimsies” surround him, attracted to his beautiful essence. SHINING LIGHT speaks to the simple universal notion of the deep love and commitment of two men spending a life together and the homage one man pays to the other he loves so deeply.”
ASTERISCUS I, 2021
uv cured inkjet on cnc cut acrylic, 48″h x 43″w

This is the other artwork selected for the exhibition. It will be shown at another venue, Metrohealth Hospital.

Andrew’s art is already represented at the center as he was commissioned during the buildings construction to do a permanent installation in the “Lounge” off of the main entrance (see photo below)

Me in front of Andrew’s commissioned artwork “Fifty Three Rhombuses” at the LGBTQ Center of Greater Cleveland, uv cured inkjet on cnc cut composite aluminum.


From the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve’s website:

This August, the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve presents CONVERGE, a massive visual art exhibition held in partnership with the LGBTQ Center of Greater Cleveland, Lake Erie College, and Cleveland MetroHealth. Shown across 4 venues, CONVERGE brings together the diverse stories of the LGBTQ community, including the historically underrepresented voices of women, transgender people, and people of color.”

Click here to read more about the exhibition on the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve’s website.

Screenshot of Artists Archives of the Western Reserves’ webpage about the exhibition.
Artwork PRIDE by Chuck Fischer – Mixed Media Assemblage.

1984 Gay Pride Day in Greenwich Village in New York City. At the Pier with our beloved dog Katie – Andrew and I on Christopher Street and around the Village

SHINING LIGHT by Andrew Reach, 2007
uv cured inkjet on acrylic, 24″w x 36″h, edition of 3

This is an artwork by my husband Andrew Reach titled SHINING LIGHT from a photograph he took of me at the entrance to the Christopher Street subway station during Gay Pride in 1984.

Andrew describes the artwork as follows:
“Shining Light is a visual love letter. The light above Bruce’s head softly illuminates him like a halo, while my “whimsies” surround him, attracted to his beautiful essence. SHINING LIGHT speaks to the simple universal notion of the deep love and commitment of two men spending a life together and the homage one man pays to the other he loves so deeply.”

When Andrew was studying architecture at Pratt, he took photography classes and made me the subject of many of his photographs. Andrew became disabled from a spine disease and couldn’t continue practicing architecture and reinvented himself as a artist working in the realm of digital media. It turns out this photograph has been selected to be in a major exhibition being put on by the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve in Cleveland. Titled CONVERVERGE: LGBTQ+ which will celebrate the legacy of the LGBTQ’s community in northeast Ohio within the visual arts.

I still find it rather odd that I am now a subject of the art world and to know that thousands of people will see me when I was young. It’s hard to explain watching people looking at me on the wall. This is not the first time he has taken me to such a place. A few years ago, he made a piece called THE WONDER OF BRUCE (see below), that went on to be shown at the Butler Instituted Of American Art in Youngstown Ohio at their 74th Mid Year Exhibition.
THE WONDER OF BRUCE by Andrew Reach, 2010
Pigment Print on Cotton Rag, 44″w x 77″h, edition of 3
Me and our Dog Katie on the pier in Greenwich Village
Me and our Dog Katie on the pier in Greenwich Village
INDUSTRY WHIMSY by Andrew Reach, 2007
Pigment Print on Cotton Rag, 42″w x 72″h, edition of 3
This is the original photograph taken in 1984 that was used for the artwork INDUSTRY WHIMSY (shown above). The photograph is at the corner of Charles Street and Hudson in Greenwich Village. The window above the Citgo sign was the apartment where we lived.
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH WHIMSIES by Andrew Reach, 2007
Pigment Print on Cotton Rag, 36″w x 24″h, edition of 3
This photograph was taken by Andrew in 1984 while we were walking in Washington Square Park with our dog Katie.