62 - 120 BPM

Eavesdropping at the Movies · May 1, 2018 · 49m

Jose has been obsessed with 120 BPM and was very keen to hear what Mike, who is much younger and not gay, thought of it. Is his obsession due to purely personal reasons – the film seems to reflect a part of his youth – or is the film actually as good as he thinks it is? Is it a niche film or does it have meanings and feelings to communicate to a broader audience? Is the movie really great or is it just something Jose's particularly vulnerable to weeping at the mere thought of? We talk about it in relation to Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance, currently on at the Young Vic in London. We also…