tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451838183910864405.post9203108771027917569..comments2023-04-25T08:10:17.740-07:00Comments on Cinemaphile: Moonlight / **** (2016)David M Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11765191637815775830noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451838183910864405.post-75652750685625921692016-11-23T21:03:50.467-08:002016-11-23T21:03:50.467-08:00Thank you for this thoughtful analysis of MOONLIGH...Thank you for this thoughtful analysis of MOONLIGHT, the best that I have read. In addition to the other fine qualities like the cinematography and the fine portrayals by everyone on the screen, the brilliance of the film, I think, lay in how the baton of Chiron's character was passed from actor to actor. I found the ending quite unsatisfying. "Cheating the trajectory", a perfect way to put it. Was Kevin in fact gay or simply a loving, caring person not afraid to be close to another man? Chiron certainly was gay. Was Chiron left in the lurch once again, unable to trust himself or others sufficiently to pursue the companionship of gay men, and instead having to rely on the loving embrace of a straight friend. Were both men still governed by internalized homophobia instilled by the black community and its notions of manhood? I felt that these questions and others were left incomplete. If Chiron could not find the love of another gay, that sad outcome is unbearable to think about given the "trajectory" of the narrative, the ordeal which the audience endured.Eric of Durhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706526664125195836noreply@blogger.com