Hey, I just figure I'll tell about a film that is very close to my heart, one that which revolves around identity issues:
Mister Lonely - A film about a young Michael Jackson impersonator in France who lives the lifestyle of a panderer and small-time performer to scape the reality that he doesn't like his own identity and feels nothing toward his own body or self. He meets a beautiful Marilyn Monroe impersonator who seems to be escaping the same emotions, and together, they return to a commune in the Scottish Highlands where Monroe lives with a group of other open-minded impersonators and identity-benders; her husband, "Charlie Chaplan", her daughter, "Shirley Temple", and various friends like Abe Lincoln, Buckwheat, Red Riding Hood, The Queen, and others. The very beautiful, scenic, light-heated, and tearful comedy also shares a sub-plot about a group of nuns and a priest who deliver emergency rations to villages in the South Americas, while discovering that God has given them the miracle to jump from airplanes without parachutes and land on the ground without a scratch.
It's truly one of my favorite films of all time, and the filmmaker and writer behind it, Harmony Korine, grew up and lives near my city, and he's one of the most true and deserving filmmakers out there. His films have always been masterpieces, but Mister Lonely never recognized largely as such as it was a distribution failure (was never released in theaters, was not distributed in the US or hardly any other countries.) If you can find the DVD on Amazon, I recommend it highly. It's a film that you'll never, ever forget, especially the ending and the musical score, and it's incredibly personal to all of us here who have multiple or new identities. Trust me, you just will not forget this film if you ever lay eyes on it.
The trailer is just jam-packed with quotes that are dear to us, aint it!?
Marilyn: "So, when did you become 'Michael'?"
Michael: "Idk, I guess I was born this way. When did you become 'Marilyn'?"
Marilyn: "Since I first got my boobs."
I'll also tell about one more film:
Breakfast On Pluto - Starring Cillian Murphy as a incredibly beautiful transsexual (and he PASSES so beautifully, you completely forget that he's a boy in this film), who gets caught up in an 1970's terrorist scare and movement in the UK, all while finding romance and dangerous encounters along the way. Extreme emotions are always at play, and every movement in this film showcases things we all may feel or wish we could find. With an equally extraordinary cinematography style and soundtrack as Mister Lonely, it's a film that is highly recommended in my eyes. Cillian Murphy also starred as a beautiful transsexual in "Peacock", set in the early 1940's or so, it's sort of a specialty of his.
