"Much of being queer is about watching and observing. Watching the mannerisms and social behavior of others, to identify how your own might be different. Watching and desiring other bodies from afar; reading into glances, nods, and subtle social cues. Watching and absorbing entertainment that influences our references, our slang, and our aesthetics. To be queer, is in many ways, to be an observer."
"Apartment Zero was directed by Martin Donovan (who shortly after went on to write one of the campiest movies of all time, Death Becomes Her), who co-wrote alongside David Koepp (the writer behind some small films like Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible and Spider-Man). It stars a young and boyishly handsome Colin Firth ( not his first appearance in this column -he seemed prone to queer-leaning roles early in his career) as Adrian Le Duc, the British owner of a repertory theater in Buenos Aires. For most of his day, Adrian is happily lost in the Golden Age of Hollywood films that he plays more to himself than to others."
Apartment Zero is a 1988 erotic psychological thriller set in Buenos Aires following Adrian Le Duc, a reserved British repertory theater owner who spends his days screening Golden Age Hollywood films. Adrian opens his apartment to a charming new roommate and gradually begins to suspect the roommate's involvement in a series of killings across the city. The film foregrounds themes of watching, voyeurism, loneliness, and unstated queer desire, as Adrian reads social cues and battles internal longing. Martin Donovan directed and co-wrote the film with David Koepp. Colin Firth plays Adrian in an early queer-leaning role.
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