Buddies

<div><b>This screening is in support of Waverley Care for World AIDS Day, and will have an introduction from Waverley Care.</b></div><div><br></div>The very first full length drama about AIDS, <i>Buddies</i> focuses on 25 year-old gay yuppie David (David Schachter) who volunteers to be a “buddy” to an AIDS patient. The gay community centre assigns him to Robert (Geoff Edholm), a 32 year-old politically impassioned California gardener abandoned by his friends and lovers. Revolving around the confines of Robert’s Manhattan hospital room, Bressan skillfully unfolds this two-hander with devastating effect. Tragically both Arthur J. Bressan and Geoff Edholm went on to die from complications of AIDS.<div><div><br></div><div>Initially released in cinemas in 1985, the film is a moving and timeless portrayal of an entire era in gay history which is now marked each year by World Aids Day on 1st December.</div><div><br></div><div><i>"</i>Buddies <i>is the story of two gay people who happen to be human beings. This is not the pretty part of gay life. We had a parade of parade films and coming-out films, and I made a lot of those movies. But when something like AIDS comes up, It is important for our artists to deal with what is going on. How many dead friends does it take for you to get angry or sad?&nbsp; The AIDS crisis has shown that gay people have a strong underside that can deal with the ultimate issues in life, which is death, strongly, powerfully, heroically, courageously, ethically, morally, amazingly. </i>Buddies<i> is not just about AIDS, it’s about what happens when a person, a lone individual has to face not only death, but the fear and ignorance of all of us … society”</i>&nbsp; - Arthur J. Bressan Jr.</div></div>DramaPT1H19M152026-12-01USen
Geoff Edholm
David Schachter
Libby Saines
Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
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