This forgotten homoerotic thriller from 1988 deserves a second look
Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, we’re revisiting an underrated erotic thriller from 1988, Apartment Zero.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.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.This week, we’ll take a look (no pun intended) at an oft-forgotten psychological thriller from the 1980s, a genre that also centers cautious observation.
In 1988’s Apartment Zero, a lonesome and introverted movie theater owner in Buenos Aires opens his house to a charming roommate, but begins suspecting that he may be involved in a series of killings terrorizing the city as he grapples with his unstated desire for him.
