Movies
May, 1980
Gay protesters wanted to keep Cruising from being made in the first place, arguing that writer-director William (The French Connection) Friedkin--with Gerald Walker's novel as his source--was sure to make the gay lifestyle look grim. At a press screening of the finished production, The Village Voice's Arthur Bell told Friedkin: "A hateful film . . . garbage . . . you are the worm of worms." Well, all the hullabaloo turned out to be more exciting than the film itself. While I'll defend...
