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Feb 28, 2023 · Desert Hearts is a 1985 movie directed by Donna Deitch, and it quickly became a cult classic in the LGBTQ+ community. The film tells the story of Vivian Bell...
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Jul 13, 2017 · Donna Deitch's groundbreaking classic of queer cinema, a brand new restoration of "Desert Hearts" opens on July 19 at New York's IFC Center.
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Official website of Desert Hearts. Desert Hearts is a tribute to House, Techno, & Love with intimate gatherings focused on art, music and community. Tour Dates Shop DH Crew DH Records DH Black Festival Videos News About Helping Hearts
The VHS of Desert Hearts was released by Vestron Video in the United States in December 1986, and in the United Kingdom by Vestron Video International on April 3, 1987. [6] [79] The DVD was released by MGM Home Entertainment in Region 1 on January 23, 2001.
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Feb 5, 2009 · In 1986, critics hailed the film Desert Hearts as a one of "undeniable power, unique in its portrayal of the intimate relationship of two women in love. It r...
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Desert Hearts ranks as the all-time classic lesbian favorite romantic film - and also stands as the top-grossing lesbian-made lesbian feature of all time (drawing $2.4 million at the box office). Based on Jane Rule's novel "Desert of the Heart," the movie tells the story of Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver), a repressed English professor who goes to Reno for a quickie divorce in 1959. She spends the ...
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Criterion Collection Edition #902 Donna Deitch's swooning and sensual first narrative feature, DESERT HEARTS, was groundbreaking upon its release in 1985: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a shoestring budget, by a woman. In this 1959-set film, adapted from a belove...