With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War.
Direction
Purves wrings Shakespearean tragedy from eleven minutes of clay.
Score
Operatic weight that punches way above its runtime.
Director
Barry JC Purves
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Purves made this after Disney rejected his Hunchback vision; the queer subtext became text when mainstream doors closed.
The film's 'undeclared' love was revolutionary for 1995 — Brad Pitt's Achilles would chicken out on the romance for another nine years.
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