“I’ve got some credit in the straight world. I lost a leg, I lost an eye.” – Courtney Love “Credit in the Straight World” LA is a dream factory built on smoke and mirrors, yet The L Word’s depiction of the queer scene in LA has some eerily parallels to my reality. In Boston, my cinematographer and I binge watched it, and it struck us as a fun but totally implausible fantasy. What major American city has large, centrally located, sun-lit apartments that look like houses? How could hairdressers, athletes, corporate yuppies, and musicians casually hang out in the same…
Author: Rory Gory
Rory Gory
Rory Gory is a queer, feminist, award-winning filmmaker behind Rory Gory Pictures, whose feature film debut The Audience is coming to VOD in 2015. Rory received a BFA in Experimental Film from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which was completed at Universität der Künste Berlin, as well as a Certificate in Digital Filmmaking from Boston University. When not writing or making films, Rory is the voice of the Alliance of Women Directors on social media, and books indie films at the Downtown Independent in Los Angeles.