Making Love - 1982

  • This isn't really Gay Oral History, but it's somewhat tangentially related to gay history, or just a funny little fact.
  • "Making Love" (1982) isn't a great movie, but it served a purpose in it's time towards gay visibility and educating straight people about the experiences of gay men in marriages. In the final scene, Michael Ontkean, the gay husband, and his ex wife, Rachel Jackson, part after she show's him the life she now has with her new husband and child, showing that everything's turned out ok, despite their divorce, and giving a happy ending to the film. The scene takes place in the front yard of her large, suburban home, showing that she is comfortable and content.
  • I noticed that the house that's used for the scene is one that I'd coincidentally seen recently for sale on Zillow, in the Hollywood Hills (although in the film, you get no sense that the Hollywood Hills, with spectactular views, is all around them.
  • The house is located at 3311 Wonder View Plz, Los Angeles, CA 90068 for a price of $3,295,000. The house is on the top of a hill, on a promintory, with crazy views of the city and the valley. Given what the LA real estate market is like, I wouldn't be surprised if the house was demolished after it's sold, to make way for something more fashinable, so just recording this here.
  • The interior of the house looks like it hasn't been changed much since the 1970's.

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