Swoon (film)
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Swoon | |
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Directed by | Tom Kalin |
Written by | Tom Kalin |
Music by | James Bennett |
Cinematography | Ellen Kuras |
Editing by | Tom Kalin |
Release date(s) | 1992 |
Running time | 82 mins |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
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Swoon is an independent film written and directed by Tom Kalin, released in 1992. It is an account of the 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder case, focusing more on the homosexuality of the killers than other movies based on the case. It starred Daniel Schlachet as Loeb and Craig Chester as Leopold.
Along with the films of Todd Haynes, Gregg Araki and others, Swoon is identified as part of the New Queer Cinema.