The basis for the hit independent film starring Jason Priestly and John Hurt,
Love and Death on Long Island
, is a brilliant, witty, and heartrending update of
Death in Venice
. When he wanders into the wrong theater and finds himself watching the wretched teen-pic
Hotpants College II
, cerebral British author Giles De’Ath becomes romantically obsessed with dreamboat Ronnie Bostock. Giles’s infatuation drives him to the unthinkable: he reads American fan magazines and watches movies with titles like
Tex Mex
and
Skid Marks
. And finally, he travels to Long Island, intent on meeting Ronnie in the flesh.