Starring Terence Stamp as the mourning transgender Bernadette Bassenger, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is even more relevant, moving, exquisite, funny, and bitchy than when it rolled over the land down under on release in 1994. Writer/director Stephan Elliott’s now-cult classic should be studied for its performances, social commentary, and expert indulgence in Fellini-esque techniques. The film should also be celebrated for steadfastly supporting triumphant optimism in the face of unforgivably myopic discrimination, repression, violence, and ABBA. Stamp is the soul of the film, an elder queen unknowingly in search of the next act. It might not be the first performance you think of when you hear his name, but it is nonetheless a monument to his craft.

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