Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 17:01:04 -0500
From: David B. O'Donnell <atropos@aol.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list GLB-NEWS <GLB-NEWS@BROWNVM.brown.edu>
Subject: Swedish Film Director Comes Out as Bi

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AFTONBLADET 12 JANUARY 1995

The Swedish film director Staffan Hildebrand (48) comes out as bisexual in a
six pages interview in the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet.

Hildebrand, who says he is an admirer of the gay former UN general-secretary
Dag Hammarskjoeld, is right now producing a UN-financed documentary, which
is to be shown by TV-stations world-wide when The UN celebrates its 50th
anniversary 24 October later this year. In this movie he is portraying the
young generation in eight different countries and the hope for the future
they represent.

In his production he has mostly focused upon youth themes. He has portrayed
the reality of youths in Thailand and Sweden. His movie Stockholmsnatt
(Stockholm-night) depicting young-generation-violance has had a major impact
on the discussion of youth-violance in Sweden.

In the interview Hildebrand admits that he has felt a strong sexual
attraction to several of the young male actors in his movies, but that he
never has been sexually involved with any of his main characters. He further
explains that he is mainly attracted to young men and not to men of his own
age. His relations he describes as short but passionate. They did, however,
never develop into long-term relationships. His longest relation, lasting
for almost five years, he appears to have had with a women.

Hildebrand, who's father was head of a fire-brigade, reveals in an almost
Fassbinder-vision-style his childhood attraction to the firemen at the
brigade:

 - Everyday I saw these young virile men. I spent lot of time in their
company - at work and when they worked out. It was then I saw how fit and
muscular their bodies were.

Army of Lovers member Alaxander Bard, who made the music to Stockholmsnatt,
applauses Hildebrand's decision to come out.

Bjorn