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'David Roche Talks to You About Love' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Jeremy Podeswa and released in 1983.[Thomas Waugh, 'The Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas'. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006. . p. 498.] It is a filmed version of performance artist David Roche's theatrical monologue of the same name, featuring Roche's observations on his successes and failures in his romantic and sexual relationships with men.[Alex Strachan, "Podeswa's specialty: unspoken subtexts". 'Edmonton Journal', June 27, 2004.]
Made as a student project while Podeswa was studying film at Ryerson Polytechnic,[Suzanne Wintrob, "North York filmmaker on his way to the top". 'Toronto Star', October 21, 1986.] the film premiered at the 1983 Festival of Festivals.[Stephen Stuckey, "The Festival of Festivals". 'The Body Politic', September 1983.] It was entered into the Canadian Student Film Festival in 1984,["Weekend Guide". 'Montreal Gazette', March 23, 1984.] where it won the Norman Jewison Award for best film in the festival program.[ In 1985, it won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the Frameline Film Festival.][
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In 2022, the film was included in the short films program at Outfest.[Matt Grobar, [https://deadline.com/2022/06/outfest-rounds-out-lineup-for-2022-los-angeles-lgbtq-film-festival-1235049669/ "Outfest Rounds Out Lineup For Its 40th Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival"]. 'Deadline Hollywood', June 22, 2022.]
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