Was not aware that Kechiche was considered abusive. Is this in a William Friedkin way or a David O. Russell way?
Be that as it may, it is a beautifully acted piece of cinema that in spite of its three hour running time felt like an engrossing and genuine depiction of first love for a demographic that is marginalized and often pushed to the peripheral of storytelling. There have been a few better LGBTQ movies since with Moonlight, Call Me by Your Name, and Disobedience, but besides coming before them, Blue I felt was at the forefront of humanizing sexuality as something natural... and human. As opposed to how in the previous decade it was treated as a burden that must be endured in popular movies like Brokeback Mountain.