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cmbyn and Maurice are two of my all time fav bl movies and i cant thank James enough for those movies and introducing me to the author E M Forster. he has made me so happy. lemme praise him for a while pls. I've been holding it in me for so long.

James won an Oscar for call me by your name for best screenwriting. Currently he is the oldest Oscar holding winner ever.

James is a gay man born in 1923. he will be 97 today!! he was in secret relationship with Ismail merchant for 60 yrs as being gay was crime back then in uk. Ismail merchant was Indian producer. both met outside a theatre in uk. since then both of them adapted lots of movies together. their duo was popularly known as ivory-merchant duo. Ismail passed away 2005.

James and his lover Ismail merchant became famous for adaptations of E M Forster novels. E M Forster was a gay author born in1879. coincidentally e m Forster and James ivory share death anniversary and bday respectively. (ill make another death anniversary post for e m Forster which ill link here). James's popular bl movie was Maurice in 1987. you can also spot soooo many similarities between cmbyn and Maurice since James directed Maurice and was screenwriter in cmbyn.

James ivory did house tour few yrs ago and the only pic he had in his house was of Ismail. i wish Ismail was around to see his love win an Oscar, that too for a bl movie 🥹. his work has inspired so many other movies including few panels in bls like banana fish. i adore James so much <3<3<3

He is known for his works like room with a view, passage through India, howard's end, etc but my most fav out all is his Maurice novel. Marurice is a BL novel. it was my first bl ever.

E M Forster was a gay uk author born in 1879.

the movie my policeman starring harry styles is based on E M Forster's life story. his life story has always very much intrigued me even before the movie came out. the movie only focuses on his affair with bob, a policeman. bob promised to stay with forster forever but bob broke promise and married a woman after he returned from an egypt trip. the thing that aches my heart is that the wife of bob was super nice to forster whereas bob despised him. forster used to visit their house and bob's wife knew abt their affair, and was still very friendly towards forster. forster and bob's wife were good friends even though bob didnt want him in his house. when forster was sick and close to dying, he asked bob to hold his hand and sit next to him but he left the house, bob's wife was very kind and cared deeply for forster, so she was the one who sat next to him while he was taking his last breathe!!

before meeting bob, forster was children's story writer. he stopped writing children's entry in paper. he left his job bc he just couldn't do it anymore. he went on a trip, made out with indian man, when he returned, he wrote lots and lots of bl nsfw notes. he felt so disgusted bc being gay was a crime in uk back then in 1913. so he ended up burning most of his writings except one diary which was very close to him. it was none other than Maurice. he kept it hidden. it was later found and published by his family member after his death in 1970, after so many decades. which was later adapted by james ivory and Ismail merchant in 1987 (its james bday today, would suggest having a look here at the next post). this movie is how i was introduced to e m Forster and ill forever be grateful to them.

he passed away in 1970. i wish he lived to see himself become popular and his works being adapted into movies esp his dearest Maurice novel. i cant tell you how much it means to me. it was my first bl ever. he will live forever in hearts of his readers and viewers <3 <3 <3

ps - forgive me if i missed or misplaced any details. also the typos. this are the details i remember from the documentaries i watched abt him few yrs ago