Bear

Bear 10 minutes 35 seconds was Steve McQueens first major film Although not an overtly political work for many viewers it raises sensitive issues about race homoeroticism and violence It depicts two naked men one of whom is the artist tussling and teasing one another in an encounter which shifts between tenderness and aggression The film is silent but a series of stares glances and winks between the protagonists creates an optical language of flirtation and threat