Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Directed by Stephen Frears
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
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John is in a dead-end job with a car-hire company, Ted is as demanding of his attention as Kenneth Halliwell was for Joe Orton's in Prick Up Your Ears , though the nature of their intense friendship is far from gay as Ted is obsessively heterosexual.
B-sides, these kinds of working class love/hate stories, were Frears' domain once upon a time, as his Sammy and Rosie Get Laid and Prick Up Your Ears demonstrate.