I also just rewatched the movie. I had seen it once, over 20 years ago, when I was much younger, and almost as closeted and withdrawn as Adrian. I too thought it was brilliant, and never having seen it again, held it as a rare gem of "independent" filmmaking in my memory. (This probably had more to do with identifying with Adrian than anything else.)
Having just watched it again, I was immediately struck (negatively) by how painfully camp it is. All the things 0072 points out, along with the 80s clothes and hair and acting, all the shots of people acting directly into the camera (ooh, how intense), the alternating half face shots of Adrian & Jack (when Adrian first confronts Jack about his suspicions), the rapid back & forth panning between Adrian & Jack over breakfast the next morning, Adrian's pathetic attempt at surveillance when he follows Jack in the streets while keeping only 4 steps behind, and the 2 scenes in which it looks like Adrian might sniff Jack's dirty laundry. Even the climactic scene in which the neighbors confront Adrian about what he's done with Jack comes off comedic, rather than intense/suspenseful.
Viewed from that context, the incorporation of what was really happening in Argentina seems rather tawdry and disrespectful.
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