I didn't know Roland Emmerich was gay. The filmmaker has been well known for sci-fi and disaster films, like Independence Day, 2012, and Moonfall, and I featured The Day After Tomorrow in Ted's MOVIE OF THE WEEK.
It shouldn't matter what ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity makes a person because we're all human beings, and one common theme found in Roland Emmerich's films is humanity and its struggles.
While he didn't serve as the director, there's a lesser-known sci-fi thriller Roland Emmerich produced about computer simulations and virtual reality, The Thirteenth Floor. It's film noir meets science fiction, and the technology premise is similar to The Matrix and Free Guy, about what's real and not real. Coincidentally, The Thirteenth Floor came out the same year as The Matrix in 1999. However, The Thirteenth Floor is based on an American novel, Simulacron-3 (also titled Counterfeit World), published back in 1964.
The Thirteenth Floor is hardcore science fiction, very talky, and there's hardly any action. But if you appreciate mind-bending films, like Memento and Inception, The Thirteenth Floor has become a science fiction classic and is highly recommended.
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