“Seminal” Film?

Melissa Silverstein’s introduction to her interview with Director Donna Deitch with respect to Deitch’s groundbreaking movie, Desert Hearts:

Donna Deitch will be presented with a career achievement award tonight in LA at Outfest which has nurtured and featured gay, lesbian and transgendered images and films for 25 years. Deitch has had an illustrious career as a director but is best known for adapting and directing the seminal lesbian film Desert Hearts.

Melissa Silverstein’s second question to Donna Deitch:

Let’s talk about Desert Hearts. Many people feel it is a seminal film that defines lesbian films that came after.

Um, Melissa, hello?

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Main Entry: sem·i·nal
Pronunciation: sem-n-l
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or consisting of seed or semen <seminal discharge>

BTW, Donna Deitch is this year’a winner of the Outfest Achievement Award.  Desert Hearts was adapted from the book Desert of the Heart by Canadian writer Jane Rule.