I like sexually explicit indie movies. Maybe that speaks volumes of my repressed state or secretly liberated state of mind, but a crappy film cannot hide behind oodles and oodles of sex. The sex might make the unwatchable servicable, but it will bring about more than a passing fancy.
I've seen so many "gay" movies that try to mean more but just end up piling on one cliche after another. One film that transcends this is "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" by John Cameron Mitchell. It is quite difficult to swallow (or follow) at times because of its very surreal...everything, but a worthy watch nonetheless.
John Cameron Mitchell's new film, Shortbus, takes on a similar challenge of exploring sexuality but this time it's heralded by the hype of it's real sex scenes. As with anything that is similarly promoted, there will always be two kinds of viewers, those who just want to see the sex and those who think they're above the sex aspect.
The truth is that it is difficult, if not impossible, to dissociate the two. Given that the topic, wait not the topic but rather the treatment, is so taboo the curiousity of one person is what will usually entice a viewer, no matter what his or her values are, to give this film a try. What remains to be seen is if the film itself will take the viewer away from the erections and cumshots to find the very real and very ordinary struggles with sexuality.
If you anyone hears of this movie playing locally, give me a ring.
If you somehow felt shortchanged by that, another trailer exists, but it's not good for public consumption. However, if you're brave enough and are in a safe place, click here for the uncensored trailer.
3 comments:
I saw the movie with my date and we both loved it. Although it was a shock for us for the first few scenes of the movie because of all that explicit sex, we calmed down afterwards and enjoyed it for what it really was trying to portray: human nature. How everyone is always searching for something and we go around in circles but always end up back where we started.
have you seen the movie yet?
Cool! I'm quite envious as I haven't seen it yet. I'm keeping my ears open and my eyes peeled for it.
However I have seen a few films with very similar topics and themes and it seems quite inevitable that everything will end up where we begin.
I suppose that's a problem if we don't know what we're looking for.
wow i wanna see that movie toooo!
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