For anyone who has seen or has even heard of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, you may know the name John Cameron Mitchell. He's an amazing writer, actor as well as director - basically, he can do it all; he's superman! He came up with the character from Hedwig in a gay club and started performing impromptu monologues until it was transformed into an off broadway play on Jane St in NYC. After a few years he began mulling with the idea of a movie, thinking of ways to pull it off without alienating his already fans (called "Hed heads"). Obviously he did it and pulled it off amazingly well.
So all of this back story leads me to his newest creation, Shortbus. (IMDB / Cannes Film Festival (including story synopsis, actors, dialogue and pictures)
First of all, it undoubtedly seems like something most of you would get into, hence the post, and second of all, I needed to get all my giddiness about this movie out; and frustration since it looks like it's going to be a while before they release it in the US. ( Rah!
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Synopsis:
SHORTBUS follows various New York City characters as they navigate the comic/tragic intersections between sex and love in and around a modern-day polysexual underground salon called Shortbus. Sofia is a sex therapist who has never had an orgasm. She's been faking for years with her husband Rob. She meets Severin, a female dominatrix who tries to help her. Sofia's clients include James and Jamie, who are starting to open up their relationship sexually. James suggests a three-way relationship with Ceth ; Jamie is reluctant. James seems to have a hidden agenda. His plans are witnessed by a stalker named Caleb. All the characters converge on Shortbus, a mad nexus of art, music, politics and sex. The film suggests new strategies for reconciling the unique pressures of post-9/11, Bush-exhausted New York City life with questions of the mind, pleasures of the flesh and imperatives of the heart.
Oh yeah, I can't wait.
So all of this back story leads me to his newest creation, Shortbus. (IMDB / Cannes Film Festival (including story synopsis, actors, dialogue and pictures)
First of all, it undoubtedly seems like something most of you would get into, hence the post, and second of all, I needed to get all my giddiness about this movie out; and frustration since it looks like it's going to be a while before they release it in the US. ( Rah!
)Synopsis:
SHORTBUS follows various New York City characters as they navigate the comic/tragic intersections between sex and love in and around a modern-day polysexual underground salon called Shortbus. Sofia is a sex therapist who has never had an orgasm. She's been faking for years with her husband Rob. She meets Severin, a female dominatrix who tries to help her. Sofia's clients include James and Jamie, who are starting to open up their relationship sexually. James suggests a three-way relationship with Ceth ; Jamie is reluctant. James seems to have a hidden agenda. His plans are witnessed by a stalker named Caleb. All the characters converge on Shortbus, a mad nexus of art, music, politics and sex. The film suggests new strategies for reconciling the unique pressures of post-9/11, Bush-exhausted New York City life with questions of the mind, pleasures of the flesh and imperatives of the heart.
Oh yeah, I can't wait.
