I Rode the Shortbus*
In my haste to post my weekend photos yesterday I neglected to mention that I finally got to see Shortbus this weekend! This is the movie written and directed by James Cameron Mitchell – the brilliant fellow behind Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
I wasn’t sure what to expect…though I was fairly confident I would find the movie visually interesting since, as he proved in Hedwig, he’s got a great eye. For those of you unfamiliar, this movie is not porn, but all of the actors (except Justin Bond, perhaps) engage in actual sexual intercourse on screen. Yes, you see penetration, erections, orgasms and numerous ejaculations. Oh dear, now that I wrote those four words on here, I fear my blog is going to get bombarded by spammers…or 14 year old horny teenagers.
Anyway, I really liked the movie! As expected, the visuals were great: from the Statue of Liberty to flying over a Mister Rogers mock-up Manhattan. The acting (overall) was quite good. And I think the lead actress (Sook-Yin Lee) should have a great acting career ahead of her.
It’s funny, when I saw the advertisements for the film (and even at the beginning of the movie) I kept thinking that I found her plain looking. She wasn’t totally unattractive, but I wouldn’t have considered her pretty. But by the end of the movie, whether by watching her for 90 minutes, or whether it’s because of her character’s development and transformation through the film, I found her incredibly attractive by the closing credits. (I found her husband to be sexy throughout the film. he he). It takes a good actor (and a good director) to pull that off.
Anyway, I enjoyed the movie a great deal and highly recommend it….to anybody not too uptight about sex.
Now that I’ve scratched that movie off my list, I still need to see Jesus Camp, 49-Up, and A Guide to Recognizing your Saints. I’ve got a busy few weeks ahead of me.
*Yeah, I know. That was a lame heading probably used by half the bloggers and movie critics in the world. But cut me some slack – it’s still early in the morning.
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I saw the trailer to this and was kind of in shock (strangely I still wanted to see it still!). I loved Hedwig, and I have to make a point to see Shortbus.
Was really cool meeting you btw
Hopefully we can become blogger buddies 🙂
And when will you be seeing “The Queen”? 🙂
I take it that Shortbus is eaither released unrated or given the “Parents, take your children and RUN” rating, yes? Sounds like my kind of movie.