Shortbus [2006] ✭✭✭✭✩
James Cameron Mitchell was the guy behind (and inside) Hedwig And The Angry Inch, one of the few 'musicals' i can bare to watch without sticking scissors in my ears and eyes, and two years ago he made Shortbus.
The idea? To make an feel-good porn movie. Though it starts of with an introduction to the main characters through some authentic 'action' scenes, the sex falls to the background pretty soon after the first 10 minutes, and what's left is a story that sucks you in (uhm... pun intended?) and in the end leaves you like Hedwig did, with a smile, and melancholic for the lives of the people you were introduced to. Only when the movie is over, you realize how lifelike the characters were, you can even wonder if parts of the story were real. Could that be attributed to the sex scenes, that for once don't portray the act as a negative thing? Quite likely, but the answer also is because of the natural way of acting by most of the cast. Most of all, the movie proves Mitchell is a talent to be watched...
Gisteravond hebben we Shortbus gekeken (ik had deze ooit gedownload na het lezen van deze posting van jou) Wat een vermakelijke en mooie film! Ik ben blij dat je deze aangeraden had. Ook de soundtrack is erg mooi: deze draait momenteel op mijn iTunes. Dan voor de tip!