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[my_window_seat]

Calling all serious film freaks - er, and just freaks, period -

I've taken to trusting flemco's recommendation on things to see that are worth seeing. He recently posted about Shortbus, so that was what I picked to watch this evening.

If graphic and completely unsentimentalized treatment of sexuality is something you can not only stomach but find interesting, this is definitely a must-see for you.

Well, I have to qualify that statement a little. There is sentiment. There is sex. The two don't always go together in this film. Kinda like, you know, in real life.

But - sometimes they do. And sometimes they meet in very unexpected ways.

It's not a pretty film, although there are some pretty people and very beautiful moments in it. It's not porn, but there's a lot of very undisguised and very real sex going on in it. It's not a love story, although there are stories about love in it.

Hard to say what it is. Except that it's an exceptionally great piece of work.

Huh. wow.

Comments

[viruswshoes.livejournal.com]

Although I worked the box office for two screenings of Shortbus at the Guild, I confess to having been a prude, opting not to see it in the theater because of the sex. However, I do intend to watch it in the privacy of my home as soon as I can get my hands on a copy. ;)

Good review, and thanks for no spoilers!

[my-window-seat.livejournal.com]

It was kind of like watching a well-produced home-movie of a lot of people I know, and probably you, too. Glad I didn't 'spoil' it for ya! :)

[broken-bokken.livejournal.com]

It's on my list of things to see.

[my-window-seat.livejournal.com]

Good man.

[hannah-phi.livejournal.com]

Where did you rent it/see it? I've been looking around for it, but not finding it.

[my-window-seat.livejournal.com]

I am evil. I downloaded it. Mwah-ah-ah-ah. If you have Netflix I'm sure you can get it that way, though.