Shortbus (2006)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.8/10   

Réalisateur:

John Cameron Mitchell

Scénariste (WGA):

John Cameron Mitchell (written by)

Release Date:

6 octobre 2006 (Canada)

Genre:

Drame | Romance

Accroche:

Voyeurism is Participation

Plot:

A group of New Yorkers get caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.

Plot Keywords:

Depression | Dominatrix | Masturbation Scene | Beach | Sensory Deprivation

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Funny, fantastic. Nearly a masterpiece. Don't miss it.

Ensemble

Sook-Yin Lee	...	Sofia
Paul Dawson	...	James
Lindsay Beamish	...	Severin
PJ DeBoy	...	Jamie
Raphael Barker	...	Rob
Peter Stickles	...	Caleb, the Stalker
Jay Brannan	...	Ceth
Alan Mandell	...	Tobias, the Mayor
Adam Hardman	...	Jesse, the John
Ray Rivas	...	Shabbos Goy
Bitch	...	Bitch / Shortbus House Band
Shanti Carson	...	Leah, the Beautiful Couple
Justin Hagan	...	Brad
Jan Hilmer	...	Nick, the Beautiful Couple
Stephen Kent Jusick	...	Creamy

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Sex Film Project (USA) (working title)

Durée:

101 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Netherlands:16 | Canada:R (British Columbia/Ontario) | Finland:K-18 | UK:18 | Australia:R | USA:Unrated | Germany:18 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | Sweden:15 | Norway:18 | Italy:VM18 | Hong Kong:III | New Zealand:R18 | Portugal:M/18 | Singapore:(Banned) | Japan:R-18 | Ireland:18 | South Korea:Limited (original rating) | Argentina:18 | France:-16 (with warning) | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (2009)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

THINKFilm

Anecdotes:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was going to fire Sook-Yin Lee when they learned that she was going to be participating in a film with explicit sexual content. Several prominent individuals came to her rescue, including Gus Van Sant, Atom Egoyan, David Cronenberg and Julianne Moore, in successfully urging CBC to retain Lee as a member of their staff.

Goofs:

Continuity: When James and Jamie are talking about Ceth and about their relationship, the dancer in the back goes from topless in one shot, to with a top in the next.

Guillemet:

Sofia: I'm pre-orgasmic.
Jamie: Does that mean you're about to have one?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus' (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Surgery

Funny, fantastic. Nearly a masterpiece. Don't miss it.

"Shortbus" is impossible to summarize, and in the future film students will write books about it. it's hysterically funny, wonderfully smart, and totally endearing.  It's also been marginalized by an infantile media that refuses to talk about anything other than the guy who can "do" himself. Don't fall for their bait: this film is brilliant.

"Shortbus" puts sex in perspective -- as a part of all our lives -- and thumbs its nose to the puritanical ratings board and to the puritanical country we live in.  This is a Robert Altmanesque tale of six or seven young New Yorkers, and being honest it follows their (quirky, unflinchingly honest, hysterically funny) sex lives too.  It's wonderful and refreshing and ground-breaking and the bravest film in years.  It shows America in no uncertain terms that having to cut sex out of movies to make them "safe" also cuts out their . . . well, I'll say "guts."

Anyway, run to see it -- in a theater, not on DVD.  It defines our time. I have no connection with the film, didn't expect to like it, and didn't like "Hedwig," so I'm astonished that it's the best film of the year. It's funnier than Woody Allen and seriously hits masterpiece at points -- though it's admittedly a little ragged, unwieldy and low-budget.  Lots of quotable lines, but I'll give just one that beautifully defines our time:  This guy hosts a salon, and a new girl visits.  In one room there are like thirty people having sex.  "It's just like the seventies!" the host says brightly.  "Except, without the hope."