http://www.shortbusthemovie.com/

Is it playing in theatres in the US already? I am SO psyched! I adore John Cameron Mitchell...

The uncensored trailer is hilarious.

Synopsis;

John Cameron Mitchell’s SHORTBUS explores the lives of several emotionally challenged characters as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex in and around a modern-day underground salon.

A sex therapist who has never had an orgasm, a dominatrix who is unable to connect, a gay couple who are deciding whether to open up their relationship, and the people who weave in and out of their lives, all converge on a weekly gathering called Shortbus: a mad nexus of art, music, politics and polysexual carnality.

Set in a post-9/11, Bush-exhausted New York City, SHORTBUS tells its story with sexual frankness, suggesting new ways to reconcile questions of the mind, pleasures of the flesh and imperatives of the heart.
[Edited 10/14/06 12:00pm]

I'm looking forward to seeing this.

HamsterHuey said:

Shouldn't it be titled "the GD board"?

CarrieMpls said:

Me too! Me too!

Not seen yet, but I'm going to the Belgian release party organised by Poplife in an hour.

not getting the best reviews here.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT!!!!

It looks visually stunning. I'm into it. It's got my eye. I wanna see more.

I'm seeing it today.

Woo hoo!!!!

M

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

<-- jealous

I just read an article about this movie last night. Can't wait to see it.

This looks phenominal.

Chris Aguilar Garcia's top 10 ways that Shortbus got him hard:

1) It made me laugh when I felt I shouldn't laugh;

2) It made me think while I was sitting in a movie theater;

3) As my roommate said, it made gay sex "so normative" – not to mention bi-sex, threesomes, group sex and everything in between;

4) I don't remember seeing more honest portrayals of human emotion from an ensemble cast ever;

5) It really made me wonder why pussy and menstrual blood freak me out so much. And that was before I knew this little tidbit that Mitchell shared with Out: "For my Hitchcock cameo I decided to do something I had never done: I ate me some pussy. It didn't get me hard, but it was better than craft service. Are you happy now, Mom?"

6) It literally blows away Whitney Houston’s version of "the Star Spangled Banner";

7) It openly discusses the connection between sexual liberation and universal consciousness;

8) It strikes a blow to Christian right hypocrisy by embracing love and without ever mentioning the Christian right;

9) It made me wonder if I'd ever seen these actors before. Then wonder 'why not?' Then pray that I do see them again;

10) Lots and lots of cock.

http://blogs.planetout.co...the_s.html

i don't understand the hype surrounding this movie.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

explicit sex and a director who's first movie was one of the best cult films ever.

cborgman said:

what movie was that?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

hedwig and the angry inch

cborgman said:

ohhhh...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

have you seen it?

cborgman said:

no.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

i am adding it to your list. what else did i say? project runway?

cborgman said:

yep!

i think this is playing in chicago now. at least it was reviewed in the newest issue of 'time out chicago'. i SOOO wanna go. (ahem, STYMIE )

I am so freaking jealous... I missed a special screening a few months ago and now it seems I have to wait, like, endlessly.

HamsterHuey said:

that's how i feel about 'kiki & herb: unloaded' - i SOOO wanna see this movie, and i keep just missing it.

I'm going tonight, if my friends and BF don't bail again. There's definitely something kind of weird about going to see this: Do I go with the BF, with friends, with everybody...or just rent at home alone. It's making me feel...funny.

i think it's funny that john cameron mitchell made this crazy provocative subversive film about sex, but it's not getting any kind of controversial buzz at all. i swear, he's ALWAYS gonna be hedwig, no matter what!

Anx said:

There's been a ton of press about it here (influenced somewhat by Sook-Yin's appearance in the flick), but - yeah - strangely, little controversy.

Have you read this quote from Mitchell?: