Monday, March 26, 2012
SEX AND LOVE OR NOT
Today's gay film was
A gay hustler goes back with a guy to his house and when the trick is over the hustler cannot find his way out of the building. He encounters another gay situation and another then another and so on.
Each of them calls on him to play various roles to please the clients but none of them really pleases him. He is earning his pay.
One wise, older, client tells him that the house is not a maze where there is a dead end. What he is experiencing is a labyrinth in which there is an end but a set of trials to go through to get there.
The hustler gets to the end and does find himself. A spoiler that but otherwise no point to the movie.
There is a lot of R rated sex which is quite entertaining in and of itself but, like the hustler, as voyeurs we learn the same lessons as we watch. Quite nice really.
Very well told with a wonderful handsome, but not too handsome, lead and a set of familiar characters from gay life who fill in for all of us as "clients".
I saw this before and bought it so it is a 5 out of Netflix5 without even trying.
There is a wonderful interview with the star as a feature. I don't usually watch them as it spoils the film but as a theatrical actor his insights are quite interesting and we see a lot of behind the scenes stuff. Very well done. Also a short by the same director as a little dessert.
