על הסרט שורטבאס והקהילה הבדסמית בארה"ב

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John Cameron (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) Mitchell
Thanks the BDSM Community
and talks about his new movie ShortBus
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Yes, this is the movie you heard about with all the sex!
Yes, there is a Pro Domme character who wields a mean flogger!
Yes, someone sings the national anthem into another guys butt!
and yes... yes... Some guy does BLOW HIMSELF!

And if I stopped right there, these are probably enough reasons to
see the new movie SHORTBUS by "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" director
and star, John Cameron Mitchell. But the funny thing is, even with
all the graphic sex and alternative lifestyle themes that would
normally scare away the vanilla world, the straight press is raving
right along with the alternative press! Is it possible that there may
be a movie out that connects EVERYONE?!?

"Another sensation. Yes, there's hard-core sex in this film. But
you couldn't call it a hard-core film. It's not about sex, but about
sexuality, not about scoring but about living."
-Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"For all the sexual candor, the film has a childlike sweetness to the
characters and their relationships. They undergo moments of absurd
comedy and sobering calamity, so that in the end, the drama of their
lives overshadows the sex scenes."
-David Germain, Associated Press

And Time Magazine of all places, their review is so over-the-top
positive, you'd think the reviewer was an investor in the movie!

Roger Ebert... The Associated Press... TIME Magazine... The New York
Times... Rolling Stone, New York Post, New York Magazine, The Boston
Globe, The Advocate, LA Weekly, Village Voice, Time Out New York,
Variety, Gay City News, What's going on here.. So many diverse
groups... all loving the same little indie movie... AND it has people
fucking in it?!?

NOTE TO THE ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE: PLEASE go out and support this
wonderful movie!

AND PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING letter sent to the BDSM community by
John Cameron Mitchell himself, thanking us for our support!

To find a theater playing the movie, go to
www.shortbusthemovie.com/theaters.html
For more info on the movie itself visit www.shortbusthemovie.com
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A personal note from John Cameron Mitchell to the BDSM Community
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Dear Friends,

I am truly touched by the outpouring of support that has come from
the BDSM community for my new movie SHORTBUS.

When I set out to make this movie, I wanted to explore sex as a
cinematic language in a way that I hadn't seen, where it wasn't
trying to be erotic or horrifying or negative or dreary. The story
itself was created in large part through improvisation with the
actors and the experience taught everybody involved how important it
is to connect, and, as I suspected, sex is just one way of describing
that very strong desire. I think the reason so many of you are
identifying with the movie is that, yes the Pro Domme character
obviously, but more then that, "connection" is such a big part of the
BDSM experience.

Also, the movie is a small act of resistance against Bush and the
America we live in. It's trying to remind people of all the good
things about America and New York, i.e. a refuge for those who aren't
accepted elsewhere, a place of personal expression, not just
tolerance but acceptance of diversity, individual freedom and
different ways of dealing with conflict than just brute force. I know
the BDSM community has worked hard to protect these liberties over
the last few years.

I also want to thank Bo & Skye from Details Toys for helping us
"connect" with the BDSM scene by consulting on the movie as well as
supplying us with all their great floggers and toys. And, The
Eulenspiegel Society/TES for making such great people and so many
educational opportunities available to the world for the last 35 years.

John Cameron Mitchell

SHORTBUS
You have to get on to get off
Now playing in select cities
www.shortbusthemovie.com

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