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Shortbus - Raphael Barker, Lindsay Beamish, Jay Brannan, John Cameron Mitchell

Threat advisory: High - High risk of entertaining activities

Movie propaganda

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.

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.

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.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film drama erotic sex love therapy orgasm art music dominatrix domination gay open relationship

Persons of interest

Raphael Barker .... Rob
Lindsay Beamish .... Sian
Jay Brannan .... Ceth
Paul Dawson .... James
PJ DeBoy .... Jamie
The Hungry March Band .... The Hungry March Band
Sook-Yin Lee .... Sofia
Yolonda Ross .... Faustus
Daniela Sea .... Little Prince
Rachael C Smith .... Zoey
Peter Stickles .... Caleb
John Cameron Mitchell .... Screenwriter
John Cameron Mitchell .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Shortbus official movie site
Shortbus film production notes
Shortbus QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

London Film Festival 2006: Special screening
Toronto International Film Festival 2006: Vanguard

See also Heading south (Vers le sud)
Studios and distributors:

Hopscotch Films

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Phwaorgh! Shortbus is hot, steamy and sexy. The "actual sexual activity" might lead you to believe that it's porn (and not art) but you'd be wrong: sex is the whole reason for the story. Of course, that doesn't mean that there's a great deal of story but John Cameron Mitchell comes close. No pun intended.

This flick is a voyeur's delight with solo action, pairs, threesomes, orgies, public sex, domination, submission, toys, whips, leather, PVC and compassion. And a mythic quest for the female orgasm.

Bonus points for the cool model of New York.

The drama, erotic movie Shortbus is directed by John Cameron Mitchell and stars Raphael Barker, Lindsay Beamish, Jay Brannan.