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SHORTBUS
Thursday, October 19th at 7:30PM
Gateway Cinema - 1820 E. Sunrise Blvd at US1 North and NE 18th Avenue

SHORTBUS

SHORTBUS Directed by John Cameron Mitchell US, 2006, 101min, 35mm October 19th at7:30PM GatewayCinema 1820 E. Sunrise Blvd at US1 North and NE 18th Avenue Tickets $12 for non-members $9 for MGLFF members $5 MGLFF Student Members

Over a period of two years, John Cameron Mitchell, the creator, director and star of the stage musical and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch, worked extensively with his actors to develop the script and characters for his second feature Shortbus, an amazingly playful, pansexual study of modern relationships set in Manhattan between the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the power outages of summer 2003. From the brilliantly realized opening shots of an animated New York the audience is set up for a thought provoking treat.

James (Paul Dawson), a former hustler, and his hunky beau Jamie (PJ De Boy) are a gay couple dealing with the monotony of monogamy. Sofia (Sook-Yin Lee), a couple's counselor, has some pillow secrets of her own that she's unable to share with her husband Rob. Severin (Lindsay Beamish) a jaded dominatrix who never leaves home without her Polaroid and sex toys, is unable to commit to a relationship. Their lives intersect at Shortbus 'a salon for the challenged and gifted', a safe bohemian haven where like-minded souls can find salvation, where sexual fantasies, and explorations are permissible, which is presided over by the divine Mistress Justin Bond (a.ka. Kiki from Kiki and Herb).

Unveiled at Cannes to a standing ovation, and received with much acclaim at the recent Toronto International Film Festival, Shortbus doesn't shy away from visually showing us sex, real sex, whether it be gay, straight or lesbian couplings, and threesomes. While acknowledging that Shortbus's version of "The Star Spangled Banner" will never be broadcast live from the "Super Bowl", it is patently clear that Cameron Mitchell is a maverick auteur and this is probably one of the best independent movies you are going to see all year.