Клуб Шортбас (ХХХ)

Клуб Шортбас / Shortbus

Год выпуска: 2006
Жанр: Нетрадиционное Порно/SM/Эротика/Драма/Мелодрама/Авторское кино
Продолжительность: 01:37:04
Режиссер: Джон Кэмерон Митчелл, США / John Cameron Mitchell, USA
В ролях: Джастин Бонд, Линдси Бимиш, ПиДжей ДеБой, Рафаель Баркер, Джей Брэннан, Питер Стиклс, Ли Сук-Йин, Пол Доусон
Студия: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Перевод: Профессиональный (многоголосый, закадровый)
Cубтитры: отсутствуют


Источник/Качество: DVDRip
Формат: AVI
Видео кодек: XviD
Аудио кодек: AC3
Видео: 640x352, 25.00 fps, XviD, 1519 KBit/s
Аудио: 48000 Hz, 482 KBit/s, 6 chanels

Внимание! Фильм содержит сцены откровенного сексуального характера. Не рекомендован лицам до 18 лет и людям со слабой психикой!


Сексопатолог, у которой никогда не было оргазма, садо-мазо госпожа, испытывающая трудности с общением, гомосексуальная пара, раздумывающая, не перейти ли им к открытому браку и многие, многие другие. Всех их объединил полуподпольный клуб Shortbus, где тесно переплетены искусство, музыка, политика и, конечно же, безудержный секс. Действие фильма Джона Кэмерона Митчела разворачивается в Нью-Йорке, пережившем 11 сентября и правление Буша. Показывая веселые и грустные похождения своих героев, ищущих секса и любви, режиссер предлагает нашему вниманию новый способ примирить разум, чувства и плотские удовольствия.
Порнография и разврат!, - кричат одни критики, не приемлящие сцен орального самоудовлетворения и глотания собственной спермы. Гениально!, - восклицают вторые, находящие в этом выплеск самореализации и выражение противоречий внутреннего мира героя. И все они по-своему правы. Фильм, перешедший все рамки приличного. Ещё в 70-е годы прошлого столетия гении итальянского кино Паоло Пазолини, Микиланджело Антаниони и Бернард Бертолуччи шокировали пуританскую общественность своими сексуальными откровениями. Перед новым зрителем, в большинстве не смотревшим картин этих великих режиссёров, вновь разыгрывается человеческая драма, сатира на современное общество и трагикомедия.
Участие в съёмках фильма едва не стоило увольнения исполнительнице роли Софии, канадской радиоведущей Ли Сук-Йин. Сохранить место Ли удалось лишь благодаря давлению, оказанному на её работодателя, Канадскую телерадиовещательную корпорацию (CBC), со стороны таких деятелей культуры как Фрэнсис Форд Коппола, Майкл Стайп ( R.E.M.) и Йоко Оно (та ещё профура...).

Интересные факты:

бюджет $2 000 000
сборы в США $1 985 292
сборы в мире + $3 221 780 = $5 207 072
сборы в России $108 200
премьера (мир) 20 мая 2006
премьера (РФ) 11 января 2007, 'Централ Партнершип', 'CP Classic'
релиз на DVD 3 сентября 2009, 'CP-Digital'

Интересные факты на Английском:

Plot
Set in contemporary New York City, Shortbus revolves around Sofia Lin (Sook-Yin Lee), who is married to the handsome but dimwitted Rob (Raphael Barker). She works as a couples counselor/sex therapist although she has never achieved an orgasm. She comes into contact with a couple: former child star Jamie (PJ DeBoy) and former prostitute James (Paul Dawson), the film's other protagonist. At the outset, James suggests to his boyfriend that they open up their relationship to sex with others. During their first consultation, Sofia snaps, slaps Jamie, and apologetically reveals her pre-orgasmic status. The couple suggests she attend a weekly social/artistic/sexual salon in Brooklyn called Shortbus, which is hosted by drag performance artist Justin Bond (playing himself). Sofia slowly opens up to new experiences; this includes a friendship with a dominatrix who goes by the name Severin played by Lindsay Beamish. (Severin was the name of the masochist protagonist of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs.) Sofia's inability to achieve orgasm begins to cause conflict with Rob, who in turn begins attending Shortbus with Sofia.
James and Jamie meet a young ex-model and aspiring singer named Ceth (pronounced Seth, and portrayed by Jay Brannan) and the three begin a sexual relationship. Meanwhile, James and Jamie's life is being closely watched by their across-the-street stalker neighbor, Caleb (Peter Stickles). Caleb fears the inclusion of Ceth in James and Jamie's relationship might break them up and thus destroy his ability to live vicariously through them, so he attends Shortbus, where he confronts Ceth. Sofia begins to go daily to a spa with a sensory deprivation tank to meet with Severin, and the two begin to have intense conversations. Severin begins to help Sofia loosen up sexually; Sofia helps Severin achieve a deeper human connection than she had experienced before. One evening at Shortbus, Severin discusses with Sofia the idea of giving up sex work to pursue her dream of being an artist. The two then have an unplanned sexual experience, and once again Sofia is left unsatisfied. Throughout the film, James is seen making a film about himself and his relationship. It turns out to be a suicide note. He attempts to take his own life and is rescued by Caleb, who calls for help, but is too embarrassed to wait with James for the help to arrive. He writes his phone number and email address on James' face while he is unconscious. When James wakes in the hospital, he calls Caleb. James goes to Caleb's home to be consoled, but does not contact Jamie or Ceth, neither of whom can understand why he wouldn't call them or come home.
There follows an interlocking trio of scenes showing connections between the characters' emotional problems and their sexual lives.
- At Caleb's house, he and James have sex, and James allows Caleb to penetrate him, something he has never allowed anyone to do before. Afterward, in a dramatic revelation, James is seen in the window of Caleb's apartment by Jamie, who realizes in that moment that James is alive and okay.
- Rob and Severin have a paid encounter where Rob asks to be beaten, something he couldn't ask Sofia to do. As this progresses, Severin loses control and Rob tries to comfort her.
- Sofia seems to have a dream of struggling through an overgrown, wild forested area to a gentle seashore where she tries to achieve orgasm again. On failing, she screams, and in the real world the lights go off across the city, seemingly caused by the simultaneous and collective frustration of the characters.
The film ends with a song by Justin Bond at Shortbus during the blackout. Sofia arrives and finds Rob with Severin and after acknowledging him sits down by herself. James and Jamie also arrive followed by Ceth and Caleb. Justin's song starts on a wistful note, but as it progresses it becomes more energetic and positive thanks to the arrival of the Hungry March Band. This is mirrored in the actions and emotions of the actors. Jamie and James make out on the floor, and Ceth and Caleb start to hit it off. Rob seems to find a friend, and Severin progresses from nervous anxiety to happy elation upon the arrival of the band. Sofia engages in a threesome with a couple she has seen several times before and who appear to meet her prerequisite of just beginning to experiment sexually (Nick and Leah, played by Jan Hilmer and Shanti Carson), and finally achieves an orgasm, and the blackout affecting New York ends, as does the film.
Cast:
Paul Dawson and PJ DeBoy.
Sook-Yin Lee as Sofia Lin
Paul Dawson as James
Lindsay Beamish as Severin (Jennifer Aniston)
PJ DeBoy as Jamie
Raphael Barker as Rob
Peter Stickles as Caleb
Jay Brannan as Ceth
Alan Mandell as Mayor Tobias
Jan Hilmer and Shanti Carson as Nick and Leah
Justin Bond as self / Mistress of Shortbus
The Hungry March Band as Themselves
Cameos:
- Mitchell himself is featured in two shots in the Sex-Not-Bombs Room: the first, kissing a dark-haired man; and the second, performing cunnilingus on a woman sitting on a couch.* Jonathan Caouette, director of Tarnation, as the man who steals some blondies off a plate in the Sex-Not-Bombs Room. Mitchell met him when Caouette auditioned for Shortbus and subsequently became executive producer of Tarnation.
- Mary Beth Peil, best known as Evelyn Grams Ryan on Dawson's Creek, as the woman with her hand down the storm drain (Severin takes a Polaroid of her).
- Singer-songwriter Reginald Vermue