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Summary: Boy's Briefs you can maybe fit into.
Comment: I liked the collection of shorts on this film. You can read other reveiws for a full detail of them without repeating them over and over. Let me make my review "brief". GO WITH THE DVD VERSION. I haven't seen it, but the VHS quality is not good. Most "picture this" films have great DVD quality, so maybe this one will as well. The content is good, acting is very good for the most part. Attractive cast members playing lead roles. The hosts: Michael and Jason, are fun and entertaining. I'd like to have seen them go at each other affectionately but that doesn't happen either. I recommend this one but once again....... Buy it on DVD. I think you'll be a lot more impressed with it. One last thing: keep your expectations to a minimum. It would be easy for you to be really disappointed if you over-expect great film making here.
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Summary: Solid collection of shorts
Comment: "Boys Briefs" is an anthology of 6 short films, each of which is introduced by a pair of hosts whose presence gives the collection as a whole more cohesion. The films range in length from 2 to 30 minutes. The collection is international in scope (with films from the USA, France, Germany, and Hong Kong) and as a whole explores the gay male experience.The films are as follows: "The Absolution of Anthony," about the relationship between a young man and a priest; "Smear," about a troubled friendship; "Front Room," an erotic film with a twist; "Fairy Tale," about a gay man who takes his partner home to meet the parents; "Piglets," a comic/erotic film with an absurdist flavor; and "Stanley Beloved," about an interracial friendship in Hong Kong. I enjoyed the collection as a whole, although I felt the strongest entry (also the longest) was "Fairy Tale," directed by David Kittredge. Atmospheric and suspenseful, it features strong performances and is really moving.
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Summary: Some Plot, Some Not, all Vivid
Comment: I guess you don't need blazingly-clear resolutions to the plot, or happy or unhappy endings, to enjoy films today. Four of the six shorts here give just-enough resolution. A boy struggles against his sexuality by making heavy-breathing phone calls and ogling jocks, until.....A boy in Hong Kong covertly loves his friend, but he has to go abroad to school, so.....A boy overtly lusts with his friend, but then the friend's girlfriend comes over, and the three just go out together, and.....A gay guy brings his partner home to rejecting parents, and the two on the train back....aha. You'll see. For dessert, two of the six are a one-minute French farce-fooler, and a five-minute utterly wry, wacky, suave, cool German vignette of a family scene. If you can take less-than-neat endings, you can enjoy these.
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Summary: A great selection of shorts! From a biased guy.
Comment: This is a really great bunch of shorts. Of course, I would say that, being that I wrote & directed the longest short on it, "Fairy Tale".
This 30 minute film took 3 years to make when I was 24 years old, just a couple of years out of NYU. We shot on 16mm in 1996 and it premiered in 1998 at Outfest in LA. It went on to win some awards and screen at over a couple dozen festivals around the world.
To make "Fairy Tale" as a young indie filmmaker, I had to max out my credit cards to the tune of $30K when my annual salary as a temp/secretary was about $29K. My relatives and friends thought I was crazy. Looking back on it, I'm really happy I did. So many people have bought "Boys Briefs" on VHS and DVD and have let me know how much they like the film. I've long since paid off my credit card debt and moved on to higher paying gigs, and have made another short called "Target Audience" which recently showed on Showtime. Even understanding all the struggle that was put into it, "Fairy Tale" will always be really special to me.
I'm really happy and thankful the people at Picture This decided to distribute it-- they're the real thing, a great independent company run by good people. If you want to support gay cinema and you like smarter movies, put your money toward DVDs & tapes like this. Independent filmmaking can only exist because of stuff like this.
Best wishes, and I hope you enjoy!
Dave
www.triplefire.com
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