I WANT YOUR LOVE deals with two best friends, Jesse and Brenden who playfully negotiate toward having sex together for the first time. It's a familiar situation, a very universal one that's not without consequences, the ramifications would be dealt with in the feature length version of the film. One can view the 14 minute preview clip for free on the page on the Naked Sword's website. After you view the clip, they offer a survey where you can let them know what you think. The official website for the project is here, and at the present time is still under construction but should be up and running soon. I'd like to share my comments to the survey:
I've always been intrigued by the concept of using porn as a way to tell a story, not as the main focus, but using the sex as a means of character development and plot. One of the things that got me interested and now, completely enamored with Raging Stallion's films was that they were able to take porn and use it as a means to tell the stories they wanted to tell without having to compromise their vision by having the interference of a ratings board or censorship. I love films that are not afraid to explore different subject matter and do it in as explicit a manner as possible, by doing it as realistically as possible. What I loved about this clip was that this situation is universal. How often have we wondered what would happen if we had a close friendship with someone and maybe out of curiosity or something else like mutual attraction or love, we wanted to see what would happen if we took that close friendship to the next level. The trust between us had already been established, so where does it or should it go from there? The question is going to be, what's going to happen to this 'newly defined' friendship now? Because once you've crossed that line (the sex/intimacy line), there's no going back. The dynamic of the friendship will be irrevocably changed. How it will be changed in terms of these two characters, remains to be seen. This clip represented something I'm very intimately connected with, having been in a similar situation myself. I loved this clip. I loved these two people and I want to see now what's going to happen to them. The way they handled it in a playful way was endearing and realistic. The way they talked to one another was realistic. They showed genuine affection for one another, and that was attributed to the great chemistry and report that Jesse and Brenden had. It's what made the scene erotic for me and it worked. I'm definitely looking forward to a longer feature based on this clip. I thought it was wonderfully done. I love plot-driven porn and I think there's an audience for it. As more filmmakers latch on to the potential of using hardcore as a plot element, as well as the addition of art house film sensibilities, I think more features of this type will begin to emerge, as more and more people embrace the concept as I have. That's when a trend stops being a trend, and becomes a new genre: art-porn.
A more official trailer is forthcoming, but I put together a teaser clip of sorts of my own. Also included is an interview with the director, Travis Mathews. I'm in full support of this project and I hope I'll get to see what happens next in the feature length version.
2 comments:
So very beautiful. I love it. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, AOM
It was beautiful and I loved these two people and I hope we get to find out more about their story. In hardcore, a lot of times it's about the external intension, a means to arouse and get off. What we don't get to see too much is a bit of the internal, the sex being a means of expression of affection and love. Hopefully we'll get to see what will happen to the dynamic of this friendship now that sex has been entered into the equation. There's many different ways to handle depending on the people. Their friendship is definitely changed. How it has been changed whether for good or ill, remains to be seen. Will we see a romance develop between these two people? Goddess, I hope so. :-)
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