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starring: Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, PJ DeBoy, Raphael Barker directed by: John Cameron Mitchell See Larger Image List Price: $27.98 Our Price: $24.99 You Save: $2.99 (11%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $19.97 Third Party New Price: $19.76 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Brand: DAWSON,PAUL EAN: 0821575550758 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Anamorphic Label: Velocity / Thinkfilm Manufacturer: Velocity / Thinkfilm Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Velocity / Thinkfilm Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 13, 2007 Running Time: 102 minutes Sales Rank: 1449 Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Related Items: 9 songs - Unrated Full Uncut Version Lie With Me Another Gay Movie The Dreamers (Original Uncut NC-17 Version) Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds see more Editorial Review: Description: From the director of ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ comes SHORTBUS, an exploration into the lives of several characters living in present-day New York as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex. Male and female, straight and gay, the characters find one another – and eventually find themselves – when they all converge at a weekly underground salon called 'Shortbus,' a mad world of art, music, politics, and polysexual carnality. One of the true sensations of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, presents sex and sexuality as never before seen in mainstream entertainment, and promises to be one of the most talked-about films for months – and years – to come. Amazon.com: In his aim to make an honest film about sex, John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) has taken a somewhat documentary approach to Shortbus, a film describing various New Yorkers' sexual pathos. Framed by shots roving a homemade diorama of the city, Shortbus is comprised of vignettes featuring actors who helped craft this story of people's disconnect in sexual endeavors. Jamie (PJ DeBoy) and James (Paul Dawson), a gay couple experiencing a lull in their relationship, visit Sophia (Sook-Yin Lee), a sex therapist whose inability to orgasm results in her clients inviting her to a sex club after which the film is titled. Sophia's husband, Rob (Raphael Barker), is also willing to experiment, so the two independently embark on adventures in self-pleasure. Dominatrix Severin (Lindsay Beamish) plays a crucial role in Sophia and Rob's lives, as her search for real humanity overlaps with their desire for passion. As each character's plot complicates, the viewer sees a similar melancholy bulldozing its way into these seemingly disparate lives. The depression is repeatedly used in comedic scenes, such as when James is asked on a date while still hospitalized for his attempted suicide. Yo La Tengo's score, which includes Animal Collective among others, lends this film a graceful ambience. Unlike porn, Shortbus has a resonance that encourages the viewer to consider one's own sex life as an important aspect of happiness. --Trinie Dalton Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Great Movie - Full of truth Being a fan of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, I had some idea of what to expect from the genius mind of John Cameron Mitchell, but this film blew me away - so thought provoking, touching and at times laugh-out-loud funny. The cast is great, and it was good to see Miriam Shor (Hedwig and teh Angry Inch) making a cameo. All the perfomances were wonderful, but the thing that made this movie for me was the absolutely beautiful soundtrack which opened up a whole new world of music for me - as well as bringing ... Read More Rating: - Porn with mainstream production values I'd never heard of this movie until a straight buddy of mine asked me to review his DVD and share my thoughts on whether if it's "borderline gay". Uh, yeah. OK, so the credits were the first indication that this was not going to be your garden variety flick. The Q TV moniker for those of us "in-the-know" told me right off the bat that the demographic was aimed at a gay audience. And then wham! An opening scene that made me drop my Yoplait all over the carpet...the dude's auto-fellatio complete with orgasm. ... Read More Rating: - a different approach to sex When the young gentleman at the video store told me it had the most graphic sex he'd seen second only to XXX, I almost didn't rent Shortbus. XXX gets really boring. From experience, I can tell you it is more interesting to sleep with the people who make XXX than to watch their work. As I kept running across references to Shortbus in my reading, I took a chance. It is rare in how direct it is about what it has to say, and so brutally honest in what it is portrayed. Movies of this genre are often just so ... Read More Rating: - The magic "bus" This term is so cliched, but to this film, it really applies: I've never seen anything quite like this movie. "Shortbus" is a unique film that is about sex, yet more about everything else in our lives which connects to it. Writer-director John Cameron Mitchell did a beautiful job of guiding this tapestry of sexual pathos. Like porn, you see people engaging in sex; yet, it is more "humanly" tangible because we feel the genuine emotions coming from each sex act, not just "acting" or rather, mechanical ... Read More Rating: - Throwing light on topics not often discussed, at least in American movies If Robert Altman had ever taken on the subject of sex in America in one of his big, sprawling, multi-character epics, the result would probably have looked a lot like John Cameron Mitchell's outrageous yet moving "Shortbus". You get all the things Altman gave us in films like "Nashville" and "Short Cuts": lots of characters, lots of situations, a lot of sadness, but a lot of hope, too. Of course, here you also get lots of sex, in a very graphic manner and in all its various permutations. If you can take ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Comedy - Genres - DVD - Video - General Drama - Genres - DVD - Video - General Indie & Art House - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - General Titles - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - ( S ) Format (binding) - Refinements - DVD - Video - DVD