(2010, 90 min)
Country: U.S.
Director: Todd Verow
Studio: Water Bearer Films
SYNOPSIS:
A chance meeting between two guys develops into a relationship, which the viewer
gets to see from beginning to (maybe) end—via a series of fragmented scenes.
REVIEW:
Independent filmmaker Todd Verow has created one of his best (and most sexual) films
to date with this edgy, fragmented telling of a troubled relationship. Set in a New York
City summer, thirty-something Sean meets the illusive Wolf, an Eastern European immigrant
on a West Village pier. What begins as a purely sexual thing, eventually changes into what
can best be described as an intense, but dysfunctional relationship.
Wolf, a straight-acting prostitute and Sean, a needy, talkative neurotic – are not the best
fit for an affair but the two men attempt to make a go of it. When Sean becomes increasingly
jealous of his lover’s frequent absences, his paranoia, fueled by drug use, threatens their
budding love. Will the two be able to solve their problems and develop as lovers, or was it
all just a sexual fling extended way too long?
The story is told in a straightforward structure, but Verow adds in additional characters,
asides and even an alternative ending! Raw, indy gay cinema at its best.
-- Raymond Murray, TLA Video (http://www.tlavideo.com )
