Hustling (2011–2012)

Hustling (2011–2012)

Director: Sebastian La Cause
Writer: Sebastian La Cause (creator) 
Genre: TV Series, Web series
Country: USA
Year: 2011-2012



Stars: Sebastian La Cause, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Stephen Guarino

Web site: http://www.hustling.tv/

Ryan Crosby je 40-godišnji porno glumac koji odluči da nešto promjeni u svom životu. Pošto mu se čitav život vrti oko seksa, nezna odakle da počne. U pauzama kada ne ide od klijenta do klijenta kojima servisira svoje seksualne usluge voli da kuva. I to mu ide jednako dobro kao i seks....

U našem jezuku nema nekog tačnog prevoda za hustelra. Najčešće upotrebljavamo riječ Žigolo ili Eskort. U svakom slučaju eskorti su često dobro došla zabava za mnoge pedere i parove, a kao zanimanje je sve popularnije medju mladjim dobro gradjenim likovima koji u tome vide dobru zabavu uz koju se još može i dobro zaraditi. Naravno dok im jednog dana neželjeno ne dođe iz kite u dupe pa pretrpe ponešto što se ne može platiti. Pogledajte primjer iz kratkog filma "306"

From first-time director and producer Sebastian La Cause comes Hustling, An Original Web Series.  Hustling, an eight part series that follows Ryan Crosby, a forty year old sex worker wanting more from life, was  created by La Cause with the help of some of his talented friends.
"This series is a means of creative expression and was made with no budget   Any expenses that incurred were paid for out of my own pocket.  I learned as I went and did a lot of the stuff myself. Far from perfect and sound issues aside--my awesome sound mixer could only do so much with what I gave him--this was about "doing" and learning and evolving as an artist and a as a human being. I hope you enjoy the story-telling and Ryan's journey of self-worth and discovery."~Sebastian La Cause 

Since working as an adult film star and escort since his early twenties, Ryan Crosby, aka Rod Driver, has had a pretty easy life when you think about it.  But what happens when you hit forty and the clients aren't calling as much as they used to and doing porn has well...lost its appeal.  Suddenly you begin to see things a bit clearer and you begin to ask yourself questions.  What am I doing with my life?  Is there something else I can do?  What am I passionate about?  You realize that you need to make a change.  But how do you move forward from the life you no longer want.

After an awkward meeting with a career counselor, who tries to extract information about his job history, Ryan heads home and the weight of his situation hits him hard.  He's broke with nothing lined up.  He retreats to the only place that gives him peace, the kitchen.  But as much joy as he gets from cooking, he is blind to the fact that this could be his salvation. and he lacks the confidence and self-worth to believe in himself in an area that breaches the walls of his comfort zone: sex.  Something that seems so clear will never see the light until you can awaken from your own inner darkness.  So Ryan falls back into what he knows, porn.  Not until he meets a make-up artist on set, who challenges him to "see" does he only begin to realize what he is capable of and what is possible for him, both personally and professionally.

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Heartland (2007)

Heartland (2007)

Director: Mark Christopher
Writer: Mark Christopher
Genre: Short movie 
Country: USA 
Language: English 
Year: 2007 
Duration: 10 min



Stars: Corey Sorenson, Lachlan Nieboer and Marvin Naftal





Great soundtrack and picture quality, but contrived plot by Gordon-11 (Hong Kong) – IMDB
This film is about a man from the heartland of America, having a great life in New York. When he goes back home, he faces the consequences of being gay in his hometown.

In just the first minute, "Heartland" strikes me as being a well produced film. It has a fun way of presenting the introduction by using still photos. The music is upbeat, suiting the New York city lifestyle, contrasting the quiet village life. The best thing is the sharp quality of the picture, which is not a frequent occurrence with low budget shorts. The story itself is not particularly engaging, and the ending is rather contrived.

I enjoyed watching "Heartland" because of the upbeat soundtrack and the presentation of the story.

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Stupid Boy (2004)

Stupid Boy (2004) Garçon stupide (original title)

Director: Lionel Baier 
Writers: Lionel Baier, Laurent Guido Genre: Drama 
Country: France, Switzerland
Language: French ( with english subtitle)
Year: 2004 
Duration: 94 min


Stars: Pierre Chatagny, Natacha Koutchoumov and Rui Pedro Alves

Lutanje mladog momka koji pokusava da definise sebe u seksualnom i životnom smislu. Loic je 18-godišnji momak koji radi u fabrici čokolade, a u slobodnom vremenu luta po internetu i trazi različita seksualna iskustva.

Ništa neobično za taj perid života, jedino što se neki nikada ne odrastu i lutaju cjeli život.

Very mixed success
17 November 2005 | by Chris Knipp (Berkeley, California) – IMDB Lionel Baier's "Garçon Stupide" is touching and sad -- and occasionally original -- without being wholly successful. It blends material from both Baier's and his non-actor star Pierre Chatigny's lives for the portrait of twenty-year-old Loic, a French-speaking Swiss gay guy who divides his time between an assembly-line job at a chocolate factory in the town of Bulle; graphically shown anonymous sex Loic finds via Internet; taking photos with his cellphone (which makes him dream of being a photographer); and chatting with his long-time pal Marie, a more mature woman at whose place he mostly sleeps. The split-screen sequences in which Loic's intense, bold sex scenes and the hammering factory machinery at his day job get paralleled are very obvious; but they do have the virtue of sharply veering away from the saccharine, super-sincere quality of so many gay coming-of-age films. This director doesn't look away from the mindless, self-destructive aspects of his main character. Unfortunately "Garçon Stupide" ultimately plays out too randomly to have an overriding viewpoint.

Loic becomes enraged at Marie one night. Her new relationship with a man has made him jealous. He calls her a slut, forgetting he's a super-slut himself. She kicks him out and says the relationship is over. This changes everything, since now he has no friend he can count on, or any friendly place to sleep.

The film, which is a rough but assured collage up to here held together by its vérité feel and the tall, striking (if blank-faced) Chatigny's strong physical presence, disintegrates into fantasy and sentimentality after the breakup with Marie. A narrative that had seemed real now begins to feel like thoughtless improvisation. Something happens to Marie. Loic wanders off and has a telegraphed car accident. He cashes in his savings to buy a professional quality video camera. In a pathetic, pointless digression, he pursues a minor football star from Portugal who plays on one of the local teams.

All this undercuts the simple specificity of the earlier sections and gives the film the appearance of having lost its way. Loic is naive, emotionally stunted, and ignorant: he tries to look things up in a dictionary but since the lacunae include such basics as Hitler and Impressionism, he has a long way to go to reach the middle-class/artistic life he dreams of. He is estranged from his family and without Marie has no one. The film, which avoids the conventional gay coming-of-age clichés, ends on a down note for two reasons -- because both Loic and his future are dim, and because director Baier lets his first film's promising opening crumble away into random pieces as it moves along. Loic ends with a long catalogue of things he is not going to become, but there's no sense of where he's going or what he will be.

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Paper Boys (2009)

Paper Boys (2009)
Director: Bryan E. Hall
Writer: Bryan E. Hall (screenplay)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Duration: 116 min


Stars: Louis Lavdas, Chris Whitley and David Hall








Ditto on the Atmosphere!
28 January 2010 | by hoiair (Japan) – IMDB

There's no one thing that stands out in this film. It is like some of those old rock albums that had no singles, but the album was great. This film had a great ensemble cast and it was more like an alternative family than a cast. The music was, at times, quirky at others rich and ambient, both appropriate. Unlike most American films, this film did not tell me how I was suppose to feel; it just produced a complex tapestry of emotions. Strangely, and without giving the ending away, it allowed both a full tragic catharsis while leaving you with a positive feeling on the way out the door. Just the way I like it. And the actors were all really cute... that didn't hurt!

No doubt, one must compare the film to it appropriate genre family members, and credit must be given with consideration of the challenges of budgetary constraints and the challenges that go with that. However, though I agree, it was not "The Outsiders" (but similar), it had a great combination of simplicity contrasted with complexity as some others have said. I was not predictable, though I thought it would be. You cannot possibly predict the ending. It was satisfying on several levels despite the inherent inadequacies within low budget film making.

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