Product Description

Boys On Film 2 contains nine award-winning short films: Cowboy, Lucky Blue, Weekend In The Countryside, Kali Ma, Bramadero, Love Bite, The Island, Futures & Derivatives and Working it Out

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6785 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-08-17
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 148 minutes

DVD Description
Karaoke romance, frisky farm boys, vengeful mums, macho Mexicans and a magical Powerpoint presentation are just some of the refreshing and captivating themes that run through this second volume of nine gay shorts on the acclaimed Boys on Film label. Sexual tension becomes terrifying and bizarre in both Till Kleinert’s award-winning Cowboy and Australian fang-fest Love Bites, while film festival favourites, the drop-dead sexy Bramadero and uplifting Futures & Derivatives supply ample food for thought for fans of art-house cinema. Sweaty hook-ups abound in saucy gym tale Working It Out’ while schoolboy crushes are at the fore in the heart-warming Lucky Blue. Once more, Boys On Film brings you an eclectic array of gay short films from around the world, each with a distinct flavour all its own.

Synopsis
This second collection of titillating short films includes KALI MA, LUCKY BLUE, WORKING IT OUT, BABY SHARK, FUTURES AND DERIVATIVES, and COWBOY.

Customer Reviews

An unmissable collection
Like its predecessor in the series, this is a truly excellent collection of nine short films, with the added benefit that more care has been taken this time to ensure an international flavour, including films from Sweden, France, Germany, Mexico and Australia. It's unusual for short film compilations to maintain a consistently high standard throughout, typically having several 'fillers' thrown in; here, however, almost without exception, the films are superb (and several sport a welcome dark or supernatural twist). They comprise:-

*The Island (Canada, 6 min): A mix of narrative and animation as a film-maker imagines a 'homotopia' in response to homophobia - putting all homophiles together on an island. A provocative, original formulation that combines outspoken humour with a dose of bitter poignancy.

*Cowboy (Germany, 35 min): An urbanite estate agent in his 30s visits a decrepit farm in the countryside, hoping to purchase the land. He meets a quarrelsome yet buff, young farmhand, generating an escalating and tense eroticism. An atmospheric film that ascends into horror, with a genuinely startling denouement. Outstanding.

*Kali Ma (US, 16 min): A 'teenage' male of Indian origin is regularly bullied by the most popular guy at school. After he comes home crying following one particularly rough beating, his mother decides to visit the popular guy's home and exact her revenge. An excellent juxtaposition of black comedy and pathos, and a most original take on an otherwise common theme.

*Lucky Blue (Sweden, 28 min): 18-year-old Kevin is taken to a caravan site by his aunt for a summer vacation, where he meets Olle, a young handyman working at the park. Whereas Olle is quiet and painfully shy, Kevin seems brash and disdainful. A drunken midnight kiss, which Kevin denies in the morning, leaves Olle confused and hurt. A sweet and tender tale - a brief respite from this generally dark collection.

*Love Bite (Australia, 2 mins): Two teenagers smoke pot after school; one of them is desperate to confess a hunger that he is no longer able to hide from his friend. Entertaining and fun, if all-too brief.

*Bramadero (Mexico, 22 min): An abandoned construction site high above the bustle of Mexico City provides a location for two young men to perform a silent, prolonged mating ritual. A wordless and explicit, passional and violent, posthuman and sensual, communion between bodies.

*Weekend in the Countryside (France, 16 min): Two good friends, Marc and Pierre, take a trip to visit Marc's father at his sprawling countryside villa. Sunshine fades as Pierre rejects Marc's advances towards him - but will Marc face unexpected consequences? Another excellent, tense short with an intensely dark undercurrent.

*Working it Out (Australia, 6 min): An apparently assimilated, monogamous homophile couple spend their 45 minute gym session arguing about a 'stranger' who smiled at one of them in the changing rooms. A humorous film, if a somewhat tired theme.

*Futures (and derivatives) (USA, 18 min): A bumbling US law firm has an important client due at 8am, so they hire a temp to work all night producing a presentation. The next morning: the client arrives, the presentation is set up - and things take a mystical turn... An aesthetically strong, yet somewhat bizarre finish to this collection.

Overall, a fantastic compilation, with eclectic originality and a strand of sci-fi / fantasy (which seems to be an emergent trend). A collection that will easily bear multiple viewings. Highly recommended for all.

One of the strongest short collection out there
Short films, so much to tell with very limited time. This is one of the best collections I have ever seen. Cinema 16, watch out.
There is something for everyone here romance, art, horror, fantasy, comedy... The reviewer before me has given a huge amount of information which I personally agree.
Buy It, Watch it, Keep It - Something as creatively put together like Boys On Film 2 only comes by once in a while.
Well done.

Not just another gay shorts collection
Phew! It is such a relief that this collection of short films on Boys on Film not only surpasses the quality of the films on the first compliation, but does so in such an unexpected way. Usually second efforts are a let down but that is not the case here. The variety here is fantastic. In amongst the mix you have German horror (Cowboy), Canadian comedy (The Island), Swedish romance (Lucky Blue) and a beautifully crafted French arthouse thriller (Weekend In The Countryside). Also, the running time of this collection is the same as before: a whopping two and a half hours! There's also a fun little curio as an extra: a piece on the Iris gay shorts film festival in Cardiff, where Cowboy won the best film prize. I never heard of that festival but will definitely check it out now. Looking forward to the third compilation, which is called American Boy and rather bizarrely has Brent Corrigan on the cover. Bring it on!