a good way to miss the point

[czeri]

I wanted to write a serious entry analysing what an amazing film "Bang Bang You're Dead" is. I planned to point out how, even if I don't buy the easy answer it offers by tying school suicide shootings with bullying ("Elephant" got it better), it's still a gut-wrenching study on what bullying can do to a person.

Unfortunately, I got distracted.

You see, ever since I've read Ben's "Out" interview, I had this little bit stuck in my head:

At his photo shoot a week later, he’s lost the Mohawk and is gamely posing in a pair of tight white jeans. After taking a few shots, the photographer points out what everyone has been quietly discussing since Foster showed up on the set: “That’s a big package you’ve got there, Ben!” Not even attempting to feign embarrassment, he flashes everyone a smile that’s more than mischievous and a little less than menacing. In less than 20 minutes he’s successfully seduced three gay men and a lesbian.

And "Bang Bang You're Dead", what with being a TV movie and therefore full of 3/4 shots, delivers a good view of what the "Out" people were raving about:





As if my mind wasn't already firmly planted in the gutter, then there's this scene:



What they whisper to each other, you ask?



Randy: "I'm in so much trouble."
Ben: "I'm in trouble with you."

I kid you not. How can one concentrate on serious issues under such circumstances?!

Comments

[sunisshiningnow.livejournal.com]

Hah, I read that article too! So great. *o*

And: >_> *cough*...*cough*

Also, now I really need to see that movie... ;)

[czeri.livejournal.com]

Oh! The first picture is not technically from the movie, though, but from the materials about making of the movie ;-) And the second doesn't actually show much. I bet whatever indecent shots did make it onto the actual film footage were then cleaned up in post-production.

As for "Bang Bang You're Dead", it is definitely worth seeing. I do have to warn you that the subject matter is extremely disturbing and it can be quite heart-breaking to watch. Still, it's pretty much all Ben all the time. What can be better than that, right? ;-)

[baggyeyes]

The first one is one of what I had, but the other, Foster didn't have his hand on his gun. Mostly the making of docs have the 'below the waist' shots. I imagine riding the horses got a little too exciting for some of the actors.