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“Cautionary...disturbing...remarkable candor. [director] Jay Corcoran
has never shied away from...painful and politically touchy aspects
of gay male sexuality.”
Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
“A startling, sobering look at Crystal Meth addiction.”
THE ADVOCATE
“Terrific” BAY AREA REPORTER
“Too alarming to be ignored” PHILADELPHIA
CITY PAPER
“A testament to how difficult addiction and recovery is,
a message that bears repeating”
PHILADELPIA GAY NEWS
“Startling…captures the vicious cycle of use, sobriety
and relapse.”
Sean Bugg, METROWEEKLY, DC
"Unflinchingly honest..." Stan Jenson, ORANGE
COUNTY (CA) BLADE |
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Over the course of two eventful years,
half a dozen gay New Yorkers come clean about their ongoing love
affairs with crystal meth. From the twentysomething singer-songwriter
J., who figures his prime is the time to enjoy the party scene,
to the hunky ex-porn actor CJ, who’s desperate to remain a
sex object in his forties, they are a singularly charming bunch
who astonish us with their breathtaking candor and lack of inhibition.
(This film contains graphic scenes of drug use and sex.)
Crystal meth can encourage unsafe sex by increasing the libido
while muting inhibitions. “When you do crystal, you don’t
ask questions,” says one user. “Crystal is sort of like
a silencer.” Any rational person in the age of AIDS can see
the dangers of mixing speed and sex, including these guys (when
they’re not high), but they confess that heightened sexual
pleasure is a powerful impetus not to quit.
“To illuminate these not-so-isolated behaviors within the
larger social context, director Jay Corcoran includes interviews
with health professionals as well as activist and recovering addict
Peter Staley. It’s not the big picture that fixes our attention,
though, but the bright, likable individuals struggling before our
eyes. That’s another trait of drug documentaries: they make
us root for rehab.” -- Frameline Film Festival
ROCK BOTTOM HAS SCREENED AT THESE GREAT FESTIVALS:
NewFest, Frameline, Santa Fe Film Society, ImageOut: Rochester Lesbian
& Gay Film Festival, Reel Affirmations, Reel Pride Michigan,
Reeling Chicago Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Feast Festival, Adelaide,
Australia, Image+Nation Montreal International LGBT Film Festival,
MIX Brazil, Pink Film Days, Amsterdam December ‘06
For additional information about Rock Bottom and all of our titles
please visit our website at www.outcast-films.com. |
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