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Panorama 2017
USA 2017
by: Travis Mathews
Jonny Mars
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Panorama 2017
USA 2017
by: Travis Mathews
Bob Swaffar, Jonny Mars
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Panorama 2017
USA 2017
by: Travis Mathews
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Panorama 2017
USA 2017
by: Travis Mathews
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Panorama 2017
USA 2017
by: Travis Mathews
Feb 11, 2017Wieland Speck, Travis Mathews
The section curator and the director during Q&A.
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Feb 15, 2017Atsuko Okatsuka
The actress of the film.
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Bacon sizzling in fat, a young woman thanking the subscribers of her YouTube channel, a corpse neatly wrapped up in black garbage bags and floating down a river – as clear as the first few images of Travis Mathews’ mystery thriller may be, the connections only become clearer gradually, as if they were emerging from the subconscious. This elliptically edited story, which revolves around a man who can no longer be described as young, is accompanied by an eerie soundscape. Filmmaker Alex lives in a van. He sets up his camera in rural areas in the US, in the no-man’s land near highways. During a visit to his mother, a former alcoholic, she shares with him a well-kept secret. There is also a small boy, with whom Alex develops an unexpectedly close relationship. Director Mathews chronicles a modern day gay existence in the West – from anonymous sex to heterosexual porn in a sex bar cabin, or as a service in a motel room. A small house and a life on the margins of society. Meanwhile, on the radio, we are treated to a steady stream of right-wing slogans against everything that is not white and heterosexual, here in Texas.
by
Travis Mathews
USA 2017
English
80’ · Colour
Jonny Mars (Alex)Joy Cunningham (Sharon)Bob Swaffar (John)Atsuko Okatsuka (Mandy)João Federici (Miguel)Ed Hattaway (Lyel)Bill Johnson (Mark)Jordan Elsass (Zach)Maria Moya (Jessica)
Born in Ohio, USA in 1975, this director, screenwriter, editor and producer with a background in psychology has primarily concentrated on topics such as masculinity and intimacy between homosexual men. He collaborated with James Franco on the docu-fiction Interior.Leather Bar which screened at over 75 international festivals, including the Berlinale and in Rotterdam. His 2012 debut feature film I Want Your Love about a group of gay friends in San Francisco premiered at the Frameline Film Festival and has been shown at numerous other international festivals.
Filmography2005 Do I Look Fat; documentary 2009 In Their Room San Francisco; short documentary 2010 I Want Your Love; short film 2011 In Their Room Berlin; documentary 2012 I Want Your Love 2013 In Their Room London; documentary · Interior. Leather Bar.; IFB Panorama 2017 Discreet
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017
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