Fucking Different New York
What do construction workers do in their well-earned breaks? How might Angelina Jolie's and Brad Pitt's relationship have ended? And what really happened between Marilyn Monroe and Joan Crawford during the summer of 1959? In the portmanteau film FUCKING DIFFERENT NEW YORK, answers to these and many other interesting questions are provided by twelve queer New York filmmakers. Their films also scrutinise such topics as the difference between the way men and women dream, and how erotic tying a necktie or having a manicure can be. Following on from the Berlin-based film FUCKING DIFFERENT! which was presented in the Panorama section of the Berlinale in 2005, Kristian Petersen asked six gay and six lesbian filmmakers from New York to make a short film taking a look at how they envisage the love life of the other sex. Each filmmaker was given a free hand in their choice of format and genre. The only requirement was that their films should not be longer than eight minutes and the final product should be on mini DV. The result is a collection of twelve witty, illuminating and erotic short films spanning all genres which conveys the diverse spectrum of queer life in New York. (Production notes)
Episodes
WENDY’S FIRST MANI & PEDI
Direction: Stephen Gallagher
BRO CRUSH
Direction: Lala Endara
SHHHH ... THEY’RE GETTING CLOSER
Direction: Todd Verow
VILLA SERBOLLONI
Direction: Barbara Hammer
VAMPIRAS
Direction: Andre Salas
THE PARTY
Direction: Abigail Child
HARD HAT REQUIRED
Direction: Samara Halperin
OCCUPY MY ASS NOT IRAQ
Direction: Jack Waters
DOIN’THE GRIZZLE BEAR
Direction: Amy von Harrington
MMAGNITUDE
Direction: Dan Borden
DANCE DANCE DANCE
Direction: Hedia Maron
MR. & MRS. POREBSKI
Direction: Keith Levy
details
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Runtime
70 min -
Country
Germany -
Year of Presentation
2007 -
Year of Production
2006 -
Director
Stephen Gallagher, Felix (aka Lala) Endara, Todd Verow, Barbara Hammer, Andre Salas, Abigail Child, Jack Waters, Samara Halperin, Amy von Harrington, Keith Levy, Hedia Maron, Dan Borden -
Cast
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Production Company
Kristian Petersen Filmproduktion -
Berlinale Section
Panorama -
Berlinale Category
Documentary Film
pictures from the movie
Biography Todd Verow
Born in Bangor, Maine on 11.11.1966, he studied film at Rhode Island School of Design, followed by drama at Brown University. He made a number of experimental shorts and attended classes in lighting and cinematography at the American Film Institute before making his first feature film, FRISK, in 1995. Both his debut and the films that followed – LITTLE SHOTS OF HAPPINESS and A SUDDEN LOSS OF GRAVITY – were screened in the International Forum of New Cinema. In 2004 his film, ANONYMOUS, was shown in the Panorama section of the Berlinale.
Filmography Todd Verow
1995 Frisk | 1997 Little Shots of Happiness | 2000 A Sudden Loss of Gravity
Biography Barbara Hammer
Barbara Hammer was born on May 15, 1939 in Hollywood, California. She is a visual artist working primarily in lm and video and has made over 80 works in a career that spans 30 years. She is considered a pioneer of queer cinema. Her experimental lms of the 1970s often dealt with taboo subjects such as menstruation, female orgasm and lesbian sexuality. In the ’80s she used optical printing to explore perception and the fragility of 16mm lm life itself. Optic Nerve (1985) and Endangered (1988) were selected for the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennials (’85, ’89), Nitrate Kisses (1992) for the 1993 Whitney Biennial. Her documentaries tell the stories of marginalized peoples who have been hidden from history and are often essay lms that are multi-leveled and engage audiences viscerally and intellectually with the goal of activating them to make social change. She lives and works in New York City. Contact: barbarahammer@gmail.com
Filmography Barbara Hammer
1979 Available Space | 1979 Bent Time | 1979 Dream Age | 1986 Snow Job | 1987 No No Nooky T.V. | 1989 Sill Point | 1991 Vital Signs | 1993 Sanctus