Some Like it Short
I enjoy short stories, short plays and short films. It’s not that I don’t like the longer form, but something about the economy and compression of shorter forms pleases me. Attention spans are getting shorter in general, I suppose, and mine is as well. But there is also a special art to making something satisfying with less.
I discovered a short film yesterday called Bugcrush. I guess one could call it a gay-themed film, although the film treats the homoeroticism as something natural and nothing special. Perhaps it fits the term post-gay. But there are other aspects to the film that are not so natural and in fact, quite creepy. The film maintains suspense for its 35 minute length. It resonates with loneliness, longing, innocence, fear, seduction and corruption.
The film was written and directed by Carter Smith and can be watched on Logo online at http://www.logoonline.com/shows/events/short_films/details.jhtml?cid=1572710&pollstat=r&a=4.
