Commentaire par justahunch-70549

Not sure if you call a 63 minute film a short feature or a long short form, but I stumbled upon this when I wasn't in the mood for anything longer nor a series. I was pleasantly surprised about how much of it I appreciated, but nothing more so than the lead actor, director and writer, Shayne Pax, who could not have been any older when he made this than his early 20's at the most. This tale of young street hustlers reminds me a bit of the very early Sean Baker films. Pax is a promising actor, but I think he may have more potential as a director and writer, which are both well done and interesting here, though the writing is hardly flawless. The correlation between co-star's Harry Haines' character's life here and his own in reality ending up so similar is a bit eerie, but it does add some additional authenticity to this. Pax's character is a young prostitute for either sex, but it's clear he has little regard or respect for men, a kind of homophobic stance I didn't find pleasant, while with women, especially older women, he treats well and much differently and develops a touching relationship with one, played well and with dignity by Susan Moore Harmon which ends up being the primary storyline here and some of it is fairly predictable. It's sort of a mixed bag, but Pax is interesting as is this little movie from someone to pay attention to.