Disarm

In every realm there are certain kinds of people that those who inhabit that realm recognize. To describe them outside their realm to others outside that realm is often an exercise in futality. It's hard to explain to others outside the realm the way that people behave when within their realm. To you who live within it you recognize how some people are and recognize some of the hows and wheres a person may do what he does and the whys it he does whens he does. Or the ways he does it. To you it's all the same. The same lingering knowledge that there are others like you who misunderstand, then learn, then unlearn, then find themselves resigned. Who want more. Yet work for what they get. And find that's all there is. After all.

Both men in the film are handsome. The younger man is, like the older man, in costume. He has been dressed and styled to emphasize his youth and as such his current youthful naivete in spite of his learned bravado. The older man has been dressed and styled to emphasize his attention to detail. He knows what he has and what he's missing and why.

In the gay realm we recognize each other. We understand each other even when the only thing we have in common is our desire for other men. In this short film, Disarm, if you're a gay man safely past your youthful years, you'll recognize both of these men. If you're not a gay man, well, you needn't wonder why these men don't just go and get what they want. They are afraid to because its already cost them so much.

Recognize.

A nice little gift for the gay male community. Thank you filmmakers.

Well worth watching if you are a man loving man kinda guy. Everybody else, hey, take a peek inside our realm. We can't explain it exactly. You understand.

A hotel room . Two men. A confrontation. A long and interesting talk. The perfect end. It is not a comfortable film because it has two virtues not so seductive. The first - the profound honesty of dialogue, exploration of dark zones , delicate subjects, different perspectives about the condition of both. The second - the performances, transforming the talk in real fascinating duel. David Kinsman and Taris Tyler. Acting two very different persons, different age and manner to define and understand the near reality. A clash and the courage of director to propose to the viewer a large fresco. With good result.

Two gay men hook up online. The younger one (David Ryan Kinsman) goes to visit the older one (Taris Tyler). Their attempt at sex falls flat and they start to talk. During the talk there's a lot revealed about their characters, their feelings about being gay and sex in general.

This isn't a pleasant short(there's a LOT of swearing) and the characters are unlikable but the talk itself is fascinating. The Australian accents aren't easy to understand but everything comes through eventually. This basically turns into a character study with two very interesting people. They show and talk about gay relationships unlike any other movie I've ever seen. It pulls no punches and hits some interesting truths and subjects head on. My only complaint--Kinsman is unattractive and not a good actor but Tyler is VERY good-looking and one hell of an actor. He makes up for Kinsmans' deficiencies. Powerful and worth catching.