Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Alive!
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are not dead. They are alive, and apparently they are living inside our film, DAMON AND HUNTER: DOING IT TOGETHER. SARA SCHIERON, of the San Francisco Bay Guardian:
“Almost a brother film to WebCam Girls [another film playing at CineKink], Damon and Hunter: Doing It Together is a short feature nested in the Passion Plays Program (Fri/19, 9 p.m.). For the women of WebCam Girls, the issue of individualism is essential (Anna Voog makes Rorschach-inspired videos for her word-association songs, and Ducky Doolittle puts on fashion shows), but Damon and Hunter are like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: porn stars with protected identities as opposed to global brands. Primarily composed of one talking head interview with the two lovers, director Tony Comstock’s documentary intercuts a XXX scene that is more sweet than erotic. The footage feels deliberately contrary to a porn aesthetic, giving the impression that we’re observing, with anthropological so-called neutrality, the well-worn sex life of a couple. One partner asks, “Are you comfortable?” and the request for consent is like a demonstration of love.”
I’ve never seen Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, but I have seen Hamlet, twice. Still, I have no idea what Ms. Schieron is talking about. To tell the truth, I’m not even sure if this is a good review or a bad review, and it makes me feel a little slow-witted. At any rate, apparrently reports of Rosencrantz’s and Guildenstern’s deaths are greatly exaggerated.
Reports that DAMON AND HUNTER is a great date movie are not. If you’re looking for romantic evening out in San Francisco this weekend, you could to worse than DOING IT TOGETHER.
Friday, January 19, 9:00PM
Yerba Beuna Center for the Arts
701 Mission St @ 3rd
415.978.ARTS (2787)
January 20th, 2007 at 1:52 am
Hmm. I have seen Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are dead (I even own the movie) and I really can’t say as I understand the reference, either. But… maybe she’s trying to convey that your movie is to mainstream porn as R&G Are Dead is to Hamlet? They employ some of the same characters and scenes but aren’t all that much alike, otherwise? Is she calling Damon and Hunter idiots? Loveable idiots? Well, whatever she’s trying to say, R&G Are Dead is an amusing (if cerebral) movie and well worth a viewing…. The review, however, …not so much.
January 23rd, 2007 at 5:14 pm
I took the R&G reference in more of an “amiable everyman” sort of way - as opposed to the “star” driven porn we usually see from the industry. Like Jenna or someone. I think.
In any case, I’m counting the review as a positive and will be sending along the hard copy version shortly. The screening was - of course - a blast. Wish you could have been there!
xo
Lisa