Destricted
2006 British film
- January 2006 (2006-01) (Sundance)
- 22 May 2006 (2006-05-22) (Cannes)
- 15 September 2006 (2006-09-15) (UK)
- 2 November 2010 (2010-11-02) (US)
Running time
129 minutes (US version)
United States
Destricted is a 2006 anthology film that explores the line where art and pornography intersect. The United Kingdom and United States film releases had overlapping but different short art-house erotic films. The film collection won awards at a range of international film festivals.[1]
Releases
The UK version released in 2006 runs at 114 minutes and includes seven short films:[2]
- Balkan Erotic Epic (Marina Abramović, 13:04) - An erotic comedy about myths from the Balkans about sex organs.
- Sync (Marco Brambilla, 02:15) - Consists of very fast cuts from different porn films.
- Impaled (Larry Clark, 37:28) - A casting for a porn film, but not with the insecure women often displayed; instead, the young men are the insecure ones.
- Death Valley (Sam Taylor-Wood, 08:25) - A man masturbates in the desert.
- House Call (Richard Prince, 12:29) - A vintage sex scene recontextualized with edits and music.
- Hoist (Matthew Barney, 14:37) - A juxtaposition of sexuality and industrial machinery.
- We Fuck Alone (Gaspar Noé, 23:31) - A man and a woman masturbate to the same porn film in different rooms.
The US version (2010) runs at 129 minutes and includes eight shorts, four from the earlier plus four new ones: Marilyn Minter's Green Pink Caviar, Cecily Brown's Four Letter Heaven, Clark's Impaled, Noé's We Fuck Alone, Prince's House Call, Sante D'Orazio's Scratch This and Tunga's Cooking.[1] It excludes Balkan Erotic Epic, Sync and Death Valley.
Reception
Upon release Destricted received a negative to mixed reception from critics, on Rotten Tomaotes the film has an approval rating of 17% out of 12 critics, with an average score of 4.80/10.[3]
Cast
- Impaled
- Daniel as himself
- August as herself
- Jasmine Byrne as herself
- Destiny Deville (uncredited) as herself
- Dillan Lauren as herself
- Sativa Rose as herself
- Angela Stone as herself
- Nancy Vee as herself
- House Call
- Kora Reed as the Patient
- John Saint John as the Doctor
- Hoist
- Vincente Pinho Neto as Blooming Greenman
- Death Valley
- Chris Raines
- We Fuck Alone
- Shirin Barthel
- Richard Blondel
- Manuel Ferrara
- Katsuni
References
- ^ a b Stephens, Craig (10 September 2010). "'The Destricted' Controversial New Film by Larry Clark and Others". thedailybeast.com. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Destricted". The Times. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Destricted | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
External links
- Destricted at IMDb
- Destricted at Rotten Tomatoes
- Destricted at Box Office Mojo
- Destricted film competition
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