January 24, 2007
Shortbus is teh Sook
On Wednesday and Thursday nights at 9:00, Toronto media superstar Sook-Yin Lee will be in attendance at the Royal's screenings of John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus, the Cannes and TIFF hit (applauded by Eye Weekly's Jason Anderson as "Manhattan with money shots") in which she stars as a New York couples counselor on a quest for her first orgasm. Lee will be participating in a Q&A each night, the questions of which will undoubtedly turn to the Toronto-shot film's unsimulated sex scenes, a veritable Savage Love of possibilities and practises. Girl Cleans Sink, a 2004 short directed by Lee, will precede the feature.
Photo from the Shortbus official site.
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"the Toronto-shot film's unsimulated sex scenes"
Shortbus was not shot in Toronto - it was all shot in NYC. You're thinking of John's last film Hedwig.
You're right, Justin. That started to dawn on me during the Q&A, when Lee spoke about how she would often have to go down to New York on a moment's notice when Mitchell would call her up to tell her that they suddenly had some more money to make the movie.
But it's almost as though the film was made to look like it was shot elsewhere; there are very few exterior shots, and none I can think of that are identifiably New York, and there are a couple of cameos by people one doesn't generally think of as existing outside Toronto.
"teh" Sook? I don't get it.
It's an internet meme, a.k.a. known as "the suck." That's not what he's saying though. Hmm. Guess you had to be there.
l33T5p34k is teh suxx0r.
roflcopters and lollerskates
I disagree that the film is made to look as though it is shot elsewhere. There are brownstones and an establishing scene that takes place next to Ground Zero. You just made a mistake Jonathan, everyone does sometime.