In order to avoid an X rating 40 minutes of gay S&M footage was rumoured to be cut and destroyed from the 1980 film CRUSING starring Al Pacino. Inspired by the mythology of this controversial film filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews collaborate to imagine their own lost footage. Amid the backdrop of a frenzied film set actor Val Lauren reluctantly agrees to take the lead in the film. Val is repeatedly forced to negotiate his boundaries during scenes on and 'off camera ' as unsimulated gay sex happens around him. The film itself is constructed as a play... with boundaries remaining queer in subject and form. As much a film about filmmaking as it is about an exploration of sexual and creative freedom interior. Leather bar defies easy categorization. The second feature film from writer/director Travis Mathews (I Want Your Love) interior. Leather bar has been hailed as a fascinating and intriguing film that never takes any simple options and works well in terms of raising provocative issues.' (Screen Daily). Special Features: Interview with James Franco Feast of Stephen - A Short Film by James Franco [show more]
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Provocative documentary directed by James Franco and Travis Mathews. Through recreating the 40 minutes of footage supposedly cut from the 1980 film 'Cruising' starring Al Pacino and directed by William Friedkin, Franco and Mathews aim to subvert cultural ideas about same-sex sexual liaisons shown onscreen. As well as recreating the scenes with other actors playing the roles, the film-makers also give insights into the film's intent.
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