a short film by Jarrah Gurrie
2006 | 5 mins | US
Fabio Costaprado
Adrian Silva
Leonard Houx
Cabalerno
a tender tale of
adolescent infatuation
Available on DVD as part of the
Picture This! catalogue
www.picturethishomevideo.com
- ref. Boys Briefs 3
See also www.jarrahgurrie.com
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A hunky skateboarder practicing his backflip routine is the object of desire of a video obsessed
teenager in this sweet tale of emerging sexuality set in New York's Lower East Side.
For here it's a case of be careful what you point and indeed where you point it, a fact that
this gay teen has still to learn when he gets caught in the act, prompting the man of his dreams
to take hold of his camera, only to playback the footage and leave without saying a word. With
his teenage crush now out in the open, it would appear that all is doomed. Or is it?
For could Mr Hunk offer a ray of homosexual sunshine in our boys' direction?
Shot entirely in Black and White and with natural acting throughout, this 16mm work from
Australian director Jarrah Gurrie is in essence a tender tale of adolescent infatuation.
That this short hints that the man of our boys' adoration possibly holds reciprocal feelings
is what makes this beauty and the geek piece a pleasant surprise, given it mirrors
the directors' message that someone who you think is totally unapproachable,
could turn out to be quite the opposite.
Little else remains to be said, for devoid of dialogue this gentle tale marks a simple way
of cinematically showcasing an emotion as old as time itself, with the title for those
not armed with a skateboard being street terminology for a 180 degree turn with
a backflip and not the name of the stripped-to-the-waist hunk of the piece!
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