An 18-year-old aspiring poet named Kyle (Sean Tataryn) leaves West Hollywood and relocates to Silver Lake where he meets hunky 30-year-old carpenter Mike (Christopher Bradley). An intense sexual relationship begins, crossing the complicated terrain of intergenerational love, class differences, and long term relationships. The dialogue is smart and colorful, the eccentric Silver Lake characters interesting, and the full frontal nude scenes are impressive. Jack (Nicholas Worth) plays a theatrical gay poet and steals every scene he appears in. His poetry readings are quite funny. Drag queens defend the community. There is a memorable stripper (Dennis Larkin) and cameos by Mink Stole, gay activist Morris Kight, and Bob Prest as a doctor who pierces nipples and other body parts for a living. Geoff Moody plays Ian. He was supposed to play Kyle, but refused to do a full frontal nudity scene.
This 83 minute b & w film was shot in ten days for $60,000 in 16mm, with the same camera used for "Medium Cool" (1969). It does not have the best picture quality and there are no captions or subtitles. The DVD includes commentary and 37 minutes of "erotic" material--all the footage they shot of the various sex scenes. Jeremy Jordan composed the incidental music, Rondo Mieczkowski wrote the screenplay, and David DeCoteau directed.
