''Destricted'' is a 2006
anthology film
An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film or a portmanteau film) is a single film consisting of three or more shorter films, each complete in itself and distinguished from the other, though frequently tied together by a single theme, premise ...
that explores the line where art and
pornography
Pornography (colloquially called porn or porno) is Sexual suggestiveness, sexually suggestive material, such as a picture, video, text, or audio, intended for sexual arousal. Made for consumption by adults, pornographic depictions have evolv ...
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.
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Releases
The UK version released in 2006 runs at 114 minutes and includes seven short film
A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...
s:
* ''Balkan Erotic Epic'' (Marina Abramović
Marina Abramović ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Абрамовић, ; born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, the relationship between the performer and audience, the limit ...
, 14:04) - An erotic comedy about myths from the Balkans
The Balkans ( , ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throug ...
about sex organs.
* ''Sync'' (Marco Brambilla
Marco Brambilla (born 25 September 1960) is an Italian-born Canadian contemporary artist and film director, known for directing Demolition Man (film), Demolition Man and Dinotopia as well as re-contextualizations of popular and found imagery, and ...
, 02:15) - Consists of very fast cuts from different porn films.
* ''Impaled'' (Larry Clark
Lawrence Donald Clark (born January 19, 1943) is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for his controversial teen film '' Kids'' (1995) and his photography book ''Tulsa'' (1971). His work focuses pri ...
, 38:28) - 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
Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson ( Taylor-Wood; born 1967) is a British filmmaker. Her directorial feature film debut was 2009's '' Nowhere Boy'', a film based on the childhood experiences of the Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock ...
, 08:25) - A man masturbates in the desert.
* ''House Call'' (Richard Prince
Richard Prince (born August 6, 1949) is an American painter and photographer. In the mid-1970s, Prince made drawings and painterly collages that he has since disowned. His image ''Untitled (Cowboy)'', a photographic reproduction of a photograph ...
, 12:29) - A vintage sex scene recontextualized with edits and music.
* ''Hoist'' (Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney (born March 25, 1967) is an American contemporary artist and film director who works in the fields of sculpture, film, photography and drawing. His works explore connections among geography, biology, geology and mythology as well ...
, 14:38) - A juxtaposition of sexuality and industrial machinery.
* ''We Fuck Alone'' (Gaspar Noé
Gaspar Noé (; ; born 27 December 1963) is an Argentine filmmaker, who lives and worked primarily in France. He is one of the primary exponents of New French Extremity, with his most notable works including the feature films '' I Stand Alone'' ...
, 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
Cecily Brown (born 1969) is a British painter. Her style displays the influence of a variety of contemporary painters, from Willem de Kooning, Francis BaconScott, Sue (2013). "Cecily Brown" in ''The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium ...
'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''.
Reception
Upon release ''Destricted'' received a negative to mixed reception from critics, on Rotten Tomatoes
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the film has an approval rating of 17% out of 12 critics, with an average score of 4.80/10.
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
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''Destricted'' film competition
{{DEFAULTSORT:Destricted
2006 films
2006 drama films
2006 independent films
British drama films
American drama films
Films directed by Marco Brambilla
Films directed by Larry Clark
Films directed by Gaspar Noé
Films directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson
American anthology films
Films about pornography
American independent films
British independent films
British anthology films
Anthology film series
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
2000s British films
Films set in Inyo County, California
English-language independent films