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Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus' (2007)
Directed by M. Sean Kaminsky
Overview
A look at the unusual process used in the making of the film Shortbus (2006) featuring interviews, behind the scenes footage and clips from the feature film. Director John Cameron Mitchell starts with the concept of using real sex in a film with a positive message. The cast of unknowns is selected from homemade audition tapes and then a callback audition workshop. More acting workshops are used to develop the characters and script. The project overcomes a number of obstacles and the rest of the film’s development is followed up until its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Length 31 minutes
Actors
Jonathan Caouette | John Cameron Mitchell | Jay Brannan | Lindsay Beamish | PJ DeBoy | Raphael Barker | Paul Dawson | Peter Stickles | Sook-Yin Lee | Howard Gertler | Tim Perell | Susan Shopmaker | Shanti Carson | Justin Vivian Bond | Jasper James | Maya Hardinge | Miek Coccia | Timothy Heber | Bel Jordan | Louis Schwadron