film by bill biss
Direc
tor/W
riter D
avid K
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Walter Delmar and Matthew Montgomery in Pornography - A Thriller
PornograPhy-A Thriller
AN INTErvIEW WITh DIrECTOr/WrITEr DaviD KittreDge
Everyone loves a good mystery. When it involves the gay porn industry, sus- My editor thought this was very funny. There were separated [post-its] into three
pense and murder, the premise becomes even more intriguing. This is the case areas. These were the looks and the feel of the film. Part one was Psycho. Part two
with the new film from director and writer, David Kittredge. Pornography-A Thriller was Rosemary’s Baby and part three was The Exorcist. We just wanted to keep as
is skillfully done with sharp direction, believable and magnetic characters and a close to those films because that was the flow of it. I love movies and stories that
story with more twists and turns than Sunset Blvd. and creates an intense viewing basically undermine your expectations to the point where you actually have to
experience of realism and nightmarish qualities. Kittredge spoke with The Rage examine your own expectations.”
Monthly on putting together all the puzzle pieces of the film that is Pornography-A In the world of gay cinema, there are several reasons why Pornography-A
Thriller, which will be screened at this year’s L.A. Outfest on Saturday, July 18 at Thriller raises the bar in filmmaking. The overall quality in all aspects is something
9:45 p.m. you don’t find a lot of times being created by filmmakers. Kittredge sums up his
The film is riveting as it unravels before your eyes. Pornography-A Thriller holds philosophy, “This is my first feature. I’ve done a couple of shorts that have been
the audiences spellbound with suspense. It has the ability to transfix the viewer in and around the gay festival circuit. The last one called Target Audience did very
with an almost voyeuristic quality where you can’t look away because there is well. Cinema means so much to me. Not just movies but cinema… which is kind
a strong urge to find out what happens next. Kittredge explains his fascination of different. Movies are what you watch and cinema is the medium itself. It’s so im-
for this genre, “My favorite kinds of movies are mysteries and kind of the puzzle portant to have good independent films. Especially good gay films, I feel like we
movies that you have to put together on your own. Not where everything has need to tell our stories. Though, I feel like there are a lot of them that cut corners
a neat and tidy solution. The movie is a puzzle where you have to solve it… but where they shouldn’t. There is a lot of gay cinema that doesn’t try and do anything
there is a solution.” There is a dark side that is explored in some of the characters new or try and push the boundaries.
throughout the film. Kittredge expresses his views on the subject matter, “With One of the biggest things when we went into this film was “I’m going to make
pornography, it’s kind of like eating meat… there is a slaughterhouse. But, the a good-looking-movie. Period. We are going to shoot it really well. We have very
whole thing about porn… porn is a fantasy and it’s a very potent fantasy. I feel little money, but we are going to do it right. I feel we need more of that discipline
like if you lose yourself in that world or you lose yourself in that fantasy, you could with gay movies. We need people who are willing to go further out on a limb
possibly think that it’s somewhat real. Then you run into trouble and I think there and get more creative and more passionate. A lot of gay movies are mediocre
is actual damage that could happen.” examples. They are mediocre in ways that don’t cost money. There is no excuse for
There are moments within the film where the line between fantasy and reality having a bad script. There is no excuse for having a bad performance. There is no
is crossed. Where the viewer is thinking that this couldn’t possibly be happening, excuse for not taking risks with your subject matter, in the way you shoot your film
it is some sort of twisted nightmare that is pretty horrific. Kittredge elaborates, or having a good edit or color correct. Not anymore, this is not 1992. We should up
“The whole point is setting up a mystery. We kind of rip off Psycho in a way. We set the game and up our standards.”
up this character and you care about him and you don’t know what’s going on.
Then, some time in the movie, something horrible happens to him. We’re not sure
what, but something really, really bad. When you get to the third part of the film, Outfest 2009
the point is not solving the mystery. It’s really what did that all mean? Why did it Screening of Pornography – A Thriller
happen? In pre-production and post-production, I had these post-its in my office. Saturday, July 18 at 9:45 p.m.
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