Interior. Leather Bar.

Name: Interior. Leather Bar.
Genre: Drama
Released: January 3, 2014
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 47
Cast: Brad Roberge, Brenden Gregory, Christian Patrick, James Franco, Val Lauren

2014

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: January 3, 2014 | Not Rated

Starring: Brad Roberge, Brenden Gregory, Christian Patrick, James Franco, Val Lauren

Summary: In order to avoid an X rating, 40 minutes of gay S&M footage was rumored to be cut and destroyed from the 1980 film, “Cruising.” Inspired by the mythology of this controversial film, filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews collaborate to imagine their own lost footage. Amid the backdrop of a frenzied film set, actor Val LaurenIn order to avoid an X rating, 40 minutes of gay S&M footage was rumored to be cut and destroyed from the 1980 film, “Cruising.” Inspired by the mythology of this controversial film, filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews collaborate to imagine their own lost footage. Amid the backdrop of a frenzied film set, actor Val Lauren reluctantly agrees to take the lead in the film. Val is repeatedly forced to negotiate his boundaries during scenes on and “off camera,” as unsimulated gay sex happens around him. The film itself is constructed as a play with boundaries remaining queer in subject and form. As much a film about filmmaking as it is about an exploration of sexual and creative freedom, “Interior. Leather Bar.” defies easy categorization.… Expand

Director: James Franco and Travis Mathews

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 60 min

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Manohla Dargis

Mar 4, 2014

A sly conceptual coup d’art and a deeply sincere exploration of masculinity and its discontents, with a little hot sex thrown in. Read full review

The Playlist Jessica Kiang

Jan 3, 2014

Franco has finally delivered a side project that does at least some justice to his eclectic artistic ambitions. Read full review

David Lewis

Apr 10, 2014

A Rubik's Cube of a movie, an intriguing, layered puzzle that isn't easily solved. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Jan 2, 2014

Interior. Leather Bar.’s intriguing curiosity provides ample food for thought, in part because it’s the rare film that devotes much of its running time to its own principals discussing what, if anything, the film ultimately means. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Mar 6, 2014

We see brief, graphic shots of naked actors performing sexual acts. But it’s the conversations about what those depictions represent that truly provoke. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

Mar 4, 2014

Brief yet underdeveloped, Interior. Leather Bar. has a faux-documentary vibe about it. Read full review

Calum Marsh

Jan 2, 2014

It's a particularly risible nothing whose premise alone betrays the paucity of Franco's imagination and wit. Read full review

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Coxmjc23

Mar 11, 2023

I really loved it and enjoyed it and even bought it so I'm happy to say great watch and great scenes maybe even trying it some time the only complaint is James Franco could have joined in with the scenes and show a side we never seen before!!! Highly Recommended!!!