Hard Shorts August 4, 2011

Introduced by Joe Rubin, archivist, writer and researcher of pre-1986 American hardcore cinema
Short films were the normal format for early venues exhibiting hardcore, due mostly to their cheap and easy nature. The San Francisco experimental film world had already glimpsed the possibilities of combining unsimulated sex with avant-garde techniques, evidenced by Jerry Abrams psychedelic masterpiece Eyetoon and James Broughton’s lyrical The Bed. As more and more hardcore theaters opened, filmmakers such as Lowell Picket, whose film Opus integrates trance-like dance between abstract explicit close-ups, decided to distinguish their work from ordinary stags. This program highlights examples (some extremely rare) of this unique sub-genre.

Part of the Smut Capital of America: San Francisco’s Sex Cinema Revolution film series during Bay Area Now 6 at YBCA. Upcoming films in the series: The Meatrack, Friday, Aug. 5, 7:30pm; Streetwalkers, Thursday, Aug. 11, 7:30pm; Wildcard Night (surprise film), Thursday, Aug. 18, 7:30pm; Resurrection of Eve, Thursday, Aug. 25, 7:30pm.

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