O beautiful - (Gay Short Film)
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- A young man is left in a field after a brutal attack by some of his fellow classmates. A classmate comes to help the boy after the beating, but all is not as it seems.
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God they're both so torn up. It's hypnotic really, watching this process they stumble through together. But they leave each other with so much unsaid that you just wanna go back in time and change things between them.
I wanted to like jump threw the screen and be like ''No, You are not leaving you stayin brad'' thin they'd have to like be toghter
You like Gaga too :D
YES -- SO MUCH GOOD AND GREATNESS "COULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS STORY!!! Instead, I'm left thinking MORE WASTED CHARACTERS -- MORE WASTED LOVE -- MORE DEVASTATED SOULS!!!!!! SAD, SAD, SAD...................
J'ai regardé..
tellement ému
fred.
France 💙🤍❤️
The way he said "u hurt me" at the beginning broke my heart :'(
I know it's not supposed to be funny but I was laughing at the football guy the whole time.... Like who just starts singing in a situation like this
+kait Benson Same xD
+kait Benson Me too lmao! I had a straight face going into this, but I lost it when he started singing out of nowhere.
Also, "gecko films"
"¡Hola! ¿Cómo está usted?" Wow I'm dying 😂😂
kait Benson same
The plot is so simply laid out for everyone to understand...lol...
One is openly gay and the other - the jock, is just starting to realise that he is gay himself thus the questions on "are you always gay?"
To confound matters worse, he is a Christian who sees being gay as an immoral thing.
One thing that keeps reoccurring is that Andy keeps telling Brad that they were together in this and that...hinting that somewhere deep inside, he likes Brad as well.
He wanted to also be "hypnotised" so that he can actually "get it on with Brad" without having the burden of the "guilt"(since he was "hypnotised")...he zeroed in on that statement that Brad has done it with other guys in his room because they were all "hypnotised".
Mark David Antonio That is a good analysis of the movie Mark, I haven't quite looked at it that way, thanks for sharing your insight. :-)
This is awkward enough to be true story. In real life, people are awkward as fuck
That is conjecture .
@@phoenixking4165 very true
Andy offering his clothes, stripping himself down to rawness, vulnerability, naked in the face of his preceived sins, as if being naked physically and then emotionally will rid himof his sin of the flesh: his own gayness. Andy offers his body as sacrifice, as if his Chrst-like, offering his own body to be used carnally: in his own mind by givng his body to gratify Brad he can remain guilt-free. Andy's singing, his questions, his desribing how pure he is in real life to make up for this 'sin' of being gay. How the dialogue attempts to see how Andy is fighting off madness: to be gay is madness.
The singing part threw me off
Not today satan not today
Idk this is so many mixed emotions it’s cute yet sad. The both boys are really adorable too. THE ENDING MADE ME CRY
This film is full of HOPE, POTENTIAL, HUGE POSIBILITUY AND JOY. Andy and Brad give each other the most magnificent of gifts. Out of a deep and terrible traumer comes two possibly beautiful futures. They give each other FREEDOM. Two lives, two views, two sets of reality, truth, values and ideas. Set on two screens, two boys in two different places. Andy gives Brad his truck knowing he will use it to escape homophobia, find a place where he can live and thrive openly as a Gay man, knowing he himself has a long way to go before he can do this himself. Brad's version of FREEDOM! Brad gives Andy confidence, knowing and understanding, another view of who really he is. Andy's FREEDOM, eventualy. Each in the end gifts, thier dreamed of, potential for love. And of all things LOVE is the greatest gift, next to the FREEDOM to realise it and take it in both hands and live it!
Very in sight view. Wow. Great gathering of Words
This is one of the best short films I’ve ever seen. Everything about it was just ‘o so beautiful’. I know what Andy (the jock) did was completely wrong but the character development through the short showed how he felt extremely guilty for not helping brad. I know a lot will disagree but I believe this is true love. He didn’t help brad but he did feel very bad and guilty and you can tell he had always liked brad: “ I’m Andy Perry from your Spanish class” and “We were in boys scouts together, remember!” This NEEDS to be made into a full length movie
Gay porno
Naw dude it's too fkn gay bro otherwise it might actually be worth a shit
Wat r u a 60 year old fat guy in a basement?
I have watched over a hundred gay-themed short films ... as a writer - it's kind of what I do. Most of them are 'cute' - but never the soul. This short was different. Complete character development. Split-screen was awesome! It symbolized the dichotomy of two people - different in thought and pain...yet together in one circumstance - one reality. Pain, fear .. and regret , disbelief. The flow was awesome - and the ending was anything but 'cute'. It left us with how it began: Isolation. Sadness. But most of all ... it left us 'hollow'. Or did it? THAT is the mark of great films. I wish that I could talk to the person who created this piece. O Beautiful is the best of the BEST. Thank you, O Beautiful.
True, I believe that anytime you lose your self in the performance, when it affects you viscerally, when you forget for a moment that your watching a play, movie or film, it has accomplished its goal. This is an excellent short film!
I hated the split screen "effect." Artsy and pointless. If you have to resort to gimmicks to make a point, you need to work on your craft. Any gimmick that draws attention to itself and has half the audience saying, "huh?" or "why?" is.a.bad thing.
@@Erin-Thor99.99999% anybody ever watched literally any film they forget they are watching a movie and are not thinking at the time "I'm watching a movie". So that doesn't really mean much.
@@HorrorFanatic4EVER37 - We clearly different people, LOL! I frequently am distracted by some continuity error, or find myself thinking “Why didn’t they do this or that differently?”
This is genuinely one of the best gay short films out there like... the way the plot develops.... i was so overwhelmed the whole time
Omfg, this needs to be turned into a full movie.
These are two young gay men with different experiences of being gay. One suppressed it so much that he was not hurt physically as the example of the other gay guy, who was himself and was brutally hurt for it.
This is a great film!!! Such a clear and confusing experience between two young men growing up in a homophobic rural place. Being from Iowa myself, I totally get it. Such kindness and ambiguity shown by the friend with the truck. This hits the core of struggling with one's gay identity. These short gay films are a gift to anyone trying to understand what it means to be gay. Thanks!!! The acting was also rich and deep; such talented young actors. I just noticed the final scene of the victim standing alone in the corn field; was this all a dream? Wow! Great stpru telling!
He talked about being gay like it was a hobby or a job 😂😂
I suspect he was trying to convince himself more than Brad.
Jojojohanna being LGBTQ has been like that now like a job and a hobby it's business now and it's attention seeking and business
Absolutely amazing video. Really inspiring in a way... I just wish they hadn't ended it like that. I was waiting for Brad to say to Andy, "Come with me..." That would've been a perfect ending! Anyone agree?
I agree.
+Alex S Hi Alex. I have written a full novel from the inspiration of this video. The potential of continuing this story was just too tempting. Yes, in the first chapter I have Brad coming back and telling Andy to get in. Alan Brown did an amazing job in introducing Brad and Andy. I do understand the split screen frustrates some viewers. I felt for the intensity of the story, the split screen made a lot of sense.
Have you seen Alan Brown's more recent movie 'Five Dances'? It is so awesome. If there was a fan club for Alan Brown, I'd love to be the president. He challenges our comfort zone by being very innovative in his films. If you do see 'Five Dances' be prepared for little dialogue. But remember... dancing is one of the universal languages. So let the dances develop the story where words would be totally inadequate.
I'm too shy to submit my 'Brad and Andy continuation' to Alan. But I have read that others have also written continuations of the story. I wonder if Alan has read any of them. If you'd like to keep in touch, I am at andrewham1984@yahoo.com
+Wayne Dennis can I read your novel?
Wayne Dennis Yes please give us the name of ur novel
I know this comment was made 7 yrs ago, and I don’t think you’ll see this, but I agree 100%
This whole thing is odd and awesome at the same time
is this the krusty krab? IM NOT THE INLY ONE WHO THINKS SO
The Christian guy is more gay than the other. So sad to see how weird people can become because of religion. I cried watching this... and I don't usually cry watching movies.
John Gault I personally don't believe any of us is 100% gay or 100% straight.
RainbowEagle That's Right
Samantha Gleckler I have to agree with all of you I'm a girl and I'm "straight" but I still find woman attractive
Giselle Parra Well i am straight a girl and i like boys so much, i do not even understand how some straight girls can find other women attractive, i mean i also like other girls fashion sense and all but i wouldn't fuck them .Boys are the most beautiful creatures created on earth .So be sure girls 100% straight girls like me exists and there are still gay boys who were born 100% gay.We are a human specimen which will never extinct.That is how life is made.Guys are so hot.
RainbowEagle sorry boo I'm 100% never found a women attractive 😂 and I would admit I sometimes compliment girls saying ohhhhhhhhh gurlllll looking hot today girl u doing this for ur man or girl
'Are you always gay'
'That's a dumb question'
'Well fuck, you're not always hungry are you'
This is probably the 50th time I watched this. The message was clear but I think the choice to shoot with two cameras was an awesome way to highlight the differences between the two men. ... their beliefs, their perspectives, the barriers to coming together. It was a haunting tale filmed and acted in a winning way. A "happy ever after" ending would not be appropriate. This is a story of emotional growth of one and the fear and pain of reaching out. Yet a seed was planted. Is this why it was shot in a cornfield? Hmmm
"They're not bad guys"
I just...
What.
I know right
Boys will be boys. Youthful hi-jinks. In a few years they'll run the local feed store, tractor dealership, burger-shack. You know, salt-of-the-earth good ol' boys.
Dropped jaw & thought WHAT??!! myself
It got so awkward when he started singing I was like what?
+Menisa Smith This kid's whole belief system was made questionable in one night. It's not surprising at all that he would start singing O' Beautiful. No longer could he just except other's ideals of a perfect society, and boy scout ideals that should erase the "normal" turmoil he we was facing inside. The other kid saw this, and used it in a way as to call him out on the hypocrisy he was spouting. Great film. Parents should see this so that they might stop lying to kid's with these standards of morality and good societal ideal's, that even they can't live up to. The simile in all of this is O' Beautiful is the same gay or straight in it"s meaning for all citizens of these United States.
+getzppnya you make a good point there because this film made me tear up a little and this is to be the biggest problem in america is sexuality but the thing is that everyone fills like its supposed to be one way or this way or that way and i say hell no we was not put on this earth to follow what anybody else says or does its ridiculous because of these people and what they tell there children this is actually how the act now of days the are brutally and mentally,verbally hurt by the ones that are so called the ones not going to hell to me i feel like everyone is intitled to their own opinion
It's because you kids have no feelings .
Fr
Same thought 😅😅😅
Wow, great movie. How many struggles can there possibly be in 30 minutes.
the blonde is a great actor.
They both are.
which blonde XD
'Are you always hungry?' Yes...
I died lol
Hauntingly Beautiful, with an underlying sadness for the pain the boys are experiencing in the attraction they have for each other, with one having the courage to escape his pain and the other returning to his fear and shame.
The guy on the left acts like my cat he's always so suprised
It was a very realistic or close to realistic representation of the situation we can have; the homophobia, the pain, the fear it resides in every gay person's mind. The short film tells us how deep the trauma can run, how much we can suppress ourselves because we know not only being gay isn't acceptable but also openly despised. It also tells us to what level the hatred against gays can go.
Personally, I'm terrified of being openly gay in front of anyone because it's such a big thing in our society, being gay. It can ruin your whole life, you can lose your family, your friends just because you are a little different from them. I don't know what will happen. Frankly, I fear the kind of situation Brad found himself in isn't so much far off from the reality, it can happen and no one would dare interfere because for them gays are an abomination.
These kinds of films help in at least making the masses aware about the reality. So thanks to the makers of this short film. And hats off to the actors, they did such a wonderful job.
Very fine words.
Much truth in the story
The film's and your own.😮😢🎵🥺😔🤔😬
Be well friend.
The recent fringe movement of 'wokeism' went off the rail and set back decades of progress in the humanity of being, how did you say it ...a little different...
I don't know any two beings that are homosapien that are exactly the same be they straight, gay or something else, do you?
😉
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p.s. @APoet
No wonder the words were so true.
A Poet will always 'Edit' until the 12th of Forever. We can't help our mental affliction in the meaning must be true in the word spoken...
@@claztube You're right, this woke culture has affected a lot to the progress which our community has seen in the past few decades, but what can we do now. It is what it is.
Again, you're right. Our species may be the only one out of all the others which despises its own people who are just a bit different from them. I haven't heard of another species which would reject its members for such trivial things.
😅 It's in a writer's nature to make the words represent exactly what they want to convey to the reader or it wouldn't matter🤷😁
P.S. Do you also write?
@@APoetsAide
I have.
In the 'Comments Arena' editing via a phone's minimal screen is difficult ergo at times the flow of my meaning is upset.
But again, Yes.
APoet I too write or correctly I do so when inspired write in rhyme, just not so much today.
@@claztube Got it.
Different? Naw not as much as you think,! I almost guarantee that if they admit it or not EVERY guy is at least a little bit bi deep down. Most surpress it. Most don't admit it. Yet still look how many you see that are gay. You'd be in shock how many if everybody came clean!
It's 2023. Years later, I still return to this masterwork of filmmaking every so often. See you again next year!
It's 2024 and I'm here again!
I think the boy who gave all his clothes is so cute
Dominick Charles same😂
Dominick Charles so are you my boy just likes me listening to 80s music
i thought they both were! ;-)
I was shipping them at first sight. 😊
I love the originality of the way it was filmed. It makes for some interesting shots where you can see the face of one character while he is facing away from the other. Excellent acting. Love it.
Omg I wanted them together so badly! They need to make a sequel and have them end up together!!
Andy is nearly irreparable. Unless someone is going to stick-rape him, let's hope he's off the screen forever.
It felt like it was just one take. Amazing lines and emotion from the actors. Kudos to the writer (s)!!
Wow! Nice one. Andy is one of two things, he's either a really, really genuinely nice, caring and sympathetic straight guy or he's so far inside the closet he's in narnia and has just witnessed something that could happen to him if he came out. He feels the guilt of not helping Brad for fear of being called gay himself. I think he's the latter.
I think that Andy is a genuinely nice straight guy. I like that picture of him better.
Jim Nuss Nope, Andy is gay
IMO the fact he stayed and did nothing shows that it’s likely Narnia , a stand up straight dude especially a Christian one would have stood up to his “friends”
@@theoneandonlyblank4153 its a little bit to clichés but i can see what u wanted to say
I’m voting with Narnia. 😂
I lost it when they guy started to sing...
😂😂😂
I agree. Andy is such a memorable actor.
After watching this short film, the ending song brings tears to my eyes. This is truly a work of art.
blue you - the magnetic fields
a heartbreakingly beautiful film. And sometimes not romantic but a bit raw and pure drama
*cute pouty face*
"I don't like to get mad"
FUCKING CUTE
No. it's not cute. It's being an entitled heteronormative asswipe.
He was cute.. Stfu. I understand the situation, but just because of the whole rape situation, doesn't mean I can't call him cute.
Wow, these actors had me hanging onto every word and emotion. Excellent script, well written, choreographed and filmed. The cracks in their voices, emotional terror in expression and body language spoke volumes. I saw love beneath the trauma.
the bullied guy kinda looks like a young Joey Graceffa.
I love Joey
Oh god..
Not ,and Joey is a queen !
looks like Val Kilmer
The whistling music gives me a strange yet comforting feeling of nostalgia, like I lived this short film as a memory decades ago and now I’m rethinking it
Yeah ,,,,Name of the song is Blue You !!! Have you ever listened to this song ?
@@Anonymous-di9py no I hadn’t listened to the song before, neither knew the name, thank you for telling me it’s name stranger...
his face when he screamed "fuck you, how do you know?" legit saddened my heart.. this shit is giving me feels, I'm only aloud to feel while watching supernatural...
This film blew my mind. So well acted by two young actors. You could tell that the Christian guy was curious and maybe gay. It was intense because of the way this film was produced! So slick and well done! Loved the split screen too!
Blown away... This was so well done. I wasn't expecting this to be so moving and deep. This is a *very* special film.
At the beginning is it just me or when he started singing I was thinking he was insane
Same
Factz 😂😂😂
Kiersten Payne
you yhd
Brandon Formby me
SAMEEEE OMG
Creative is my take. Facial Expressions well portrayed. The cliff hanger suspenseful. I didn't know how the ending would commence: with more pain, pleasure, or to be seen in the next series. Great job.
I may not be hungry for gum, but I'm thirsty for the gay ;)
Cora Fett preach
I almost lost it when Andy started singing randomly 😂
Phenomenal and heart-wrenching. Jay Gillespie and David Rogers are fearless in these emotional, difficult roles. I now a committed Alan Brown fan.
There is just so much in this short film that makes me go "WHAT? EXCUSE ME WAIT" but it also captures all the correct feelings and I know where they both come from in their actions but it also just involves a lot of teenage awkwardness that I live off of.
they were both so scared that they both lied to each other. Andy was actually watching the attack. brad did not touch the scout people...
I love this movie. you honestly can understand how they are feeling☺😠😨😵
mmm. I agree
6 years late but did you just agree with yourself 💀
Andy doesn't deserve Brads friendship let alone a relationship with him. If a guy held down a female and watched while that female was sexually assaulted, do you really think people will be rooting for them to be together? Lets not romantisize sexual assault.
The thing is Andy specifically said he didnt help, but he also didnt stop them because he was too afraid of what might happen or what his "friends" would think of him if he tried.
And what your describing is sexual harassment which everyone can agree is just wrong , while what Andy's "friends" did was a hate crime for Brad being gay which while WE know its very wrong, its considered normal for religions and some religions countries to do. Thats why Andy tries to protect them by saying theyre not bad people, but they did a bad thing because they were mis-educated and cant differ from whats right and wrong. Which most people including Brad disagreed with him on, saying what they did was unexcusable. (which is completely reasonable)
Another point is that id like to make is that Andy knew that what his friends were doing was wrong yet he couldnt stop it because of his own fears but after it happened, he did everything he could to try and make up for not being able to help before by giving his clothes to make him feel safe, his car to keep him warm and get to where he needs to go, and being there for Brad to make sure he doesnt feel alone.
Brad too was angry and in disbelief when he found out that Andy just watched and let his friends do what they did without intervening, making him think that Andy was just as bad as them, but after that Andy was crying and asking him to hit his head with a hard glass bottle. This really showed him that Andy wasnt just one of them, he had immense regret for what he didnt do and is desperately trying to make up for it, which is why Brad finally let himself feel, how hes always felt about Andy and kissed him in that very moment.
This isnt romanticizing sexual assault, this is showing that you shouldnt let your fears control you, you should try to make the best out of the worst situation and that you need to get to know someone and see through their perspective before you can truly judge them.
I know you wrote this comment 8 years ago, but I am someone who went through something similar as Brad a couple years ago, and just needed to get this out of my system.
Not everything is so black and white as you make it out to be. 🤍❤️🖤
If you grew up in a smallish town, unsure and scared of being yourself, peer pressure and the need to conform to the group (your group of friends) is strong. I can remember being asked to go fag bashing, asking what it was, and being just stunned… they laughed, called me a loser and left me walking home late at night after the game. But I clearly felt the need to prove myself one of them, to go with them even if merely to prove to myself that I was like them (not gay).
WHY is every gay film a tragedy? I mean, my life as a gay man isn't perfect, but neither is any body else's. I would like to see more happy endings please. These movies are depressing.
I DO 100% agree. I end up feeling that I have wasted my time everytime I see these sad and true blue endings. It's not like that always.
I don't think it was a tragedy at all. Two very different people had a chance to get to know and appreciate each other on a very intimate (not sexual) level. There are lots of gay movies with a happy ending, Role/Play, Straight Jacket, Trick, the Donald Strachey Mysteries.
exactly...there are more tragic endings than happy ones...but i guess people are coming into terms with this that they are making "happy" ones more.
and admit it or not, there are more sexual encounters out there than get together happy enders...and even if there are happy enders...sometimes, things just get blotched up.
its the tragedy and the drama i guess?
I don't need a fairy tale ending, but something a little more up lifting would be nice. Asian cinema handles this better than the west.
got yeah Jeffrey Gray...
"Your not always gay are you?" What kind of question is thAt. Like yeah I'm only bi sometimes
"Because being gay isn't okay with God." Well then I'm going to hell :)
"Join a team!" Like yeah sports make you strait, little known fact ;)
"Gay isn't a extracurricular activity." I disagree ;)
I am gay and I believe in God because I have respect in God I stop going to LGBTQ because of what it's becoming nowadays because of business and money and look LGBTQ churches it's about sex looks money drugs they and now LGBTQ plus just look at what's happening to USA been gay it's who U r but just been urself and I know some lgb don't support LGBTQ plus or pride
I think it's symbolic that at the beginning, Brad was all alone in the field practically naked and in the end it's Andy who is truly alone.
Unbelievable writing, directing, cinema - and best of all, acting. Great, great vid. Bravo and highest marks. Thanks for posting.
why don't they make a full-length feature film out of this? lol
Yeahhh! This was a good show and left you wanting more!
It reminds me of the Mathew Shepard story!!
It could have happened if only these short film had had a lot of fans and a strong fanbase, maybe a full lenght feature could have occured
And also if You had insisted on the subject to the director, the continuación could have ocurred thats because the same happened with the short film daré and it got its sequel in 2018
Very creative especially with the split screen view!
The way they used the split screen was entirely new to me. It supported the dueling dialog from two opposing characters, emphasizing the film's core conflict. This is a piece of shooting and editing that should be used for teaching in film schools.
This little flick should have won some awards somewhere in the world.
I think this film is fantastic. The split-screen techniques works very well.
Thanks for the hit of nostalgia! I watched this in 2008 on the same night as Adam Salky's first Dare short. I remember wishing the kiss from this had happened in that. 16 years later, Dare is still fresh in my mind, this, not so much. I think I'm a bit too old for all the angst now. Still appreciate the eye candy tho. 🤤😁
For those who were expecting sex, seriously?!
He's just been raped and you think he wants to have sex?!
I agree with you totally Asphyxia, I mean, REALLY!!! what are people thinking. I mean, there's a time and place for everything. This wasn't the time nor place for having sex. Look, I'm not saying, I'm just saying, that's all ... Anyways have a great day Asphyxia. :-)
who could have been expecting sex.......ewwwww dude was just sodomized! Im sure he is still in pain and prob should go to the doctor.
atltallone907
I agree totally with you Atlallone907
Asphyxia. Some ppl were probably masturbating before they even clicked on the video lol
Kenneth Davis Oh my gosh Kenneth, I'm sitting here laughing my behind off at the comment you just wrote, I could just imagine that .... LOL .... I have to say that you have quite an imagination .... LOL .... Have a great weekend dude. :-)
hated the ending. they were ment for eachother
"Leonardo Dicaprio is gay" WAIT A FUCKINH MINUTE GODDAMNIT! Take that back!
Lol
Is that true?
So realistic though teenagers don't always say the right things or make the right choices. It's all confusion and craziness through finding themselves and the world. I love this short because it expresses sexuality and friendship well.
What a clever film. I too liked the split screen, very effective, especially in the closeups. I wonder if handing over the jacket has the same significance as when I was in high school - a way of publicly declaring one's love, claiming one's loved one.
This was really confusing...
I like it tho
This film should be done more chapter. I’ll be waiting for The Sequel . Great Film
I couldn’t agree more 😩
I was on the verge of crying until they kissed I could not help myself from giggling, the way they kissed cracked me up im so sorry XD
WHY DID I JUST WATCH THIS. I AM SO CONFUSED, ARGH FEELINGSSSSS
When I first watched this at a 13 year old, I thought this was a romance. But now watching years later, 24 now, I see this was more of a S.A. story about things like guilt, toxic attraction, attempted reconciliation, sexual trauma and sexual repression. If the assault wouldn't've happened, Brad and Andy could've had a true relationship rather than these shards and pieces of pain and pleasure
Great actors preforming the characters, with an excellent script.
This is so awesome! It's so cute, I really fell in love with that guy who gives all his clothes.
What a great American gay film! Really talks about the existing homophobia that exists within the Christian scouting community. Thank you for sharing this.
I love the fact that he is an avid church goer and then pulls out a bottle of bourbon and cusses like a sailor. And he's the president of the FCA of his school!!! And I think that he felt soo bad about his decision to just stand there and watch...he is willing to do anything to make it up to him. And when he was interrogating Brad about being gay, it sounded like a lot of closet cases talking to me, trying to confirm their suspicions about themselves being gay.
This is a brilliant film, possibly the best short I have ever seen. It definitely speaks to those of us who suffered like Brad.
I got so many mixed emotions from this. My eyes are watering. It’s so sad. The whole time I was cursing over Andy, because of him asking stupid questions, but it’s understandable that he doesn’t get it. I wish Brad would’ve asked him to come with him. But I can understand why. But I gotta say, the sad but somewhat romantic in a way tension, is really overwhelming you can tell how Andy seems to be ashamed of himself and Brad seems to be as well. I can’t imagine this happening to me, and so so grateful for having at least some family members who support me being who I am, and plenty of friends as well. It may not be easy for me being apart of the Lgbtq+ but I could never imagine being me now, but in a different timeline like this is, except for me at the moment, this was made 10 years ago. Even in 2013, it was incredibly hard for people. I’m happy to be born in 07, where being a teenager in 2023, is a lot easier than this. Humanity has come so much, where a lot of people can be free and who they are, without being beaten or abused, or bullied. Keyword, “a lot”, not every. I understand their are people that will go through this, but I’m grateful to experience support, from social media and offline. Anyway, this was amazing. Typically I try to find the cute, sweet, and sometimes romantic gay films, but this almost had me in tears.
this is brilliant. I agree with most of the comments, you'd be drawn to it and before you know it, your expected 13 mins. film is actually longer than that (without knowing it because you're just glued waiting for what Andy's intention was and how Brad will take it). both gave a superb performance.
I've been looking for this! Didn't remember the name... It played a huge part in me realizing, that I'm gay, 14 years ago.
This was very effective. I couldn't help but cry at the end. This was brilliant.
This was the strangest film...not only the story line but the cinematography...like wtf. It is just split screen through the whole fucking thing.
exactly! its wierd
Every time that the jock said "fuck you!"
Brad was just "well fuck you then"
I hate it...Wtf
Whyzer Flores same it was a bad ending too I wanted the foot ball guy to find out he's gay and say I love you to Brad but no
Joshua Hughes omg me too i didn't like the ending ugh
The ending of the story reveals the confusion of the writer. I wouldn't touch a topic that I was not sure of. acting is awesome and the use of at least 2 screens is a nice way to focus on both of the characters.
"gay isnt a productive thing" "do something else"
SKSNSKSKSSNBFSHKSKA OMFG
Absolutely fantastic film. Amazing actors. Incredible story
It was really well done and everything but I was reeeeeeeally confused..
when young too many times youths go with the flow with their friends instead of standing up doing the right thing. It cost the holy roller pain,a partner, and his truck. The brutilized gay boy certainly had his share of pain that night but there was his first brief feeley fling and he did get the keys to the truck. This was an Excellent movie dealing with inner conflict. pain, and a couple of lessons for all of us.
"I can hypnotize you"
A few minutes later
"I don't want to hypnotize you"
Wait. . Whaaaaa
A movie of great intensity. Evokes moments form "My Own Private Idaho" and "Rebel Without A Cause". The split screen was very effective.
"Why doesn't Leo say it? Leo's bigger than the president."
Well one of the presidents have won an oscar.....
**FANTASTIC FILM**
This is a very thought provoking depiction of the prevailing social attitudes throughout the US and WORLD!!
Who cares if it is in split screen format?? DUH!
I can see this taking place in Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Iowa or any of agricultural states.....
The jock (Andy) had a conscience and came back for Brad, the kid who had been beat up. W
Now that took BALLS!
wow THIS BROUGHT TEAR TO MY EYES!!! SO BEAUTIFUL
Beautifully acted. The dialogue was jarring in the beginning but it quickly got more interesting. I wish this was longer or made into an entire movie. Love the split-screen idea. Opening scene was soul-wrenching! I wish Andy had given something else away instead of the truck. It just ended the scene too quickly.
I just watched this and i see most of the comments are from eight years ago. i think in 2022 education of male rape has brought a greater kinder perspective. i read many of the comments and found a strange theme where people expected forgiveness and a romantic happy ending. a child was brutally beaten and raped and the guy who came back was the one who held him down. the child who was raped revealed it was his first sexual experience. a violent first time sexual experience. i have no sympathy for the guy who held him down. i understand that teenagers and adults dont always know what to do but we all know the difference between right and wrong. and to sympathize with the character that held him down or ask that they get together romantically discounts the traumatizing brutality of rape. male rape holds a lot of shame for the victim and a lot of misunderstanding and disbelief even now in 2022. the story broke my heart so did a lot of the comments.
I really like the two camera shots in one cause it gives you two perspectives in a creative way😍
weird but the acting wasn't bad at all ,but the best was the script or the story i fell in love with the honesty and the realization ,fuck it was so romantic but the ending was realistic ,
i like it awesome.
mind blowing, and slightly twisted. sadly, most things are possible, and realistic. well written and well produced. absolutly makes you think.
Shit, this is intense!
+RhythmAddictedState ikr I was like woa then I was like heyy then I was like ITS SO SAD!!!!!
When I was growing up, there was a belief among macho a-holes, that if you show any positive opinion about, or support for, gay people, it was because you must also be gay. I'm sure that belief still out there, among the less intelligent, and the hyper religious, but it is better now than it was then.
As for this beautiful film, there was a missed opportunity. At the end, Brad could have offered Andy a ride to wherever; the city, the future, better days. Anywhere but where they both are.
I've never seen such an unrealistic story!!! I liked the separated view though and the guys are handsome:)
11 years ago. Great intense young men film
It was intense. Heartbreaking at times; heartwarming at others. On the whole, I liked it.
I would never trust him either. When the bullies show up, he'll act like a bully again and be worse to prove what ever it is he wants to prove.