Advocate for Fagdom (The)
- Director: Angélique Bosio
- Producer: Stéphane Bouyer; Gildas le Tourneur Hugon
CGiii Comment
It reeks of self-importance and sycophancy - endorsed by a few notable names, further propped up by unimportant, self-important wannabees...Benderson, Sargeant ad nauseam.
Take this with a huge dollop of salt (i.e. ignore all the pseudo-academic guff) and a 10 minute film remains.
Preaching to the converted with tiresome repetition is not exactly the way to win fans and influence people...rendering the film rather redundant.
Bruce, himself, comes over as a decent chap with something to say - pity, he is constantly interrupted by his unnecessary porn footage and moronic babbling (especially from that Benderson fellow).
The porn versus art debate raises its overly-pounded head again - with the same weary conclusion...erections and ejaculations, in a film, constitute porn. And, the monosyllabic mutterings of the air-headed Denny and Heard (who!?!) - these idiots drive the fatal nails into the coffin of credibility. What it all boils down to is: Once a porn director, always a porn director...no matter how much you object...it's called branding. Live with it and capitalize on it.
On the whole, this is a classic case of...more of the sincere and less of the pseudo...Ultimately, a production that has been imprudently mismanaged and malignantly mishandled by the filmmakers.
Love him or hate him - this documentary won't help making up your mind - we call that a wasted opportunity.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The Advocate for Fagdom unites the puzzle pieces one by one. Testimonies are combined with rare archive images. Art galeries present movie extracts that are succeeded by images shot on location. And the other way round. Writers, film makers, art galeries owners, actors and actresses, photographers, producers, friends and loved ones all join in a game of interpretation, analysis or simple anecdotes. John Waters, Bruce Benderson, Harmony Korine, Gus Van Sant, Richard Kern, Rick Castro and others deliver their impressions, theories and confessions. Everything blends into the fascinating portrait of a singular person blessed with singular talents. A complex personality at war not with a system but all systems. The portrait of a man constantly moving between his punk attitude and extreme sensibility.
Cast & Characters
Bruce La Bruce as Himself;
Glenn Belverio as Himself;
Bruce Benderson as Himself;
Jürgen Brüning as Himself;
Rick Castro as Himself;
Jey Crisfar as Himself;
Vaginal Davis as Himself;
Rupert Goldsworthy as Himself;
Ernest Hardy as Himself;
Richard Kern as Himself;
Katharina Klewinghaus as Herself;
Harmony Korine as Himself;
Javier Peres as Himself;
Kembra Pfahler as Herself;
Antonio Ramirez Ortega as Himself