In order to avoid an X rating, 40 minutes of gay S&M footage was rumored to be cut and destroyed from Cruising (1980). 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... (Full plot summary below)
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In order to avoid an X rating, 40 minutes of gay S&M footage was rumored to be cut and destroyed from Cruising (1980). 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.
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| The PlaylistJessica KiangFranco has finally delivered a side project that does at least some justice to his eclectic artistic ambitions. |
| Film Comment MagazineNathan LeeA movie that continually puzzles over what it is and why it is being made. |
| MetroMatt Prigge[It's] so slender that if looked at from the right angle, it wouldn't even exist. |
| CinematismoGuillem Martinez OyaA film about boundries. About how we life the censorship. About how we do not want to see in a film but we must. A good audiovisual exercise. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Village VoiceCalum MarshIt's a particularly risible nothing whose premise alone betrays the paucity of Franco's imagination and wit. |
| Paste MagazineLeland MontgomeryInterior. Leather Bar. isn't as concerned with accurate depictions of historical footage as it is interested in deconstructing Friedkin's ideas and reassembling them in a contemporary context. |
| ArtVoiceM. FaustThe latest volley in the performance art project that is known as James Franco ... a sustained attempt at keeping viewers uncertain as to whether they are watching a scripted story or an improvisation. |
| Movie MezzanineDan SchindelThis is the embodiment of the Franco that Franco was poking fun of in This is the End. And there's a reason that schtick was funny - this Franco isn't insightful, he's dull. |
| Screen-SpaceSimon FosterInterior. Leather Bar proves to be little more than a tease...At first glance, the film offers the exciting prospect of discovering new boundaries; by the end, you begin to wonder if all that went before was worth the time and effort. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeThis is a curious film, an important film and, in its oblique way, a very funny film. |
