Product Description
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The story: Stage actors Mariah and Daniel play lovers every
night, but their onstage romance lacks spark. One slow afternoon,
they discover that today's matinee performance will make or break
both their careers. Daniel wants to make big changes, and Mariah
starts to wonder: are Daniel's suggestions reasonable? Or has he
lost track of the boundary between actor and character? Rushed to
the stage, in front of a live audience, they must figure it out
together.
Matinee is a sexually explicit drama intended to bridge the gap
between art film and sex film. The film, on location in
Amsterdam, showcases Steven McAlistair (Scotland) and Alicia
Whitsover (England) in their first explicit sex roles ever.
Matinee takes a fresh look at what erotic film can be. It
features an original musical score and careful attention to
capturing the real-life sounds of sex. Real, intense and
emotional, Matinee is truly erotic film for people who like film.
Matinee has screened all over the world and won the Best Film
prize at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival as well as at
the CineKink/NYC film festival. The film also won Honorable
Mention at Toronto's annual Feminist Porn Awards.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Fifty extra minutes of unique DVD extras, including:
-- A 25-minute making-of documentary, originally aired on Dutch
television, covering the auditioning/filming process and
including interviews with cast and crew
-- Audience question-and-answer session at Matinee Amsterdam
world premiere, with star Alicia Whitsover and director Jennifer
Lyon Bell
-- Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
Note: Though it was in Holland, this film is English-spoken
and is Region 0, meaning it is region-free and will thus play in
every country. All DVD extras are either in English, or are
subtitled in English.
Review
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Intelligent, , and downright sexy... It s an intriguing
story that hooks the viewer quickly, creating an unusual yet
believable set up for the sex scene. The premise is helped
enormously by the incredible presence and acting skills of both
stars....A gorgeous film to watch. The lighting is superb,
creating an atmosphere of lush ity and warm ...And on
top of all that, it's hot! The sex is lusty, realistic and
meaningful. The orms are real and the two actors really do
have a good time together. ...What more can you ask?
--ForTheGirls.com
Rides the line between erotica and old fashioned entertainment.
…I thoroughly enjoyed Matinée…The bees knees when it comes to
quality erotica. It spans the line between porn and erotica with
grace and dignity. --Jamye Waxman, sex educator
Revolutionary erotica...What Ms. Bell is doing is a New Wave of
cinema that intersects between explicit sex and independent film,
and she's taken the whole idea of women's erotica might be, or
what might appeal to women, and has brought a kind of poetry into
it that is very rare and utterly exhilarating. --Susie Bright, In
Bed With Susie Bright
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About the Director
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Jennifer Lyon Bell is the creative force behind Blue Artichoke
Films. She's a cinema lover dedicated to making erotic film for
people who like film: Artistic, unusual erotic films that portray
sexuality in an emotionally realistic way. Whether documentary,
fiction, or experimental, Blue Artichoke films borrow from
traditional film languages and styles to represent sexuality in a
new light. As an American living in Amsterdam for many years,
Jennifer's films capture a European sensibility. Her films have
screened all over the world and won Best Film and Best Director
accolades in the USA, Europe, and Australia.
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