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Hustler White

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A writer (Bruce La Bruce), researching a book on male prostitutes, finds a young man (Tony Ward) to serve as a guide on the streets of Los Angeles.

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Rated: 2/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall inventive and rough around the edges Rated: 3/5 Apr 29, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member It might have been more effective had I seen it when first released. 20 years later I laughed aloud some and cringed to the point of looking away a couple of times, but can't say that it worked for me. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Clumsy, amateurish and perverse. This twisted ode to old hollywood, sexual desire, kink and porn is a time capsule moment of it's time for a wide number of reasons. Not for all tastes, but this is undistilled bit of Queer Independent Film is of import. As Tony Ward said at the time of the film's release: "The only difference between porn and art is the lighting." --- and one must consider this while viewing Bruce LaBruce's big cinematic moment. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Bruce tiene su estilo y bueno desde acá empezaba a perfilarse Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Hustler White doesn't worry too much about crossing the line between arthouse cinema and pornography and as a matter of fact, the pornographic structure eventually takes over. While its satire and moments of somewhat unexpected sweetness eventually take over, it's hard not to see this film by the always provocative Bruce LaBruce as a exploitative and sometimes tasteless exercise in New Queen Cinema. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolute early LaBruce genius. Rough around the edges, unapologetic and in no way aiming to please anyone, it feature one of the most disturbingly beautiful sex scenes ever to be caught on film. It also stirs up the same question aimed usually at LaBruce - is it art, or is it porn? But not in a crass way. This is undoubtably not porn, but rather underground visual art from back when underground still meant underground, and had nothing to do with Hipsters and 'clean' kids. Also, shockingly accurate, and a celebration of what some perceive as being dark. Refreshing. Still as relevant as ever! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Super-cheap flick about Cali trade that aims to shock. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A writer (Bruce La Bruce), researching a book on male prostitutes, finds a young man (Tony Ward) to serve as a guide on the streets of Los Angeles.
Director
Bruce La Bruce
Genre
Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$271.6K
Runtime
1h 20m