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Kamikaze Hearts

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Alternately distressing, instructive, contestable, and fascinating, Juliet Bashore's quasi-documentary plunge into the 1980s porn industry takes an unsparing look at issues of misogyny, drug abuse, and exploitation via the story of two women--the naïve newcomer Tigr and her partner, the magnetic, imperious porn veteran Sharon Mitchell--caught in a toxic romance. By turns mesmerizing and unsettling, Kamikaze Hearts is both a fascinating record of pre-gentrification San Francisco's X-rated underground and an intense, searing love story. The film offers a disturbing glimpse of the modification of bodies, feelings, and lives.
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Drew Gregory Autostraddle 07/22/2022
... The gaze is as much Tigr’s inside look as it is Bashore’s removed observation. Tigr is in love with Mitch and the camera is in love with her too. Mere minutes into the film, it’s hard not to share that love. Go to Full Review Beatrice Loayza New York Times 05/12/2022
It’s not exactly pleasurable — and it’s filled with disorienting longueurs — but it really sticks. Go to Full Review Guillem Martinez Oya Cinematismo 05/22/2025
4.5/5
A documentary (or not) about the performance of a life. Great vision, great perspective, great film. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Sam Inglis HeyUGuys 10/17/2022
4/5
A fascinating blend of documentary and fiction that preserves a very specific time and place in the adult industry, anchored by the charismatic figure of Sharon Mitchell. Go to Full Review Liz Galst Gay Community News (Boston) 08/18/2022
Kamikaze Hearts is a riveting look at the world of lesbian junkie porn stars. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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08/13/2014 Something I had to track down due to my love of Sharon Mitchell, and I have to say it was an interesting watch, with fairly candid talk about both her lack of a personal life (she views her public persona as another face that she puts on) and she and her girlfriend's drug use. Well worth tracking down for fans of the Golden Age Of Porn. Rental! See more Read all reviews
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Juliet Bashore

Director

Sharon Mitchell

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Juliet Bashore

Screenwriter

John Knoop

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Tigr

Screenwriter

Sharon Hennessey

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Synopsis Alternately distressing, instructive, contestable, and fascinating, Juliet Bashore's quasi-documentary plunge into the 1980s porn industry takes an unsparing look at issues of misogyny, drug abuse, and exploitation via the story of two women--the naïve newcomer Tigr and her partner, the magnetic, imperious porn veteran Sharon Mitchell--caught in a toxic romance. By turns mesmerizing and unsettling, Kamikaze Hearts is both a fascinating record of pre-gentrification San Francisco's X-rated underground and an intense, searing love story. The film offers a disturbing glimpse of the modification of bodies, feelings, and lives.
Director
Juliet Bashore
Producer
Sharon Hennessey, Heinz Legler, Bob Rivkin
Screenwriter
Juliet Bashore, John Knoop, Tigr
Genre
Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
May 13, 2022
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 3, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.8K
Runtime
1h 17m