Project Detail

Destricted

Synopsis

Destricted is the first compliation of its kind, a series of short films created by seven of the world's most provocative artists and filmmakers - Matthew Barney, Larry Clark, Richard Prince, Sam Taylor-Wood, Marina Abramovic, Marco Brambilla and Gaspar Noé.
 
Revealing the diverse attitudes by which we represent ourselves sexually, Destricted explores the intersection of art and pornography. By highlighting controversial issues about the representation of sexuality in art, the seven filmmakers question whether art can be disguised as pornography, and pornography as art or as something else altogether.
 
The result is a collection of explicit, stimulating, challenging, provocative, strange and sometimes humorous scenarios that leave it up to the viewer to decide. As compelling and contentious within the art world, as in the film industry, Destricted was among Artforum magazine's 'Best of 2005', an official selection for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and the 45th International Critics' Week at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.  Destricted's first public screening will be at Tate Modern, London in September 2006 to mark its release on DVD and digital platform viewing.

Details

Year
2007
Type of project
Features
Running time
115 mins
Format
Digital
Director
Sam Taylor-Wood, Richard Prince, Larry Clark, Matthew Barney, Marco Brambilla, Gaspar Noe, Marina Abramovic 1st Feature
Producer
Andrew Hale, Mark Fletcher, Joni Sighvatsson
Co-Producer
Andrew Hale, Mark Fletcher, Joni Sighvatsson
Editor
Multiple
Screenwriter
All artists orginal screenplays
Director of Photography
Multiple
Production Designer
Multiple
Sound
Matmos, Andrew Hale, Jonathan Beblar
Composer
Matmos, Andrew Hale, Jonathan Beblar
Principal cast
Multiple

Production Status

Production Company

Destricted

Sales Company

Katapult Film Sales

228 main street, Suite C
Venice, CA 90291,
USA

T+1 310 399 2080

david@katapultfilms.com

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