Destricted is a 2006 anthology film that explores the line where art and pornography intersect. The United Kingdom and United States film releases had overlapping but different short art-house erotic films. The film collection won awards at a range of international film festivals.[1]

Destricted
Poster of the UK release
Directed byMarina Abramović
Matthew Barney
Marco Brambilla
Larry Clark
Gaspar Noé
Richard Prince
Sam Taylor-Wood
Marilyn Minter
Cecily Brown
Sante D'Orazio
Tunga
Written byMatthew Barney
Richard Prince
Sam Taylor-Wood
Produced byMel Agace
Fredrik Carlström
Mark Fletcher
Andrew Hale
Andrew Herwitz
Igor Kecman
Jelena Mitrović
Sigurjón Sighvatsson
Neville Wakefield
Starringsee below
CinematographyAleksandar Ilić
Seamus McGarvey
Peter Strietmann
Eric Voake
Edited byAlex Blatt
Marco Brambilla
Akiko Iwakawa-Grieve
Michael D. Thomson
Music byJonathan Beblar
Andrew Hale
Matmos
Richard Prince
Production
company
Offhollywood Digital
Distributed byRevolver Entertainment
Release dates
  • January 2006 (2006-01) (Sundance)
  • 22 May 2006 (2006-05-22) (Cannes)
  • 15 September 2006 (2006-09-15) (UK)
  • 2 November 2010 (2010-11-02) (US)
Running time
112 minutes (UK version)
129 minutes (US version)
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

Releases

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The UK version released in 2006 runs at 114 minutes and includes seven short films:[2]

  • Balkan Erotic Epic (Marina Abramović, 14:04) - An erotic comedy about myths from the Balkans about sex organs.
  • Sync (Marco Brambilla, 02:15) - Consists of very fast cuts from different porn films.
  • Impaled (Larry Clark, 38:28) - A casting for a porn film, but not with the insecure women often displayed; instead, the young men are the insecure ones.
  • Death Valley (Sam Taylor-Wood, 08:25) - A man masturbates in the desert.
  • House Call (Richard Prince, 12:29) - A vintage sex scene recontextualized with edits and music.
  • Hoist (Matthew Barney, 14:38) - A juxtaposition of sexuality and industrial machinery.
  • We Fuck Alone (Gaspar Noé, 23:31) - A man and a woman masturbate to the same porn film in different rooms.

The US version (2010) runs at 129 minutes and includes eight shorts, four from the earlier plus four new ones: Marilyn Minter's Green Pink Caviar, Cecily Brown's Four Letter Heaven, Clark's Impaled, Noé's We Fuck Alone, Prince's House Call, Sante D'Orazio's Scratch This and Tunga's Cooking.[1] It excludes Balkan Erotic Epic, Sync and Death Valley.

Reception

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Upon release Destricted received a negative to mixed reception from critics, on Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 17% out of 12 critics, with an average score of 4.80/10.[3]

Cast

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Impaled
  • Daniel as himself
  • August as herself
  • Jasmine Byrne as herself
  • Destiny Deville (uncredited) as herself
  • Dillan Lauren as herself
  • Sativa Rose as herself
  • Angela Stone as herself
  • Nancy Vee as herself
House Call
  • Kora Reed as the Patient
  • John Saint John as the Doctor
Hoist
  • Vincente Pinho Neto as Blooming Greenman
Death Valley
  • Chris Raines
We Fuck Alone

References

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  1. ^ a b Stephens, Craig (10 September 2010). "'The Destricted' Controversial New Film by Larry Clark and Others". thedailybeast.com. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Destricted". The Times. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Destricted | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
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