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  • just another shock and awe movie, take away the porn then it's just watching pretentious people complaining. great music though

  • Was that Jay Brannan? o.o

  • @xAliceFoxx Totally was!! ^_^

  • Beautiful movie <3

  • If I could stomach gay sex I think I would enjoy this film. Sorry, got nothing against gays. I just feel uncomfortable about watching two or more men have sex. Only reason I watched this film is to try something different at least once. As already mentioned by someone else, it has a lot of great things to say. I just prefer something like 9 Songs which I think is a beautiful movie.

  • @blindthief Not everyone can handle the idea, let alone scenes, of a man singing the National anthem in another guy's ass, man. It's alright.

  • I think that's Tristan Taormino at 1:37. According to wikipedia and IMDb, she is one of the "sextras" in the orgy scene (which is unsimulated, by the way)

  • Es una buena pelicula si eres de mente abierta :) !! Si logras hacer a un lado el tema sexual,lograras encontrar la moraleja !

  • this movie is so fucked up lol

  • This is the most fucked up thing in the human history

  • @aWoodenBoy human centipede?

  • @LUK3W4RN Ok thats right up there aswell, but i tuned up to a channel that showed this film and the first thing i saw was a guy cummin to his own fucking mouth. And as it turns out those scenes weren't faked. I do not know why my friends and i kept watching this film to the end. I feel like my brains shot themselves several times just so it didnt have to remember this. Im not making the same mistake with human centipede.

  • @aWoodenBoy it was just soo fucked up that you had to come back and watch a bit more huh?

  • Does anyone know where I can find the full version of this movie?? I was supposed to watch it last night with my Philosophy of Sexuality class, but the viewing was too late (I'm a commuter and it takes me like 2 hours to get to school and back everyday). It sucks that I had to miss it because I am a HUGE fan of Hedwig!!! Is there an online link??

  • this would be a little awkward to watch with your parents...

  • its not ADULT cause its sexually explicit but because it deals with sexual identity and relationships that adults always question themselves about.... and its not just for open minded people anyone who is human (even my tight ass sister) should watch it.

  • @107109

    my aunt played this movie so openly...shockin..but good movie.

  • Отличный фильм.

  • Warning! Do not watch this film if unsimulated(real) gay sex offends you. Because it has a lot of it. There were some things in this movie that were very disturbing to me. Wish I would have never watched it to be honest.

  • Hired this movie out of video shop amongst a pile of others and had no idea what it was about or any expectations. Needless to say, it was quite a shock lol

  • Brilliant!

  • very cool film.. i def. recommend it.. to those ..who cant find thier way

  • Kwang-Yi! I knew I recognized her! XD

  • kinda weird...

  • it is a so good movie about really horrorible things... that's my opinion

  • Exactly a movie abot sexuality and not about merely sex, you know, the stuff all those damn robotic porn movies forget about.

  • kicsit beteg,de nem rossz ertelemben:) really good movie,respect!!

  • Honestly one of my favourite, and one of the funniest films I've seen in a long time. The charecters situations dont get resolved as much as you'd hope, but it's a lot more real than that - and it's captivating from start to finish. The sex is so real, it alternates between awkward, enjoyable and intense from scene to scene and is punctuated with real drama, humor and heartache. I will forever be a fan of John Cameron Mitchell. <3

  • this film has been a reflection of the what lacan has described as the "le petit a" that we always miss, that is what we can find in the very nothingness of our very being. the pleasure that we crave for, not as a situation but as an absence, or a negation, the everlasting wish that is actually the wish to view the void.

  • BEST FILM EVER! LIKE OVER ANYTHING!

  • great movie, bravo!

  • fantastic movie bout sensuality... most ppl not yet ready 4 it, so it seems... sum prob w/ their asses, perhaps... 82 pervs disliked this @ this point. Shouldn't prevent the others from having sum fun, should it ?... WOMEN & FEMINITY IN "POWER" !

  • total garbage.. when you got no original ideas just make it a porn movie

  • great movie!!!! brave!! very brave!!!! original!!!

  • Americans: "We condemn this movie for being so open and free!"

    You created this.

  • A sexual Twilight Zone episode! XD Joins such feature length TZ episodes as The Purple Rose of Cairo and Field of Dreams. #loveit

  • 0:34 The one with black hair, isn't that a character from The L Word?

  • @MrEarcheese

    She played Max. :D

  • An impressive film with a similar developmental format as that used by Mike Leigh (allowing the actors to develop and explore their own characters through improvisation)

    Daniella Sea's performance was predictably dreadful and thankfully shortlived; at least Mr Cameron Mitchell recognised her limitations and spared her from completely humiliating herself by giving her (and her chipmunky voice) as little exposure as possible. Despite the overtly sexual content, non of it seemed gratuitous.

  • i was sixteen when i watched this.. haha.. i loved it.. totally brilliant and liberating.. :)

  • I saw this movie in the theaters, because the girl I was dating at the time loved his last film. Unfortunately, the movie was bad.

  • does anyone know the name of the guy at 0:33

    can't find his name!! he's also played a minor role in Holding Trevor

  • @underc0n His name is Jay Brennan! He's an amazing musician!

  • @underc0n His name is Jay Brennan! He's an amazing musician!

  • @TheDuncanShow18

    thanks u

    he's so attractive mMmmm just a shame he's gay lol!

  • @underc0n no it's not. just because he doesn't want to toss your taco salad doesn't make him a wasted vessel.

  • luvd it xx

  • I thought this movie was great but it definitely isn't for everyone. Some people will never understand this kind of promiscuity. This kind of movie shouldn't be forced upon people that aren't this sexually adventurous. Just because it has a lot of great things to say doesn't mean people should have to watch it. It doesn't mean someone is narrow minded because of how uncomfortable this movie makes them. Also, I was surprised to hear Animal Collective in this movie :D

  • @MightyMartel I love ur comment esp sentence #5 (5th of 6). Refreshing change from the usual "anybody who doesn't love this movie as much as I do is stupid"

    I would add that there R lots of people who R open to viewing a movie about promiscuity who R not necessarily "this sexually adventurous". I'm not adv but totally open to other people being adv

    We just don't all have the same urges. I'm glad diff people have diff urges

    I don't make sex a religion. I'm against ALL religions & fanaticism.

  • @wattever333 Yeah, I agree. Obsessing over anything is bad, especially sex.

  • @MightyMartel I disagree entirely with this. I am in not in any way sexually adventurous like these people and I absolutely love this film. There are many films about prostitutes that are very popular, that doesn't mean all of the fans were wild prostitutes at one point. This film is very well-written, hilarious, creative and entertaining, can you give much more praise for a film than that? And prudence is just about the only thing I could imagine holding someone back from enjoying this.

  • @psypants I don't know what you are a disagreeing with, I just said that it's not for everyone and that is true about most things.

  • i saw this movie when i was 15-16 years old. the opening scene shocked me, but i soon understood what the movie really was about. prior to seeing it, i thought i was extremely openminded, respectful and all of that, but it changed my perspective. It's a movie i'll never forget, wish more people would be more open to this kind of stuff.

  • @axreason Man no child that young should be watching movies like that. I am sorry you had to see that at such a young age. I am sorry I saw it as an adult.

  • Amazing, amazing, amazing, movie, music, actors, story, places, everything.

    WOW.

  • excellent, powerful movie, but not for everyone.

  • "it's not about sex it's about sexuality" who are these people kidding. it's a shitty film with full on sex tied with a story line just so people will watch it. real porn > this

  • @YaFatButch Well, at least this "porn movie" has much better music.

    Am I the only one who bought the soundtrack?!

  • It is sad what this world has come too!

  • Shit movie!

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  • ohhh,it's like fireanus!!!

  • This one film I watched about skateboarding and fucking was great... can't remember the title. Anyone know of any similar to that haha?

  • @okcool666 Ken Park / Krap Nek

  • @Avaldi91 Thank you!

  • @okcool666 no problem :)

  • Great Movie, awesome soundtrack!!!

  • I could picture and relate this movie to the book Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby. Similar in certain ways :)

  • Great movie! Don't watch it with your parents though...

  • @vanillagoat Why not?

  • @Introspective91 Sorry let me rephrase that.. don't watch it with your parents if they are anything like mine.. the conservative Christian types that genitalia had fallen off from neglect years ago..

  • I get it! My parents are "Catholic" but they don't really believe in god, they just tell me not to watch porn or go against the "mainnstream" so I get what you mean~

  • Justin Bond's voice <3

  • was there actual sex like the actors actually had sex and jerked off?

  • @favm360 yeah hardcore

  • @favm360 Yes!

  • This movie was beyond amazing. I want to watch it in 10 years and consider the differences of my understanding of it.

  • @223jonathan You are already gay, sorry

  • @223jonathan ROTFL A film almost made you gay?! Oh boy...

  • @MrPwnstar007 ha, you are either trolling for a reaction or a complete and utter moron

  • @dayglowjoe You're saying that as beeing gay is a bad thing...?

  • @NKismynextgoal each to their own, evuryone I know who has seen it absolutely loves it, huge cult hit!

  • This must be, without exception, the worst I movie I have ever seen. It's even worse than Greenberg, another movie about much to do about nothing.

  • i havent watched this movie yet but judging from the trailer i got one thing to say....i believe this is the first film in history where sex and everything related to it has more than one meaning....

  • I know a college professor who's actually showing this movie to his class...talk about awkward.

  • Anyone know of any good secret sex clubs around? I'm looking for something kinky, yet refined. =D

  • I finally got to watch this movie yesterday from Netflix. I think I heard about it from the Polyamory Weekly podcast.

    Since I've already been exposed to many of the themes in this film, I wasn't bothered at all. I just found the movie really good and it presented some interesting themes to think about.

    Definitely one of my favorite LGBT films.

  • This is one of my favorite movies ever! So fricking funny!

  • I read about this movie when I was in grade eight, already being in love with Hedwig and the Angry Inch. I'm 16 now, still waiting until I'm old enough to watch this film... It just looks so... beautiful.

  • @ZoeSquared21 oh just watch it, don't wait

  • I really wished I had known that this movie existed with this name before I created a web comedy show called Short Bus TV haha Go figured that out of all the movies out there our name coincides with "the most sexually explicit movie outside of the adult film industry" haha Great movie though

  • @TheRealShortBusTV . Right like you did not know. Thats why your name is therealshortbus. You are a moron and our not fooling anyone. FOOL!!

  • @tomcamp6023 It's actually the real short bus tv because it's a comedy show and kind of retarded (and retards ride the short bus, I understand if you suppressed that memory though) I also understand that it's hard to identify TWO BIG FUCKING CAPITALIZED LETTERS at the end of a username, but hey, everyone has their struggles.

  • @TheRealShortBusTV . Making fun or retarded people. Thats great. You must feel like a man. YOUR SITE RIPPED OF THE MOVIE. Your site is garbage and should be renamed and taken down.

  • @tomcamp6023 It's not making fun of retarded people and bears no likeness to this movie what so ever. I'm very glad you have a firm grasp on copyright laws though

  • @tomcamp6023 I'm really sure that had they actually ripped off the name, they definitely would draw attention to the similarity by commenting here....anyway why would they rip off a movie that, lets be honest here, isn't the most well-known film out there, and shares nothing in common with their own show?

  • @kaseysospacey ah. because. lol

  • @kaseysospacey ah. because. lol. You don't see it. It's a conspircy to take over the world. They start by taking the shortbus movie name but what is next. The steal the rainbow and make it their own. lol

  • Well, I've watched the trailer and I get it: she came. Is that a spoiler? D:

  • Sofia finally had her O.

  • there is poofs in it im deffinantly not watching this

  • Excellent movie..

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  • phenomenal film

  • For open minded only. Rated PG

  • when i watched this movie, i didn't know what it was. and now, i regret watching it

  • JCM is a genius... is rabbit hole coming out yet?

  • Haha from this I'm not to sure I wanna see it..

  • u must c that movie!!

  • @NickMep12 and this is EXACTLY why this movie is brilliant....because of the reaction of people that get sooooo offended by it. This is a writer who knows what he's doing...... it's a movie for people who are able to think critically and look beyond what your eyes see.

    it's definitely a movie that separates the thinkers from the followers.

  • @NickMep12 It's just sex. It's not drugs or violence, it's a natural impulse to you and me (I assume this is true). If you are not comfortable with it, as a lot of people wouldn't be, don't watch it, that's all.

  • @NickMep12 you know gays ARE people too, we have the right to enjoy our partners privates just as much as hertosexual people

  • @al13forreal Yes i know that, im just saying that it is just disturbing

  • @NickMep12 hetrosexual sex is disturbing.

  • @NickMep12

    Well it's alright if you are not comfortable with watching two men (or three) having sex. Maybe you could watch out, though, when you write a comment that can be read by anybody. The word "sickening" is kind of insulting. And insulting people because they are homosexual is not "alright". But this is probably not a conscious mistake, I just wanted to point it out.

  • i watched this movie last week and i gotta say its the first movie ive seen where the actors have real sexual intercourse with each other. i was actually hoping it would have paved the way for real sex scenes in hollywood blockbusters where we get to see our favurite female stars in the most explicit sex scenes lol, well we can dream cant we? lol...

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  • @H0useMouse not really, I bet homosexuality chooses you, not the opposite.

    

  • yes it is very enjoyable, i saw this 4 years ago and still i have such a remember of this movie, watch it!!

  • it's such a mental orgasm watching this movie

  • simple Amazing.

  • 1 of the best movies ever about sexuality. open-minded, straightforward, true, free. Oh, and LOTS of fun!!! masterpiece

  • @peacefulsky1

    another boring art movie

    watch real porn instead

  • I'm confused as to why people would go to New Your to be forgiven. Anyone understand that line?

  • @NynaeveSedai That is a little confusing. But I'm a native and what I can say is this: New York is so wonderful, mind stimulating and amazing. You can start fresh here, EVERY DAY.

    Hope that helped.

  • @NynaeveSedai I think what they meant was "to feel forgiven" which almost acts the same way if the people around you would comprehend. Basically, its the city of acceptance and chance. "If you are a gay guy living in isolation from a town/city of unwelcome, come to NYC were you'll be accepted, thus feel forgiven"

  • John Cameron Mitchell is one of our greatest filmmakers.

  • Ok Ive tried to find the website shortbusthemovie com but it doesnt exist??

    Has anyone else found the full uncensored trailer?

  • WONDERFUL!!!! :D

  • Is this a good film? Cause it looks really good.

  • @adoodledo go hide under a rock your conservative caveman.

  • why this is not porn:

    1. The sex is used to tell a story. In porn, the story is used to show sex. E.g. Guy meets girl on the streets who need to pay for college, convinces her to have sex with him for money, and they do.

    2. Mitchell's opening sex scenes were a PARODY of porn. The girl faking her orgasms is just like most porn (not all, obviously), but the difference is SHE ACKNOWLEDGES IT. The come on POLLOCK's painting was a gag on the conventional money shot of porn.Read up about pollock pple

  • Amazing film.

  • î want to see it ....

  • What a fuckin' waste of time...

  • If you only see the sex in this movie then you are missing sixty percent of what is happening on the screen. This movie is about everyone being human and having human needs, faults and ways of expression. It is an erotic film but the eroticism is there to make a point. One of the main points is that we all have sex in a multitude of forms. If it feels right to you then it is right. There is also a subtext of caring for one another and helping one another.

  • @kirkstandpointe

    You're pretty much a waste of human flesh. Just FYI.

  • @kirkstandpointe *yawn*

  • So why isn't this movie classified as porn? I mean you get a bunch of people on a set and have them fuck each other senseless while filming it and say "Oh it's not about the sex." then expect people to recognize the film as legitimate? The fact of the matter is that these people fucked each other (most of them were probably strangers to each other) for the sole purpose of film. That my friend whether you like it or not classifies this as a Porno.

    So when is Sook Yin Lee filming Asian Sluts #9?

  • The guy who gets slapped at 2:36 looks like Michael C. Hall. Hmmm... I've been watching too much Dexter.

  • luv the film but does anyone know what the music is from the opening sequence and from the sequence when sofia smashes up the 'egg', both great pieces of music!

  • EXELENTE PELICULA UNA DE LAS MEJORE SIN CENSURA QUE NO ES DE SEXO SINO DE SEXUALIDAD ENTRE EL TEMA DE PAREJAS DEL SIGLO 21

  • that movie was one of the most original collection of freaks i've ever watched and never returned to netflix. ;)

  • Bull crap this movie is about how important sex is, its not art, its pornography with decent storytelling, its about people who validate their existence from their sexuality or lack thereof.

    and those that do wish to romanticize it by claiming oh it's about the human condition blah blah blah , have never been in a war, experienced drought or famine, this is about an overly sexualized society that has nothing better to do than to bitch about sex.

  • @ArjunaMysterytramp P.S. I did enjoy this movie, but don't make it more than it is, Hedwig is an amazing, this pales in comparison

  • I wanna see this! someone just told me about it, & it looks wonderful. john cameron mitchell's fantastic, I loved "hedwig & the angry inch."

  • looove that movie! one of the best and one of the most intense ever made... if you think it's all about sex you're wring and probably haven't actually seen it... it's sensitive, funny and very well done!

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  • This movie was absolutely perfect.I usually feel very uncomfortable during movie sex scenes, but this wasn't uncomfortable at all.It wasn't meant to be the entertaining part to reel your husband in with, it was more of a way to really explain the deeper human interactions that couldn't have otherwise been filmed.

  • this doesnt look so good

  • @YungZeitoun Actually.. it's one of the best movies ever.... Just See it and give us your reaction :D I fell in love with this movie

  • There are some important aspects in the movie: the lost safety in States after 9/11, the prejudices we can see even in a liberal atmosphere, the perception that all the freedom itself can't bring happiness.

    But the thing I like most is the role of the chinese woman. She really wants to be happy, pay the price and deserves what she gets "in the end"!

  • @SwordsDragonsAndCoke thus the basis of it's appeal.

  • @TheBohemianTenor i thought this was going to be a movie about filter's first album...and all i got was a bunch of indie movie fags

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