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Xx: Where Your Heart Should Be

2007 · 60 min

A fragmented, uneasy drift through dread and desire, more mood than story, leaving a lingering chill.

Directed by
Todd Verow
Genres
Drama
Starring
Philly Abe, Michael Burke, William Burl
Overview
Todd Verow's experimental narrative feature heralding the end time. Split up into 20 short films, the film explores the fear and longing of several characters as they wait for some unspecified apocalyptic event. Some try to escape physically, emotionally or sexually while others welcome the end with open arms. A woman (PHILLY) is busy dragging her own corpse, trying to find a resting place for it, when she encounters an old lover (MICHAEL BURKE) who used to be a she but has transitioned to a man. He wants to get out of town but she wants to stay it's the end of time when nothing is a crime. Several gay men engage in more and more extreme sexual activity, they want to experience it all before the big collapse. Two gay ex-lovers try to reconnect and feel something, anything but total emptiness. Porn actors and producers make more unsafe films as fantasies grow darker and more violent. Will the world end with a whimper or a bang? Or worse will it not end at all.

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Directed by
Todd Verow
Genres
Drama
Starring
Philly Abe, Michael Burke, William Burl
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • sexuality
  • death
  • identity
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror5
Humour1
Realism5
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Todd Verow
Written by
Todd Verow, Philly Abe
Starring
Philly Abe, Michael Burke, William Burl, Brian Camp, Mike Diaz, Elliott Kennerson, Julian Neville, Todd Verow
Runtime
60 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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