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Naval Gays

2024 · 12 min

A short, self-aware meta-film that blurs the line between creator and performance, feeling intimate, wry and quietly uncomfortable.

Directed by
Grant Gulczynski
Starring
Luis Amália
Overview
A filmmaker has low self esteem. He hires an actor to play himself, a filmmaker with low self esteem, making a gay film about sex, the body and himself, inspired by the filmmaker’s sex, body and self.

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Directed by
Grant Gulczynski
Starring
Luis Amália
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • art
    • sexuality
    • obsession
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight5

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    Directed by
    Grant Gulczynski
    Starring
    Luis Amália
    Runtime
    12 min

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