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Luster bursts onto the screen with the spirit and
bravado of Queercore in this ensemble serio-comedy about the
Los Angeles gay punk scene. Waking up confused after an orgy
is only the beginning of an unforgettable weekend for Jackson,
a blue-haired, 'zine producer, poet and record store clerk.
Jackson thinks he's in love with Billy, whom he met at the
orgy, but Billy just wants to be friends. Enter Jackson's
hunky cousin Jed who is in town for the weekend. Jackson lusts
after him, but you're not supposed to have sex with your cousin,
right? Then there is Derek, a store customer who claims he
knew the minute he laid eyes on him that Jackson was the “One.”
To complicate matters further, it seems that Sam, the record
store owner and Jackson's best friend, may not be straight
after all. And when Sonny (Willie Garson from “Sex and
the City”), a closeted rock star, asks Jackson to help
write lyrics for his next album, things really begin to spin
out of control. Luster captures a certain moment
in youth when the dividing line between callow and heartfelt
is narrow and constantly shifting. Wildly entertaining, gritty
and charming, Luster is a queer boy's adventures
in lust, sex - and maybe even love.
In
Competition: New Director's Showcase
A short film will be presented before the feature
Baby Blue
Dir. Patrick McGuinn
2002 | USA | 16mm | 7min | Color | English
A phone call brings with it a flood of memories about the
first sexual fumbling of a twenty-something in Baby Blue.
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