Urbania
Urbania is a 2000 independent drama film based on the play Urban Folk Tales. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, then played the Toronto International Film Festival, the Seattle Film Festival, and a number of LGBT film festivals, winning a total of 6 "Best Film" awards. It was released by Lionsgate and was named "One of the Year's Best Films" in over 35 publications including the Los Angeles Times, Time Out, the Chicago Tribune, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Plot
Urbania follows Charlie (Dan Futterman) through a sleepless night. After an unsuccessful bout of masturbation to the sound of his upstairs neighbors having sex, he prowls the streets looking for a man he saw several months earlier. The implication is that he's had a one night stand with the man, cheating on his boyfriend Chris (Matt Keeslar). This is reinforced by several phone calls Charlie places, leaving messages on Chris' answering machine. As he's walking, he has momentary flashes akin to hallucinations or waking dreams: a man's mouth; a bottle breaking; a man with a blood-stained shirt.
More details
author | Jon Shear |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Jon Shear |
editor | Ed Marx Randy Bricker |
genre | drama |
keywords | answering machine attack break cheat cruise cruising for sex epilepsy epileptic epileptic seizure erection fellate fellatio force gay cruising hallucination hate crime heterosexuality homophobia homophobic joint kill marijuana masturbation murder one night phone call racism racist rape seclude sexism sexist straight urban legend urban legends wake walk want |
musicBy | Marc Anthony Thompson |
producer | J. Todd Harris Mark V. Dziak Stephanie Golden |
publisher | Lions Gate Films |
theme | dance independent lgbt-related narrative urban |