Luke Pasqualino as "Brandon"
Retake
Help fund the new LGBT road film from writer/director Nick Corporon
Stories focusing on male prostitutes have a long history in film. Ranging from Gregg Araki’s devastating Mysterious Skin to Gus Van Sant’s classic My Own Private Idaho, the male prostitute in film is often seductive, fearless, and a little dejected — characters rife for both adventure and tragedy. Writer and director Nick Corporon (of this year’s excellent short film Barbie Boy) is adding a new iteration of the character for upcoming film Retake. Focusing on middle-aged, lonely Jonathan, the film follows him as he hires a young male prostitute (Luke Pasqualino of Skins and The Borgias) to accompany him on a road trip from San Francisco to the Grand Canyon. Insisting that the prostitute take on an invented character, “Brandon,” it quickly becomes clear that Jonathan is trying to relive his past while “Brandon” is trying to escape his own. An examination of “love, loss, identity, and the delicate balance of moving toward an uncertain future,” Retake is already promising to be a gripping heartbreaker.
In order to make the film a reality, Corporon and his team have taken to Kickstarter to crowdsource for the project. With incentives ranging from signed DVDs and postcards to polaroid cameras, walk-ons and speaking roles, and dinner parties with the filmmakers, now’s definitely a good time to help fund the film. There’s only a week left so go support some LGBT indie filmmaking before it’s too late.
Watch a concept teaser for the film below:
