SAN FRANCISCO — Pink and White Productions has released “Adorn” and “Wild Card” — two experimental short films by Jennifer Lyon Bell of Blue Artichoke Films — on its indie streaming platform PinkLabel.TV.
“Adorn” stars Sadie Lune and Parker Marx performing “an experimental erotic game,” said a rep.
“A man and a woman face each other naked; by the end they are mostly clothed and utterly exhausted. What happens in-between is unique and completely improvised by the performers themselves. Restrained by the rules of their game, there is laughing, teasing, fighting, fucking, fingering, kissing. A love scene in reverse.”
The short film features music by folk-pop songwriter Zoe Boekbinder, and bonus content includes a deleted scene.
“Wild Card” stars Bishop Black and Kali Sudhra in “a playful, improvised film inspired by an intriguing card game.”
Hidden around the room are playing cards, each revealing a surprising nonsexual body part, like “elbow.” Together, the pair “devise experiments around the cards, creatively exploring sensation with shared warmth and good humor,” the rep said. “Heat builds as their collaborations grow more daring. Soon they cannot resist finding ways to bring each other to the brink and beyond.”
The film features electropop music by Dutch band Sheila & The Kit and an original dream-pop musical score by Jasper Slijderink and Marnix Dorrestein. Bonus features include an exclusive behind the scenes video filmed by Zoe D'Amaro.
Director Jennifer Lyon Bell said, “as a culture we still lack the vocabulary to defy the 'typical sexual script'. We generally assume sex consists of the same handful of acts always in the same order. So many people feel isolated and alone because they fear that something is wrong with them. Little do they know that so many other people feel just the same, for no reason! The script is what’s broken, not us.”
Great sex, Bell continued, “is truly a shared improvisation, not a fixed menu — every moment being a surprise, not knowing exactly what will happen next. Through this simple card game, I could divert the actors’ attention away from the typical sexual script. I wanted their improvisation to encourage them to experiment and communicate about other bodily sensations while engaging with the game.”
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