Open
Culture Q Connection (2010)
Documentary, Drama, Queer Themes/Interest
In Collection
#950
5*
Seen ItYes
(1/11/2018 Home)
IMDB   5.3
90 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1
Tempest Crane Gen
endeen Forberg Jaye
Gaea Gaddy Cynthia
Morty Diamond Sid
Daniel Luedtke Nick
Jill Sweiven Nurse in Plastic Surgery Office
Andy Scott Harris Orphan
Director
Jake Yuzna


OPEN is a hallucinogenic journey through gender, identity, the body, love and how those can be shared by two people. The film consists of interlocking stories lines- the first about two transwomen in a pandrogynous relationship in which they simultaneously receive plastic surgery treatments to mirror each other's features to ideally form into a single person. The second story follows a transman and his new (cisgender) boyfriend as they run away from home and push against their own personal boundaries while dealing with his unexpected pregnancy.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 12/30/2017
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store Rakuten (Best Buy)
Purchase Price $12.17
Condition New
Tags transgender
Links ± Review: Gay Essential (Alexander Ryll)
Open at Core for Movies
IMDB
TheMovieDb.org
References
IMDb Voters <500

Notes
This is a strange film, especially the first part· As I was starting to file "seen" films on my library shelves (ten days or so after I viewed Open), I paused and tried to recall "what's this film was about?" I deided to put it back on my "to view" pile· After watching it a second time, it's still weird· For some reason, which I can't identify, I erven felt physically ill·
The second segment, where a transman (FTM) becomes pregnant by his cis boyfriend partner, I remember quite clearly· A male giving birth was science fiction perhaps a s recently as ten years ago· This story was well done.