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A documentary about the famous filmaker Bruce LaBruce.

Name: The Advocate For Fagdom (DVD)
SKU: WEEC659162
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The most knowledgeable call him a transgressive artist in the purest sense of the term. The most reductive think of him as nothing more than the spiritual son of Kenneth Anger and John Waters. Pragmatists classify him as leader of the Queercore movement. But what prevails is the fact that Bruce LaBruce makes small budget movies full of hardcore sex, political messages and containing as much violence as softness. What is certain is the fact that Bruce LaBruce crushes any gay attitude clichÃ©s while practicing ironic self glorification, mocks any horror movie or dramatic set ups, and avoids all fashionable art trends. Bruce maddens, irritates, enchants, charms, fascinates and mostly keep the LaBruce mystery very much alive.

The Advocate for Fagdom unites the puzzle pieces one by one. Testimonies are combined with rare archive images. Art galeries present movie extracts that are succeeded by images shot on location. And the other way round. Writers, film makers, art galery owners, actors and actresses, photographers, producers, friends and loved ones all join in a game of interpretation, analysis or siimple anecdotes. John Waters, Bruce Benderson, Harmony Korine, Gus Van Sant, Richard Kern, Rick Castro and others deliver their impressions, theories and confessions. Everything blends into the fascinating portrait of a singular person blessed with singular talents. A complex personality at war not with a system but all systems. The portrait of a man constantly moving between his punk attitude and extreme sensibility.