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Since the director was careful to leave the tree in only half the frame, it seems he is trying to demonstrate that there is something missing. How this relates to the brothers who are probably a bit more affectionate with each other than most brothers are, well they may be missing out on something as well, or are they? Perhaps they are half brothers

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Since the director was careful to leave the tree in only half the frame, it seems he is trying to demonstrate that there is something missing. How this relates to the brothers who are probably a bit more affectionate with each other than most brothers are, well they may be missing out on something as well, or are they? Perhaps they are half brothers

 

I watched it twice, and probably could watch it with more scrutiny. Obviously, the tree is meant to be symbolic. It's also true that while there is physical affection and playfulness with clear erotic energy, they don't actually have sex. Hugging in the shower could be affectionate and friendly without including sex.

 

I was, of course, shocked when both guys called the woman "Mom." But sometimes a close family friend--or a partner--will call his friend or partner/spouse's mother "Mom." My ex-wife and I hosted a Chinese exchange student for a school year; he still calls us "Mom" and "Dad."

 

When I looked at it the second time, I was looking for what was definite/explicit and what was implied but subject to multiple interpretations. And if it is incest, well, I'm not sure how I feel about it. Except that I sure would have done it with my hot cousin when I was a teenager, and if I'd had a brother, I can imagine we might have fooled around. But I'm only guessing.

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The short movie explained: incest - still a taboo!

 

a short film by Jake Yuzna

2004 | 4 mins | US

›› Between the Boys

the story of an unconventional relationship

 

"Okay, let's cut to the core, given there are a number of subjects that to this day Hollywood notably stays well clear of, namely certain behaviour, often sexual, that society considers socially unacceptable. That said, it almost goes without saying that such themes have often been tackled head-on by indie cinema. Only in doing so, there are equally a number of works in which there is no way you can discuss the central theme involved, without giving away the twist in the tale. Well this is one such cinematic combination, so with a spoiler warning firmly in place, prepare to meet the boys.

 

For Eric and Paul are clearly in love with each other, sharing not only the same bed but the same shower, rolling around on top of each other, whether on a firm mattress or on the snow covered ground outside of the house in the midst of a cool winter morning. Only the house does not belong to them; rather it belongs to their mother. Welcome then, to the social taboo that is incest!

 

Only whilst the James Burkhammer II short Starcrossed chose to depict the final act of such intimate love, this work from writer and director Jake Yuzna deliberately set out to draw you into a tender relationship between two young men, one that with few words openly expresses genuine homosexual love and affection, before abruptly removing you from your comfort zone by revealing the true nature of their relationship seconds before the end credits roll.

 

The result is a four-minute shocker, detailing as it does a sexual act that in most parts of the civilised world remains subject to criminal prosecution. Yet in closing his work at the point in which we discover the raw reality of the relationship between the boys, Yuzna has opened a Pandora's box. It is one in which he neither condemns nor approves of what he finds inside, preferring to leave the viewer as judge and jury, hereby forced to reflect upon a scenario that less than three minutes before was nothing more than a touching tale of homosexual love.

 

Clearly shot on a limited budget with the minimal of cast and crew, this 'short, short' nevertheless remains a simple but highly effective way by which to detail an unconventional relationship. Yet it is a subject that cannot help but provoke strong reactions. For whilst many a film has focused on the close bond between two brothers, here brotherly love is defined in terms of an all-the-more sexual nature, being the love that to this day still dare not speak its name. Challenging filmmaking to put it mildly!"

 

source: http://www.gaycelluloid.com/search/133.htm

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