Skin & Bone (1996)

Directed by

Everett Lewis

Genre

drama film, crime film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three young male hustlers in Los Angeles work for a female pimp. One is new, one is experienced but naive, and one wants to leave the life to become an actor. Their jobs with clients become increasingly dangerous.

rawgrittybleaktensemelancholicdreamlikeunsettlingvisually stark

What happens

Skin & Bone is a 1996 American crime drama film written and directed by Everett Lewis. It is the story of three Los Angeles-area hustlers, or male prostitutes, and their female pimp. The three men are at different stages of their hustling careers: Dean is just beginning; Billy is somewhat more experienced but still naive; and Harry actively wants to get out, and is looking to break into film acting. Ghislane, the pimp, sends each of the three young men into increasingly dangerous scenarios with clients, until both Billy and Harry are killed. The film stars B. Wyatt, Alan Boyce, Garret Scullin, and Nicole Dillenberg. Lewis financed the film almost entirely, using money earned working on other films. Skin & Bone was originally intended to be entirely improvised, but after a year of filming Lewis decided to script some of it to add shape to the story. The film alternates between black and white and color, marking shifts between depictions of a character's fantasy and reality. Critical responses to the film were mixed. Some reviewers thought it little more than pretentious titillation, while others praised the performances and direction and congratulated Lewis for raising some difficult questions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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