A down-on-his-luck adult film star sees a chance to make a comeback via a lesbian documentary film-maker, but she is exploiting him to get financial backing for her pet project.
Direction
LaBruce shoots himself with zero vanity, maximum punk.
Writing
Script blurs autobiography and bullshit so hard you can't tell.
Director
Bruce LaBruce
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the height of New Queer Cinema, when 'pornographic' and 'political' were deliberately inseparable.
The '½' in the title references both Fellini's 8½ and the fact that LaBruce considered it half a 'real' movie—self-deprecation as armor.
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