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filmmaker luna says he will remove exploitative use of hate crime victim’s names from trailer of “ticked off trannies with knives”, but still has more to do .
glaad was recently alerted by community members and allies to a film called ticked - off trannies with knives that will be screened at the upcoming tribeca film festival .
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krystal summers attends the premiere of' ticked - off trannies with knives' during the 2010 tribeca film festival at village east cinema on april 23, 2010 in new york city .
willam belli attends the premiere of' ticked - off trannies with knives' during the 2010 tribeca film festival at village east cinema on april 23, 2010 in new york city .
somewhere deep within “ticked - off trannies with knives” lies a fresh cinematic voice, but it’s buried under so much tarantino wannabe material, all you can hear are a few faint murmurs .
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ticked - off trannies with knives. basically a remake of faster, pussycat! kill! kill! but featuring witty trannies and extreme violence. the tranny banter and ultimately satisfying revenge more than make up for (intentionally ?) shoddy production values .
furthermore, the filmmakers have chosen to market ticked - off trannies with knives using a crass trailer that opens with references to the recent murders of angie zapata and jorge mercado, putting their brutal murders on par with the outlandish violence in this film .
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earlier, artsbeat reported on a dispute over the film “ticked - off trannies with knives, ” which the gay & lesbian alliance against defamation and others have demanded be removed from the lineup of the tribeca film festival .
israel luna’s controversial revenge comedy ticked - off trannies with knives has made the festival circuit for the past year, and now it reaches an even wider audience: via the showtime cable network. beginning friday ...
this exploitation film spoof represents a humbling experience for any film reviewer. after all, it hardly matters what opinion is about to be expressed: you’re either going to rush off to see a film called “ticked - off trannies with knives, ” or you’re not .
the problem with reviewing a movie called “ticked - off trannies with knives” is that you’re required to admit publicly that you have actually watched a movie called “ticked - off trannies with knives. ” that’s the kind of damning tidbit that could be stumbled upon and misinterpreted by some future background - checker — a potential employer, for instance, or a vetting body for nobel prize nominees. not to mention the personal implications. my mother could read this review, for gosh sakes .
erica andrews, jenna skyy, willam beli and krystal summers attend the premiere of' ticked - off trannies with knives' during the 2010 tribeca film festival at village east cinema on april 23, 2010 in new york city .
the theatrical premiere of ticked - off trannies with knives was sold out for both midnight shows this weekend at the inwood theatre in dallas, according to writer and director israel luna. here’s his report to instant tea: ...
for several months, we’ve been lectured about how “tranny” is a bad word in and of itself — so bad, in fact, that israel luna’s film ticked - off trannies with knives should be banned from the tribeca film ...
i’m please to be one of the few people unconnected to ticked - off trannies with knives who has actually seen the film and thinks it’s good. i’m also proud to say that, unlike some others, i actually believe in ...
willam beli, krystal summers, israel luna, erica andrews and jenna skyy attend the premiere of' ticked - off trannies with knives' during the 2010 tribeca film festival at village east cinema on april 23, 2010 in new york city .
via facebook the new york times has a report on a protest yesterday outside tribeca cinemas in response to the upcoming festival’s inclusion of gay dallas filmmaker israel luna’s “ticked off trannies with ...
he may be living in san francisco, but israel luna will always be part of dallas to us. to luna, too, actually it seems. luna — who caused a stir with his revenge fantasy ticked - off trannies with knives last year and has since ...
transgender advocate and writer ashley love issues a scathing indictment of dallas filmmaker israel luna’s “ticked off tra * * ies with knives” in a piece published by the huffington post yesterday. as arnold ...
despite protests from a few trans activists, israel luna’s campy exploitation grindhouse film “ticked off tr * nnies with knives” won the two top awards at q cinema, festival director todd camp announced... .
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video archive for the film ticked - off trannies with knives, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2010. there are currently two videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. happy viewing !
toni miller, gerardo davila, erica andrews, jenna skyy, israel luna, willam belli, krystal summers, tom zembrod, kenny ochao, todd jenkins and whitney blake attend the premiere of' ticked - off trannies with knives' during the 2010 tribeca ...
a group of transgender women are violently beaten by three straight guys and left for dead. after regaining their consciousness, the violated vixens turn deadly divas. with their new found confidence and courage, the ticked - off trannies slice their way to vengeance. an homage to the exploitation / revenge films of the 70' s and 80' s ,
ticked - off trannies with knives
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the gay & lesbian alliance against defamation posted an item on its website this morning promoting a protest of israel luna’s “ticked - off tr * nnies with knives” on saturday night during q cinema, fort ...
he offered two concessions that, he said, were his way of communicating that he cared about the trans community’s concerns: he removed zapata and mercado’s names from the movie trailer, and he replaced the “a” in “trannies” with an asterisk. the official title was then ticked - off tr * nnies with knives .
ticked off trannies with knives helps its audience realise that the exploitation genre is not quite dead. although it may have gone into hibernation several times over the last few decades, here it is alive and kicking and ready to thrill the audience members who are willing to let it do so .
for those so inclined, you’ll be glad to know that israel luna’s mock revenge thriller more than lives up to its title: it features a band of trannies; they' re definitely ticked - off; and they’re well - armed, not only with knives but also with baseball bats and the occasional high - heeled shoe .
in the end, ticked off trannies with knives is one of those movies that' s not quite as clever or cheeky as it thinks it is. it' s fun at times, and deeply disturbing at other instances. the actors and actresses all deliver with a kind of gusto that goes from inviting to off - putting, and luna' s style can best be described as advanced grindhouse point and shoot. there is nothing here to distinguish it from other high concept indie efforts except the casting and the lifestyle choices involved. it' s refreshing to know that gay - themed material is not simply languishing with its own specialized entertainment space. ticked off trannies with knives should have been better. instead, it constantly battles itself until it implodes .
by marketing ticked - off trannies with knives as a
transploitation
film, by using the word
trannies
( a pejorative term for transgender people) in the title of the film, by casting transgender women in some roles, and by citing the murders of angie zapata and jorge mercado in the trailer, israel luna has attempted to place his film squarely within a transgender narrative .
the ticked - off trannies debate has been covered by many national and international media outlets, including the new york times, bbc tv, the huffington post, and the drudge report. it’s a classic example of pop culture colliding with political activism — with a north texas twist .
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glaad has reached out to writer / director israel luna, the film’s producer and the tribeca film festival, and both have refused to take responsibility for the problematic content and offensive marketing of this film. we urge you to contact the tribeca film festival and call on them to pull ticked - off trannies with knives from their schedule .
toni miller, gerardo davila, erica andrews, jenna skyy, israel luna, willam belli, krystal summers, tom zembrod, kenny ochao, todd jenkins and whitney blake attend the premiere of' ticked - off trannies with knives' during the 2010 tribeca film festival at village east cinema on april 23, 2010 in new york city .
it’s not just a fun experience, there is heart at the core of ticked off trannies with knives, a heart that will strengthen the emotional connection between it and its audience. some may have issues with the morality play a little (it being arguable that it is a phoney moral) but in the end the good guys win against the bad guys and, let’s face it, what’s wrong with that ?
once tribeca accepted ticked - off trannies and the movie entered the national spotlight, criticisms from transgender advocates reached a fever pitch. busey and many others around the country had long since contacted glaad to register their disapproval. finally, glaad weighed in .
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their hapless bashers with switchblades, kitchen knives, hammers, and elaborately carved ninja weapons. sweat poured down their faces and mixed with the makeup and the blood in colorful streams .
“i am also happy that we are able to show two other fine films, ‘howl’ and ‘making the boys, ’ before their expected theatrical releases, ” he adds. “i am also ecstatic that out on film agreed to program ‘ticked - off trannies with knives, ’ which, for all its controversy, is a film that we find empowering, and a film a lot of folks like. ”
we are very relieved that laluna entertainment is planning to remove the references to specific trans women that have been murdered from its' most recent trailer for the film
ticked - off trannies with knives
, a film which was directed and written by israel luna. due to protests from the trans community, laluna entertainment responded to one of their requests, which was not to exploit real life victims of hate crimes .
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the word “tranimal” is a pun on what these superheroines are — transgender women, individuals who were born male but identify and publicly present themselves as female. and if the line sounds like a cheesy bit of b - movie dialogue, it is — it’s in the script for north texas writer - director israel luna’s movie ticked - off trannies with knives, which filmed on location in fort worth, arlington, and dallas last summer .
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in the wake of this outcry, glaad and many other transgender advocates ask that tribeca rescind its selection of “ticked - off trannies with knives. ”“negative and stereotyped media portrayals of transgender people hurt the community because americans still need more education on transgender issues, ” said kim person, executive director of transyouth family allies .
the images in this film make a mockery of their lives. i want more for my child and all transgender people. ”
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luna’s dreams have been realized. audiences have been literally cheering their support in sold - out film festival screenings in fort worth, dallas, new york, seattle, philadelphia, and san francisco. ticked - off trannies with knives has become an underground sensation. but the uproar has been fueled in part by some furious opposition to the film — coming not, as one might expect, from the right - wing anti - gay crowd but from a part of the transgender community itself .
luna is now working on an hour - long documentary about transgender women and their complicated experiences, including violence. although he’s thrilled that ticked - off trannies with knives has encountered so much unexpected success, it’s clear he still feels hurt that some members of the lgbt community have vilified him for making what he sees as a movie with a strong pro - trans message. the fact that the transgender women portrayed in the movie are flamboyant, angry, vengeful, and even a little cartoonish is a plus in his mind. he draws comparisons to his own experiences as an ethnic minority with popular culture .
as a crossover attempt by gay writer / director israel luna into the world of direct to dvd schlock, ticked off trannies with knives has its moments. the opening sequence, where we are introduced to the five fabulous ladies who will lead us through this comic nightmare, is brilliant. it highlights the personalities involved without devolving into cartoon or cliche. even better, when the quintet hang out for drinks and dishing, the vibe is electric - and then the plot starts to kick in. frankly, everything that happens with boner and his gang of hate - crime committing hombres is predictable, pointless, and painful to watch. we are never prepared for the juxtaposition in tone: the club material is so fun and boisterous that when we witness favored characters brazenly beaten to death, it really kills the mood. luna tries to revive it with a couple of cinematic in - jokes (missing reels, unexplained narrative developments) but it doesn' t work. ticked off trannies takes a real risk with such a bold back and forth. it' s a possibility, however, that never pays off .
i’m with luna. fighting hate with hate is what actually changes history. pious passivity is just loser talk .
glaad finds it troubling that the respected tribeca film festival would give a film that sensationalizes anti - transgender violence and misrepresents the lives of transgender women, a platform that affords such great exposure. the tribeca film festival has a history of screening powerful lgbt films, such as the glaad media award - nominated quentin crisp biopic an englishman in new york, and the glaad media award - winning film transamerica, about a transgender woman reconnecting with her son. ticked - off trannies with knives does not meet, and in fact devalues, the standard of excellence established by the festival .
i thought this movie was called
ticked - off grannies with knives
when i bought it. i bought it on title only, i was thinking cool - grandmas going berserk. i realized it was trannies not grannies when i started to play it. this movie is great. a gay themed grindhouse movie that is very well made. it' s a thriller, a comedy and a revenge movie all in one. a solid 5 star movie. i will put this dvd on my dvd shelf right next to my other grindhouse type movies .
for her part, busey doesn’t regret one moment of the blog and street protests that she and transgender activists across the country have staged. she still believes that the movie’s trailer is proof that ticked - off trannies is harmful to trans people, who have to endure the stares and comments of strangers and an ever - present, implicit threat of violence because of who they are .
luna and miller knew nothing of busey’s past, only that she and other bloggers around the country were relentless in trying to get as many people as possible to denounce ticked - off trannies. the filmmakers consulted with the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation, or glaad — the national gay media watchdog group — on the best ways to court transgender people as a niche audience and how to use inclusive language in the marketing campaign. as far as luna and miller could tell, their relationship with glaad was going well .
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in pop culture commonality, the time seems ripe for a queer - ccentric horror romp where gay humor and genre contrivances go head - to - head. the result? something called ticked off trannies with knives. while the title is relatively self - explanatory, the film itself is somewhat schizophrenic. on the one hand, it has enough glam girlfriend diva dishing to support such hilarious homo - witticism. on the other hand, the i spit on your grave - like revenge - angle is very nasty indeed, turning everything campy into something quite cruel .
ultimately and perhaps predictably, the efforts by glaad and national transgender activists have only fueled publicity about the film and helped it reach a wider audience. just last month, luna and miller signed a deal with the philadelphia - based breaking glass pictures to distribute ticked - off this fall as a midnight movie at art house theaters around the country and then release it on dvd with extras — including the footage that gibson shot in her home .
israel luna, the director of the film ticked - off trannies with knives, has promised to change the movie' s trailer to remove references to victims of real - life anti - transgender hate crimes. the movie, which will screen at the tribeca film festival, has come under fire from the gay & lesbian alliance against defamation, who are troubled by its over - the - top title and gory depictions of violence against transgendered women. the director had intended the references to real victims to ground the picture in reality, but admits now that
the association between their brutal stories and the revenge / thriller content of the film in its entirety has been difficult to connect .
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the finished script was christened with a title that would make trash auteurs roger corman and jack hill proud — ticked - off trannies with knives. while miller went looking for financing, luna began to approach longtime friends and associates with roles he had written for them. he wanted fort worth set designer, fight coordinator, and actor tom zembrod for the role of boner, the scuzzy bat - wielding hillbilly villain. his friend krystal summers, who performs as a host and showgirl at gay clubs in dallas, was tapped for the lead role of bubbles cliquot, one of the hate - crime survivors. kelexis davenport, a longtime dallas drag performer, would play the “mother hen” character pinky la trimm. and after a series of casting changes, willam belli, a los angeles actor whom luna had met on facebook, drove to texas to play the wisecracking, scene - stealing rachel slurr .
luna' s motives may be noble - he has stated in interviews that he wanted to shine an irreverent light on all the crimes he sees against transsexuals - but his goal only make matters worse. instead of lingering on the punishment, showing us step by step how our ladies are lured to their horrific fate, he should have included more scenes of sensitivity. when bubbles comes out of her coma, pinky and rachel are there to provide some pointed (and rather funny) comfort. elsewhere, empowering words are spoken and supported. but then luna undermines it all again with a last act confrontation that plays right back into the film' s flawed weaknesses. again, boner and this boys are just cardboard cutouts. giving them almost half of the storyline is antithetical to ticked off trannies with knives' ideals .
is about a group of trannies - drag queens, transvestites, or transgendered people; in this movie, its more the first two - who go off on dates with a group of bio - gendered men, only to be drugged, beaten, raped and murdered, leaving one survivor. this survivor and two more of her friends set traps for the rapist - murderers in order to exact bloody revenge. much like
a group of trannies are violently bashed and left for dead. the surviving ladies regain consciousness, confidence, and courage ready to seek out revenge on the ones who attacked them .
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smith was, to the say the least, in a difficult position — he was a board member of q cinema, but busey was also a member of his flock at trinity. she and other trans parishioners had convinced a small coalition of north texas mcc churches to take out a full - page, $ 1, 800 ad in the dallas voice criticizing ticked - off tr * nnies with knives for its use of the “t” word and its “stereotypical” depiction of transgender women. as panel moderator, smith’s goal was to stand squarely in the middle of the fracas and try to build a bridge between sides .
some girls are simply not to be messed with. and so it is with the fabulous heroines bubbles cliquot, tipper sommore, rachel slurr, and emma grashun. all respect is given to them in pinky la' trimm' s nightclub, but when they beome the victims of a psycho guy who just can' t get over his conflicted desire for bubbles, the bruised - up babes shake it up grand diva style and transform into deadly vixens. an homage to the exploitation films of the' 70s and' 80s, ticked - off is a revenge fantasy flick that brews up a concoction of camp, slasher horror, and power - chick flick to create a radical new genre: transploitation! inspired by the devastating increase in brutal hate crimes against people in the transgender community, writer / director israel luna, along with his dallas - based cast and crew, pour their hearts into creating the atmospheric' 70s distressed aesthetic that glimmers with each woman' s distinct brassy groove. loaded with kick - ass bodacious bods ticked - off makes it clear that it takes more than balls to get even .
after the movie wrapped, israel edited it himself over the following six months. if he was lucky, he figured, ticked - off trannies might be accepted by a couple of film festivals around the country and then get sold to dvd. but the game changer came earlier this year when new york’s prestigious tribeca film festival — co - founded by robert de niro — accepted the film as part of its “midnight movie” series. word spread quickly throughout the north texas transgender community, and then the shit hit the worldwide blogosphere .
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the newly rechristened ticked - off tr * nnies with knives went on to screen at another festival in seattle and a small horror film festival in san francisco, but no other lgbt festival would touch the film after glaad’s call to action. finally, fort worth’s q cinema decided to give the movie its southwest premiere in june. (a gay festival in philadelphia later booked it as well .) q cinema artistic director todd camp has known luna for many years, and q had screened several of the writer - director’s previous movies. camp even made a brief visit to the fort worth warehouse set while the bashing scene was being filmed .
even audiences unfamiliar with crowley’s story of eight gay friends at a birthday party gone - bad are in for a treat, as the documentary effortlessly weave’s crowley’s autobiographical narrative with the play’s development and the energy of pre - stonewall new york. the play’s run from small experimental theater to off - broadway to film is perfectly juxtaposed with the birth of the gay rights movement, as its reception was intrinsic to the revolution that resulted from it .
could you imagine if a film came out called
ticked off fagots with pink pistols
that mocked matthew shepard' s death, and expressed gay men just want to get married to get tax breaks, but still have sex with multiple partners, and jokingly alluded to gay men being pedophiles? the whole lgbt community would be up in arms! we demand the same protections the gay and lesbian community receives! crumbs are no longer acceptable. we need the gay and lesbian community, who have more access and influence in the media then we do, to stand with glaad and the trans community on this protest and call to action
the heart of this grindhouse - inspired effort remains in a happy place, committing to the screen a new breed of exploitation cinema vixen and, believe me, they' re packing more than just knives .
he failed to give activists and leaders in the trans community his problematic film prior to this controversy - he knew from many warnings that it would not be well received by many trans people. as a person with many media / entertainment industry contacts, i was able to view the film through an associate. this associate asked i not have their name released, for fear of the
wrath of luna and the' ticked off' supporters of his transohobic film” .
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busey had known luna for a few years and was aware that he was writing a script called ticked - off trannies before it went into production last summer. busey and some others in the transgender community consider the word “tranny” to be an insult. at one point, busey had launched an internet campaign to get the dallas voice to stop the paper’s occasional use of the word in its stories. (other transgender people have reclaimed the word the way some women, african - americans, and gays and lesbians have embraced hateful slurs against them as streetwise badges of honor. )
“i wasn’t there to condemn the film, ” said smith, who also declined to see it as a gesture of solidarity with the protesters. “i was there to stand with members of the local transgender community who had problems with the film and wanted to voice their concerns about it. ”
glaad hopes that an institution as respected as the tribeca film festival would be concerned about how this film trivializes violence against transgender people, concerns that the filmmaker has repeatedly shrugged off .
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oddly enough, busey has never seen the movie she’s so vehemently opposed to. on at least two occasions, israel asked her to watch the film and give him her opinions — good, bad, or indifferent. she declined. many people have asked her how she can passionately advocate, on the web and on the streets, against a film she’s never seen. busey explains by describing some dark experiences from her own life and how they directly related to ticked - off trannies ’ controversial trailer. in the past, she said, two people brutalized her because of her trans status — a stranger who attacked her on the street one night and a man with whom she fell into a destructive relationship .
in the worldwide blogosphere, “i was called a misogynist and a trans - basher [ for showing the film ], ” said camp. “like a lot of gay and lesbian people, it’s hard for me to wrap my head around what the transgender community goes through. it’s not my experience. but i just don’t believe that ticked - off tr * nnies promotes violence against trans people. at worst, it delivers the message, ‘don’t fuck with a trans person, or you might get killed. ’
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still she requested a closed set for the scene in which zembrod, as the crazed trans - basher boner, menaces her with a baseball bat festooned with a clump of bloody hair from his last victim. he stands over her with a twisted grin and taunts her: “why do you go around dressed up like a girl, man? ”
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and the controversial “a” is back — for both the midnight movie and dvd releases, “tr * nnies” has become “trannies” again. one of the major promotional points being considered for both campaigns is: “the movie that glaad didn’t want you to see. ”
right from the start, “trannies” announces itself as a shameless “grindhouse” rip - off, complete with retro credit fonts and faux print damage (which never convinces, considering the movie was shot on video and not once looks like film); later, we’re even tossed the ol’ “missing reel” gag. eager to reveal its “kill bill” tendencies as well, the story is broken into titled chapters and eventually focuses on a woman waking from a coma and seeking revenge on those who left her for dead. oh, and one scene finds the camera gliding in circles around its cast as they banter about sex .
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gay dallas filmmaker israel luna is sick of reading about lgbt bashing victims. so he made a film about several of them who eschew the victim card — and fight back. because he’s worked closely with the local trans community, he cast actual transwomen as his leads. and because he’s a fan of horror, he gave them knives and a revenge story that’s as over - the - top as its name ,
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“i kept hearing lgbt leaders saying we should fight hate with love, that we should educate our attackers, ” he said. “and my first thought was, ‘hell, no. i don’t want to have tea with these people. ’ i have a lot of transgender friends. so i decided to write a movie with a twist, one where the transgender women fight back and are just as brutal as their attackers. ”
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israel luna first became interested in filmmaking at age five while watching a horror movie with his family at the local drive - in. his feature films include
also, the “trans people should stand up by ourselves! ” line sounds very noble, but i think it would be downright dangerous in practice. i do think that there should be more exclusively trans marches, fundraising and lobbying organizations, and so on. we need to show that we’re not just a footnote to lgb folks. at the same time, cutting ourselves off from the lgb community would be damned near suicidal! it would be better, i think, to raise our profile both within and without the lgb community, not to cut ourselves off from it .
cw news channel wpix offers up today’s case study in how not to cover lgbt issues in a piece titled “tranny teens terrorizing downtown girls”. while the author steve bogart gets big points for his ability to alliterate, by every other measure, he comes off like a racist, homophobic bigot. here’s how. bogart writes: “police say a roving pack of transvestite teens has been targeting females living in a tony west village building. according to authorities, the trannys would steal the women’s purses and use their stolen credit cards to buy wigs and new clothes. ” there’s not a single thing right with this paragraph. transvestites are not transsexuals and nobody should be calling them ‘trannies’ and even then, if you’re going to use a derogatory term, you might as well spell it right .
even if i don’t agree with the whole piece, i’m glad to see queerty making an effort to include longer, in - depth pieces in its content .
at a nondescript house in arlington last summer, a showdown of cinematic proportions took place. three women faced off against three men who’d brutally attacked and beaten them earlier. the women wore tight leather jumpsuits, elaborate sequined face makeup, and high - heeled boots. they kicked, punched, and slashed
horrible film (i say this with a smile on my face) shot in a 70s grindhouse style with grainy film and bad edits that gives it some charm. the director is obviously a huge tarentino fan. if you liked the grindhouse series by tarentino, the troma films or 70s b movies, this might be for you .
exploding with captivating melodies, genre - splicing resourcefulness, and remarkable cohesion, automata ii exemplifies what makes between the buried and me so skillful, striving, and singular .
after rich businessman paul greco (popular daytime star jon lindstrom) retires early, his imperious sister elise (two - time emmy award (r) nominee wendie malick) tries to get him to settle down with the woman of her choosing. but paul seems more interested in developing his friendship with andy (chris murrah), a charming…
, which works to simultaneously humanize the victims, and actually be a better movie. oh, and i would have to replace roger ebert and gene siskel with glaad .
although probably best appreciated at a midnight showing with a similarly schlock - minded audience, the film is being released on dvd next month, so begin planning your parties now .
zembrod once worked as a performer in live - action stunt shows like batman and lethal weapon for the six flags family of theme parks. he choreographed the fight moves with all three of the heroines, none of whom had previous experience with the knife work and hand - to - hand combat they would have to do in front of luna’s cameras .
“trannies” then becomes a fight between two attitudes: a screwy spoof where star krystal summers develops a hee - larious lisp for no reason versus a ruthless thriller where the mere appearance of the villain (tom zembrod, delivering a genuinely creepy performance) is meant to create chills. when the bloody finale arrives, full of creative mutilation so squirm - inducing the makers of the “saw” franchise would be humbled, we’re supposed to cheer along, but it’s tough to get in the mood. we’re too off - balance by the film’s random tonal shifts. what’s supposed to be cathartic and empowering ends up losing track of its sense of fun, wallowing in an ugliness that erases too much of the parody .
because of its positioning as a transgender film, viewers unfamiliar with the lives of transgender women will likely leave this film with the impression that transgender women are ridiculous caricatures of
real women .
it demeans actual transgender women who struggle for acceptance and respect in their day - to - day lives and to be valued for their contributions to our society .
otto is a handsome, sensitive, neo - goth zombie with an identity crisis wandering the streets of the city, until one day he auditions for a zombie film ...
two easy reads with depths to be plumbed by those who make the effort. after, you can expound on how gay authors are infiltrating and conquering the mainstream on their own terms .
. the bashing left one of the gay men in critical condition in the icu, and a friend of luna’s said, “we don’t need to hate the bashers. a lot of people feel the way they do. we need to sit and talk and understand their mindset. we can’t fight hate with hate. we need to fight hate with understanding and even love. ”
“watching it with an audience is an amazing experience, ” he said. “when the tables are turned, and the women start kicking ass, the audience goes wild rooting for them. ”
beyond gay: the politics of pride (lmac, 6: 30 p. m .) this look at pride festivals around the world gives new context to our own annual celebration. as atlanta has fussed in the past several years with location and date, prides in other countries are plagued with violent protests and stringent legal restrictions. co - presented by atlanta pride. — bo shell
“i saw the trailer with the man [ actor zembrod ] and the baseball bat, ” she said. “if you’ve ever been in a relationship with someone who has total control over you — i mean life - and - death control — you’ll recognize the look he had in his eyes. it made me physically ill. i didn’t think i could make it through the whole movie. ”
the group released a call - to - action statement that read, in part: “because of its position as a transgender film, viewers unfamiliar with the lives of transgender women will likely leave this film with the impression that transgender women are ridiculous caricatures of ‘real women. ’ it demeans actual transgender women who struggle for acceptance and respect in their day - to - day lives …. ”
the blood and the knives, of course, were fake, and this payback sequence was elaborately staged and filmed with six actors. but luna’s tongue - in - cheek homage to exploitation films is serious in one respect: he wanted to create a drive - in movie revenge opus where the kind of people who typically make the news as hate crime victims turn the tables on their oppressors. if he achieved what he was aiming for, movie audiences would enthusiastically applaud the transgender crusaders in the classic tradition of midnight movies. think of it as dirty harry — or maybe dirty harriet — meets the rocky horror picture show .
i’m going with romeo. we will continue to be victims if we allow. most gay bashers to so because they don’t ecpect us to fight back just curl up in a ball and take it .
after the movie was shot and luna had an edited version he liked, he created a trailer for the film and put it on the internet. if the “t” word in the title wasn’t enough to piss off many transgender bloggers, israel’s decision to use the names of real - life trans - murder victims in a dedication at the beginning of the trailer really stoked outrage. he invoked angie zapata, who was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher in colorado in 2008, and jorge mercado, who was stabbed, burned, and decapitated in puerto rico in 2009 .
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keegan dark returns to the the heart of california' s wine valley to make peace with his long - estranged family. instead, he finds a harrowing mystery that endangers his life and those he loves .
if you' re interested enough in the film’s plot to still be reading, it concerns the piquantly named bubbles cliquot (krystal summers), who performs at a downtown nightclub along with her fellow transgender clique. unfortunately, one evening bubbles has a fling with the wrong guy, boner (thomas zembrod), who doesn’t take kindly to the fact that his latest conquest could well be called by the same name .
anyway, this film, written — not much effort there — and directed by israel luna, calls itself an exploitation thriller and seeks to parody bad horror films, bad blaxploitation films, bad martial - arts films, maybe even bad baseball films (a baseball bat being just as important to the story as the knives of the title). it’s difficult to judge something that’s trying to mock something inept; is its own ineptness sheer genius or just ineptness ?
a second rate film crew is shooting the third in a trilogy of tasteless (yet cheesy) horror flicks called fright flick. the schmuck - of - a - director can' t keep his hands off the lead actress, the producer never gets his due credit, the supporting actress knows that she should be the lead, and the crew has secrets of their own. competition ...
the adonis factor (lmac, 4 p. m .) following his last documentary, “the butch factor, ” director chris hines explores gay male body image. followed by q & a with director chris hines .
removed from luna’s tarantino cover band tics (which fade as the film progresses), “trannies” is a crude but occasionally effective revenge fantasy. the filmmaker shows a solid grasp of the genre, especially in a lengthy finale that mixes brutal unease and self - aware dark humor, while the cast – consisting mostly of transgender women and drag queens – is given free rein in terms of smart - assed bitchiness, which lends the film a likeability often missing in such exploitation fare .
the film was shot in 19 days plus one continuous 27 - hour stretch. the grueling “trans - bashing” sequence was filmed between 7 p. m. and 7 a. m. in a warehouse just north of downtown fort worth. in the scene, summers, belli, and davenport (as well as co - stars erica andrews and jenna skyy) encounter zembrod and his henchmen, who savagely attack the women. the characters played by andrews and skyy are killed. with film lights running and air conditioning turned off due to the demands of sound recording, the cast and crew were drenched in sweat most of the time.
ticked-off trannies with knives is a 2010 rape and revenge exploitation film . the film follows a trio of trans women friends who exact revenge on the men who brutally assault them and murder two of their friends . the film is split into five chapters , one of which is a missing reel . ticked-off trannies engendered controversy when it was programmed at the 2010 tribeca film festival . the gay & lesbian alliance against defamation condemned the film for what it called a negative portrayal of transgender people . 
ticked-off trannies with knives is a 2010 rape and revenge exploitation film. the film follows a trio of trans women friends who exact revenge on the men who brutally assault them and murder two of their friends. the film is split into five chapters, one of which is a missing reel. ticked-off trannies engendered controversy when it was programmed at the 2010 tribeca film festival. the gay & lesbian alliance against defamation condemned the film for what it called a negative portrayal of transgender people.
ticked-off trannies with knives is a 2010 rape and revenge exploitation film. the film follows a trio of trans women friends who exact revenge on the men who brutally assault them and murder two of their friends. the film is split into five chapters, one of which is a missing reel. ticked-off trannies engendered controversy when it was programmed at the 2010 tribeca film festival. the gay & lesbian alliance against defamation condemned the film for what it called a negative portrayal of transgender people.