Get teased with a lil bit of The Sex Machine

Sex, Deeper Than Pleasure

This little quote, indirectly, speaks to Estelle's understanding of what good sex with Ramon means to her:

Adults understand that good sex, with or without contraception, goes deeper than pleasure. It is complex and demanding. And pleasure isn’t necessarily a part of it. Any human encounter requiring honesty and surrender has the potential for both revelation and pain. The communication, healing, and strengthening that good sex ensures is foundational to a marriage. - Jo McGowan

The Poetry in These Publicity Stills

Reading through Vera Pavlova's book of poetry, If There Is Something To Desire, I couldn't help but notice that we have the perfect visual compliment to her poems right here in the pictures of our short.  More synergy.

VI

Within a hand's reach from the foreskin

is fleshlessness, dense, resonant, boundless.

Touching, because of its nature, takes part

in the mystery of disembodiment.

I am rid of the body, but the shiver stays,

and so do the pain, the joy.

The shiver, the pain, the joy have no fear

that the skin might never reappear.

A beast in winter,

a plant in spring,

an insect in summer,

a bird in autumn.

The rest of the time I am a woman.

Do you know what you lacked?

That dose of contempt without which

you cannot flip a woman on her back

to make her flounder like a turtle,

to make the heartless fool realize:

she cannot flip back on her own.

I feel

your flesh so full

in me,

that I do not feel it

at all

on top of me.

Is all of you

within me,

a thing-in-me?

Or is all of you

outside of me,

and only seems to be?

Why is the word yes so brief?

It should be

the longest,

the hardest,

so that you could not decide in an instant to say it,

so that upon reflection you could stop

in the middle of saying it.

Go Ahead and Brush Your Shoulders Off

Sara White and Brad DeCecco

An Actor Prepares...

From the moment Sara (Estelle) and Mauricio (Ramon) arrived, they jumped into action getting ready to play their roles.

Mauricio shaving it baby smooth

Morning pep talk

Danny and Mauricio discussing the character of "Ramon"

Mauricio and Sara going over lines

Sara memorizing lines

Danny listens as Mauricio and Sara rehearse

Danny discussing the moment before "Estelle" and "Ramon" argue

It's a Wrap!

On a sunny brisk Saturday morning, February 25, 2012, 10 individuals entered a bed & breakfast in Park Slope, Brooklyn with HDSLR cameras, lights, mics, Santeria candles, fake flowers and a used mattress.  By the end of the day at 9:01, they had shot The Sex Machine.

These dedicated souls were:

• Mauricio Alexander, the beautiful and multi-talented actor, musician and co-producer who plays the part of Ramon.
• Sara White, the even more beautiful and multi-talented actress and playwright who plays the part of Estelle.
• Evelyn Badia, the location owner of the most beautiful Bed & Breakfast in Park Slope, Eveland B&B.
• Brad DeCecco, the truly amazing DP. No, seriously.
• Jonathan LaFuentes, the sharpest Soundman; he can hear a pin drop in the middle of traffic.
• Danny Neiba, the always on-point delegating AD, equipped to rip it.
• Ingrid Matias, the Production Manager, a study in composure and principle, never one to freak out.
• Dioeval Martinez, the best PA on the planet, bar none.
• Jake D. Skinner, the PA and Set Photographer so dedicated to his craft and making everyone shines he refused to take pictures of himself.
• And, Danny Indio, the sleep-deprived writer-director who thinks-knows that everyone on the set-planet is amazed-astounded by how-why he directed on 45 minutes of sleep.

Oh, what a day it was... we all left buzzed on cloud 9.