Two main characters, a young gay man, and his female (heterosexual) boss exchange stories about their personal problems, (his difficulties about being gay, and his fears about losing his job because of it). She talks of her neglectful husband whom she suspects is having an affair with another woman.
A sequel to Modern Love, Bad Girls chronicles the rise and fall of Robin and Heide at the Cabana Room as a two-woman band called Robin and the Robots. They are terrible and become an overnight success. The worldly European, Heide, becomes a cocaine addict, but plays her cards right, keeps her mouth...
"Money Talks Bullshit Walks is a quote from a prostitute I picked up off Church Street in the winter of 1985. During this time, I picked up and interviewed nine hookers. The tape is an assemblage of this information." -R.W.
Modern Love is the story of Xerox operator, Robin, who falls in love with a sleazy show business type named Lamont Del Monte. Their disastrous love affair is paralleled by a frustrating relationship between Heidi (who only speaks German) and Pierre (who only speaks French).
The audience observes the parallel events of a prostitute servicing a client intercut with a film producer visiting an old friend and guiltily offering him money for sex. "In a month of the blue moon a victim may rail with heroic defiance, but humiliation and restoration of order are inevitable."...
Far less withholding is Werden’s most astonishing tape, “I Bet You Ain’t Seen Noth’n Like This Before,” one of a series of conversations conducted with sex workers and fetishists. In the video, Werden speaks with an older man who sits naked at home. The man explains that he has the...
Location, the gravel pit. Two adolescent women debate the premise, Whatever Is A Colour Is Necessarily Red, while their contemporaries cheer and heckle their efforts. The debate, Whatever is a colour is necessarily red, is a Buddhist classic written for very young students who merely have to...
"Male model available for life drawing and photography. Call Roger 961-1310". As Roger poses provocatively for a still camera, respondents to his newspaper ad provide the voice over.
An anonymous off-camera group examine a nude woman for "agreeability." Sexual themes and allegorical structures serve as the vehicle for the narrative. The tape consists of close up shots of a nude woman with off-camera voice over.
