In a bare film studio, a director is standing ready with his crew for an interview with a prostitute. Shot in classic black & white, the documentary maker in Black & White & Sex interviews her at length, with various cameras and a barrage of questions. Eight different actresses portray one and the same woman: Angie, the eloquent prostitute.
While the ladies are very different in their appearance, age and clothing, they are the same person with the same text. Yet each new woman heralds a new phase in the conversation between Angie and her interviewer - who has to bare all, literally and metaphorically.
This film-within-a-film makes one suspect a classic Hollywood casting couch, but turns out primarily to be a confrontational, erotic and intellectual cinematographic striptease - partially inspired by Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests. A joy to watch thanks to the stylish camera work, the clever cutting, the well-thought-out dialogue and powerful actresses.
- Director
- John Winter
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- Australia
- Year
- 2011
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 94'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producers
- Melissa Beauford, John Winter
- Production Company
- All At Once
- Sales
- All At Once
- Screenplay
- John Winter
- Cinematography
- Nicola Daley
- Editor
- Adrian Rostirolla
- Sound Design
- Tony Vaccher, John Dennison, Craig Butters
- Music
- Caitlin Yeo
- Cast
- Anya Beyersdorf, Katherine Hicks
- Website
- http://www.blackandwhiteandsex.com