Nov
08
2023
ABOVE: Mom always said don't ball in the house.
32 posts categorized "DARRYL STEPHENS"
(Image via screen grab)
Great Q&A with Boy Culture: Generation X director and co-writer Q. Allan Brocka over at Philadelphia Gay News:
That wasn’t the initial goal. When I first adapted the book — and the book is a series of confessions; it wasn’t “one big story” — I thought it would make a good series, with each episode as a different confession. So, after we made the film, we started pitching the series. It was very queer and very sexual and there wasn’t an appetite for that in 2006. We dropped it. Around 2012, the climate was changing, and we thought there might be interest. We started writing, and did six 15-minute episodes, so we could do the film festival circuit like a feature. It took more time to raise the money to make it, so we shot it in 2017. Then with COVID, and other delays, it did not come out until 2021 and we are finally releasing it in 2023. We pitched it during the Bush administration, wrote it during Obama, filmed it during Trump, and now it’s coming out during Biden. That’s how long this project has been going. It’s been a long road!
Easiest way to rent — or own — Boy Culture: Generation X right now appears to be via YouTube.
(Image by Matthew Rettenmund)
Today is the day! As of now, you can rent Boy Culture: Generation X — sequel to the 2006 film of the same name — on Amazon, YouTube, Roku, Google, Samsung, Apple and more.
I sincerely appreciate it if you are able to rent it and check it out.
Keep reading for day 4 of photos from our 11-day shoot ...
(All images by Matthew Rettenmund)
Part two of my series of behind-the-scenes photos from the Boy Culture: Generation X shoot! The film streams November 7 on Amazon, Roku, YouTube, Google, Apple, Samsung and more.
Keep reading for the photos ...
(All images by Matthew Rettenmund)
It's been a long time coming, but Boy Culture: Generation X is available for rent as of November 7 — on Amazon, Apple, Google, Samsung, YouTube, Roku and more. I would really appreciate any of you checking it out!
Over the next few days, I'm posting some photos from our 11-day shoot, which should give you a great peek into what it was like making this long-simmering sequel to Boy Culture (2006) ...
It's been a long journey from Milan to Minsk, but Boy Culture: Generation X is coming to YouTube, Amazon U.S./U.K., Roku, Apple, Google, Samsung and more — NOVEMBER 7.
One benefit of a project taking a while to come out is you're so fucking ready, you're not really on pins and needles about reception. But I'm very proud of this, and I hope everyone who sees it will laugh, be touched and/or feel aroused in all the right places.
The scoop:
Seventeen years after the first film, Derek Magyar and Darryl Stephens are back as X and Andrew, and Jason Caceres joins as precocious Chayce. With a Y.
What I love about the new piece is it's got more issues to chew on, yet the performances drive it. Derek is still that James Dean lead, but gets to play a James Dean who has lived past young buckdom. Darryl is a wonderfully rich presence as Andrew, the voice of reason who just wants a normal life and relationship, but has chosen in X a highly complicated romeo.
Jason is hilarious as Chayce! His timing is impeccable!
Add to the big three a winning and revealing performance by Steve Grand, a tour de force by Ralph Cole Jr. that swings from broadly funny to moving, an all-in Doug Spearman and — because it's called Boy Culture but that isn't a requirement — a fabulous contribution by Dalila Ali Rajah.
I will remind you on November 7!
Dec
26
2020
ABOVE: Graffiti goodbye.
BELOW: Keep reading for a TV tryst, Nashville explosion news, the end (?) of Rush Limbaugh and more ...
Jason makes sound decisions ... (All images by Jason Caceres)
For those of you who supported my project Boy Culture: The Series on Kickstarter, here is a rare and long-overdue update: It's almost done!
Today, we laid down the crucial V.O. (a couple of lines the actors needed to re-do for clarity, and Derek Magyar's essential narration). Next, we are just tweaking music and graphics. So within the month of August, Boy Culture: The Series, which has long existed in a watchable form, but which needed all those finishing touches to make it ready to air, will be done.
More Pics, These from Q. Allan Brocka!
Next up: Pitching it to all the platforms you are thinking we will pitch it to.
Like I said, it is a polished product, so the hope is it will be scooped up and aired in a timely manner, rather than licensed and worked on more.
Safety first! (And people say you can't see smiles with masks ... )
In the meantime, here are some snaps from today's V.O. session by one of our leads, Jason Caceres, who plays a newly introduced character — Chayce, the twink you love to hate.
Stay tuned for good news when I have it, and yes, there are some minor spoilers in these pics if you squint ...
