Destricted

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Destricted
Destricted FilmPoster.jpeg
Poster of the UK release
Directed by Marina Abramović
Matthew Barney
Marco Brambilla
Larry Clark
Gaspar Noé
Richard Prince
Sam Taylor-Wood
Marilyn Minter
Cecily Brown
Sante D'Orazio
Tunga
Written byMatthew Barney
Richard Prince
Sam Taylor-Wood
Produced byMel Agace
Fredrik Carlström
Mark Fletcher
Andrew Hale
Andrew Herwitz
Igor Kecman
Jelena Mitrović
Sigurjón Sighvatsson
Neville Wakefield
Starring see below
CinematographyAleksandar Ilić
Seamus McGarvey
Peter Strietmann
Eric Voake
Edited byAlex Blatt
Marco Brambilla
Akiko Iwakawa-Grieve
Michael D. Thomson
Music byJonathan Beblar
Andrew Hale
Matmos
Richard Prince
Production
company
Offhollywood Digital
Distributed byRevolver Entertainment
Release dates
  • January 2006 (2006-01)(Sundance)
  • 22 May 2006 (2006-05-22)(Cannes)
  • 15 September 2006 (2006-09-15)(UK)
  • 2 November 2010 (2010-11-02)(US)
Running time
112 minutes (UK version)
129 minutes (US version)
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

Destricted is a 2006 anthology film that explores the line where art and pornography intersect. The United Kingdom and United States film releases had overlapping but different short art-house erotic films. The film collection won awards at a range of international film festivals. [1]

Contents

Releases

The UK version released in 2006 runs at 114 minutes and includes seven short films: [2]

The US version (2010) runs at 129 minutes and includes eight shorts, four from the earlier plus four new ones: Marilyn Minter's Green Pink Caviar, Cecily Brown's Four Letter Heaven, Clark's Impaled, Noé's We Fuck Alone, Prince's House Call, Sante D'Orazio's Scratch This and Tunga's Cooking. [1] It excludes Balkan Erotic Epic, Sync and Death Valley.

Reception

Upon release Destricted received a negative to mixed reception from critics, on Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 17% out of 12 critics, with an average score of 4.80/10. [3]

Cast

Impaled
House Call
Hoist
Death Valley
We Fuck Alone

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References

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  3. "Destricted | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2024.