Hustler White

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Hustler White
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Rick Castro
Bruce LaBruce
Written byRick Castro
Bruce LaBruce
Starring Tony Ward
Bruce LaBruce
CinematographyJames Carman
Edited by Rider Siphron
Distributed by Strand Releasing, ICA
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
79 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000 [1]

Hustler White is a 1996 satirical black comedy film written and directed by Rick Castro and Bruce LaBruce. Starring Tony Ward and LaBruce, the film follows a group of hustlers and their customers on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.

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In a plot reminiscent of Sunset Boulevard , Hustler White transposes the action from the silver screen's old movie backlots to contemporary male prostitution and the porn industry. Castro cast real male hustlers and models he had previously worked with, including Ward. [1] [2] They also used the hustlers' homes (and other cast members' including Ron Athey's house in Silver Lake Hills) as location spots for filming. [1]

Portions of the film appear in the music video for "Misogyny" a track by Canadian rock band Rusty which appeared on MuchMusic and Musique Plus in the 1990s. [3] [4]

Synopsis

Montgomery "Monti" Ward, a male hustler in Los Angeles, is found dead in a hot tub. In a voiceover, Monti narrates the events that led to this fate.

Sometime earlier, Monti steals the wallet of one of his tricks, and in his haste fleeing the scene commits a hit and run that cripples a fellow hustler named Eigil. Monti's bloodied tank top is recovered by Jürgen Anger, a writer conducting research for a book on gay prostitution and pornography. Jürgen becomes infatuated with Monti, and pursues him across the city. His pursuit is interspersed with the stories of various other hustlers, johns, and pornographers in the city, including a coroner with a mummification fetish and a white hustler hired to participate in an all-black gang bang.

Monti ultimately agrees to act as Jürgen's guide, and takes him to various locations in Hollywood's gay cruising and hustling scenes. They end up at Jürgen's apartment, where Monti slips on a bar of soap and knocks his head against the side of his hot tub. Believing that Monti is dead, Jürgen brings him to the beach to dump his body in the ocean, but Monti wakes up. The two kiss and run hand-in-hand down the beach.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Dominic Johnson (Editor) Pleading in the Blood: The Art and Performances of Ron Athey , p. 118, at Google Books
  2. ↑ Glyn Davis Far from Heaven (2011) , p. 27, at Google Books
  3. ↑ Salerno, Rob (26 March 2013). "Daily CanCon: "Misogyny" by Rusty — an odd outpost of queerness in Grunge rock". Exit Upstage. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Gormely, Ian. "Rusty Return with Their First Album in 20 Years". 29 June 2018. exclaim.ca. Retrieved 22 October 2018.


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