Anatomy of a Love Seen (2014)

Anatomy of a Love Seen: Directed by Marina Rice Bader. With Sharon Hinnendael, Jill Evyn, Constance Brenneman, Marina Rice Bader. Two young actresses fall in love with each other while filming a lesbian love scene, then break up months later, and then are forced to reunite in order to re-shoot the love scene for the movie’s distribution.

“This movie has a great idea in that it is supposed to be about two young actresses who fall in love for real when they play as lovers in a movie. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut that is not what is advertised. Instead we are told that it is the lesbian love scene itself that actually turns them into lovers. It was why I was reluctant to go and watch. To make the most of the advertised sex scene the movie opens with the scene itself and it is on the cover and in the trailers. Yes, we are promised a hot spicy lesbian love scene that will turn two women into lovers. Two scenes even, for the movie is actually about a reshoot of the first scene. And the effect is more or less the same. You see, that is what lesbian sex does to girls. Perhaps even to straight girls? Parents protect your daughters!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat would be next is a guy who will tell them that a real guy(he himself) will turn them into straight girls again because all they need is some good straight hanky panky to make them see the error of their ways. It never hurts to have a good old straight shag to fix things.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe problem however isnu0026#39;t this misused promise of a lesbian sex scene, but the incredibly slow pace of the movie. You see, the two lovers had a falling out, but darn now they have to reshoot that particular scene! Drama ensues… very slowly. Very very slowly.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt could have been a great movie, but instead we get long slow scenes in which the crew is followed setting up for the scene where such things are discussed as why the wall is missing or that the movie needs to be less heavy. It was probably interesting for the movie crew to see themselves in action but I found it irrelevant for the story and boring to boot. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEven worse however is the bemoanings and recriminations of the two actresses. Like little spoiled brats they have to be talked to by the director all the time to get them to do the bleeding scene. But no, their interpersonal struggles cannot be set aside but have to be addressed and solved right there and then by the director turned relations councilor. Of course, none of the actresses ever thought of taking a friend or otherwise trusted person with them or deal with the thing in a professional or grownup manner. No, no no. We have to see this drama unfold.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you like very slow drama that has people bemoaning their plight, this is the movie for you. If you instead had hoped to see a movie about a lesbian relation that develops with itu0026#39;s up and downs, as was promised, you might be disappointed by the result. It would have been great to allow people some insight and understanding of lesbians, but this isnu0026#39;t that movie. In fact it wouldnu0026#39;t have interested anyone if this love scene had been a straight one. Making a love scene lesbian does not make a movie less boring or better.”