书本马戏团 Circus of Books (2019)
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https://pan.quark.cn/s/2dc245862638
导演: 瑞秋·梅森
主演: Karen Mason / Barry Mason / 瑞秋·梅森 / Josh Mason / Micah Mason / 更多…
类型: 纪录片 / 同性
制片国家/地区: 美国
语言: 英语
上映日期: 2019-04-26(美国)
片长: 92分钟
又名: 书简乐园 / 书之马戏团
IMDb: tt8727582
剧情简介
1976 年，卡伦・梅森与巴里・梅森夫妇陷入生计困境，为了支撑起年幼的家庭，二人留意到了《洛杉矶时报》上的一则广告 —— 拉里・弗林特正在为《皮条客》杂志招募分销商。本以为只是一份临时副业，未曾想，在接手了当地一家名为 “奇趣书屋” 的店铺后，他们竟彻底融入了同性恋群体。十年之后，这家小店让他们成了全美国最大的同性恋色情读物经销商。
这部纪录片聚焦于夫妇二人的双面人生：在同性恋文化远未被社会接纳的年代，他们竭力在父母的身份与这份特殊的营生之间寻求平衡。一路走来，他们面临重重挑战 —— 不仅因一项联邦淫秽物品指控险遭牢狱之灾，还要在艾滋病危机最严峻的时期，竭力让自家店铺成为一方庇护之所。
《奇趣书屋》以独特视角，揭开了一段尘封的同性恋群体历史往事。而讲述这段故事的，正是店主的女儿 —— 身兼艺术家、导演与音乐人多重身份的蕾切尔・梅森。
In 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los Angeles Times. Larry Flynt was seeking distributors for Hustler Magazine. What was expected to be a brief sideline led to their becoming fully immersed in the LGBT community as they took over a local store, Circus of Books. A decade later, they had become the biggest distributors of gay porn in the US.
The film focuses on the double life they led, trying to maintain the balance of being parents at a time when LGBT culture was not yet accepted. Their many challenges included facing jail time for a federal obscenity prosecution and enabling their store to be a place of refuge at the height of the AIDS crisis.
Circus of Books offers a rare glimpse into an untold chapter of queer history, and it is told through the lense of the owners’ own daughter, Rachel Mason, an artist, filmmaker and musician.
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