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Skin. Like. Sun. (2009; original title is Des Jours Plus Belles Que La Nuit) is Jennifer Lyon Bell's third film, which she collaborated on with Murielle Scherre. Filmed in near real time, Skin. Like. Sun. is an art hous'y sex film that lingers on the sweet and sexy slowness of sex. Stylistically, the film combines the strength of each filmmaker: the cinematic realism and fine eye for close-ups with texture of Jennifer and the indie rhythm and esthetics of D.J. and lingerie designer Murielle.
The film follows a real-life couple spending an afternoon having sex in the sun-washed rooms of an empty old house (the couple is also featured in Murielle's documentary styled shorts on her first porn film collection J'fais du porno et j'aime ça). Far from porny looking, the woman and man are attractive in their indie, tattooed, subtly sexy and emotionally naked way. And their mutual affection and chemistry emanate from the picture.
Originally the filmmakers' idea was to capture how sex looks like from her perspective, but in the end they realized that would detract from also capturing what she feels. And the film well captures his deeply felt adore for her in his eyes and caresses.
At about 55 minutes in length, the film is unique too for its focus on foreplay. It also captures that dizzying bubble of pleasure as the intensity soars and the couple lose themselves to the moment.
Skin. Like. Sun. was made upon invitation by the Belgian feminist festival Stout(ste) Dromen (Your wild(est) dreams) in Antwerp where it premiered in October 2009. The film had its international premiere during CineKink NYC in February 2010. Included as extra material on the DVD are interviews with the filmmakers and the performers sharing their views on feminism and what makes Skin. Like. Sun. a feminist film, in particular in how it captures mutual love and respect, and in how it focuses on her experience and what real unscripted sex is like for her, and for him. (The couple make sure to point out that it's not like their sex is always this slow and sweet; that they sometimes like it rough too! But that sweetness fit "the vibe of the moment" in a beautiful and relaxed sunlit space.) Skin. Like. Sun. is a unique viewing experience; it won the award for Best Direction at the Feminist Porn Awards (2010).
The film follows a real-life couple spending an afternoon having sex in the sun-washed rooms of an empty old house (the couple is also featured in Murielle's documentary styled shorts on her first porn film collection J'fais du porno et j'aime ça). Far from porny looking, the woman and man are attractive in their indie, tattooed, subtly sexy and emotionally naked way. And their mutual affection and chemistry emanate from the picture.
Originally the filmmakers' idea was to capture how sex looks like from her perspective, but in the end they realized that would detract from also capturing what she feels. And the film well captures his deeply felt adore for her in his eyes and caresses.
At about 55 minutes in length, the film is unique too for its focus on foreplay. It also captures that dizzying bubble of pleasure as the intensity soars and the couple lose themselves to the moment.
Skin. Like. Sun. was made upon invitation by the Belgian feminist festival Stout(ste) Dromen (Your wild(est) dreams) in Antwerp where it premiered in October 2009. The film had its international premiere during CineKink NYC in February 2010. Included as extra material on the DVD are interviews with the filmmakers and the performers sharing their views on feminism and what makes Skin. Like. Sun. a feminist film, in particular in how it captures mutual love and respect, and in how it focuses on her experience and what real unscripted sex is like for her, and for him. (The couple make sure to point out that it's not like their sex is always this slow and sweet; that they sometimes like it rough too! But that sweetness fit "the vibe of the moment" in a beautiful and relaxed sunlit space.) Skin. Like. Sun. is a unique viewing experience; it won the award for Best Direction at the Feminist Porn Awards (2010).
Erotic independent filmmaker Jennifer Lyon Bell's first film Headshot does in fact not show any explicit sex; yet its sexiness rises up into the frame from what the viewer doesn't actually see. A ten-minute short, Headshot (2006) literally shows a man from his shoulders up — as he's getting a blowjob. As Jennifer has explained, the point with this film is to show how it can be erotic not so much because of what you see, but because of what you do not see.
We hear a woman enter through a door, and the man briefly speaks with her before she kneels down in front of him. We only catch a glimpse of the back of her head. Then there's the sound of her sucking and pumping. But first and foremost the man's face is in full view and speaks to the viewer: the shivering contractions of his features, the expression in his eyes, his breath, moans, sighs; how his face shuts and opens when he comes, his big charming smiles afterward, and the look of WoW! that he radiates.
Headshot screened at Cannes Short Film Corner in 2006, and at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London in 2007 in conjunction with the above-mentioned Destricted project. Headshot won the award for Best Short Erotic Film at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival (2009).
Another unique viewing experience by Jennifer Lyon Bell.
We hear a woman enter through a door, and the man briefly speaks with her before she kneels down in front of him. We only catch a glimpse of the back of her head. Then there's the sound of her sucking and pumping. But first and foremost the man's face is in full view and speaks to the viewer: the shivering contractions of his features, the expression in his eyes, his breath, moans, sighs; how his face shuts and opens when he comes, his big charming smiles afterward, and the look of WoW! that he radiates.
Headshot screened at Cannes Short Film Corner in 2006, and at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London in 2007 in conjunction with the above-mentioned Destricted project. Headshot won the award for Best Short Erotic Film at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival (2009).
Another unique viewing experience by Jennifer Lyon Bell.
