Taking its lead from the day's headlines, Dark Alley Media's Gaytanamo promises to be "both sexually explosive and politically charged as a humorous parody of the Bush administration's questionable policies in dealing with prisoners of war and suspects," according to Martyn Dunn, publicist for Dark Alley. The official release date for Gaytanamo is April 5.
"I challenged myself to incorporate as many narrative elements that you'd see in a mainstream feature film," said Matthias von Fistenberg, who directed Gaytanamo. "On one level, the movie's purely visual. I wanted to portray dynamic sex, with an unapologetic depiction of violent kidnapping, torture and interrogation.
"Gaytanamo's storyline refers loosely to the war in Iraq," von Fistenberg continued, "and the manner in which our government gains power by instigating fear in society. This fear blinds the public and allows the government to establish laws that strip away privacy and allow for secret prosecutions and incarcerations."
A trained musician, von Fistenberg used Dmitri Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony as the score for Gaytanamo. "Music can add a whole new world of expression, and it's an organic part of feature films," said Fistenberg. "Why shouldn't we use it in porn?"
While von Fistenberg admitted that people will watch Gaytanamo to see the "hot sex that Dark Alley is known for," he hoped that they would also see "the joyful parody as having a deeper meaning that can be discovered behind a facade of grandeur and beauty."
