AMSTERDAM—Kali Sudhra and Bishop Black star in featurette "Wild Card," the newest offering from indie studio Blue Artichoke Films and founder/director Jennifer Lyon Bell.
Available now exclusively on the Blue Artichoke platform, the improvisational "Wild Card" depicts its two players engaging in an erotic card game. Explains a company synopsis, "Hidden around the room are playing cards, each revealing a surprising nonsexual body part, like 'elbow.' Together the two must devise experiments around the cards, and they creatively explore sensation with shared warmth and good humor. Their collaborations grow more daring, and the heat builds between them."
“I wanted to show that great sex is truly a shared improvisation, not a fixed menu: Every moment being a surprise, not knowing exactly what will happen next," Bell said. "Through this simple card game, I could divert the actors’ attention away from the typical sexual script. I wanted their improvisation to encourage them to experiment and communicate about other bodily sensations while engaging with the game.”
Additionally noted the director, “As a culture we still lack the vocabulary to defy the 'typical sexual script.' We generally assume sex consists of the same handful of acts always in the same order. So many people feel isolated and alone because they fear that something is wrong with them. Little do they know that so many other people feel just the same, for no reason! The script is what’s broken, not us.”
Through her studio, Bell creates fiction, documentary and experimental projects that try to challenge the idea that adult cinema is a simple registration of bodies and sex acts. In order to re-create the full experience of being aroused and having sex, Bell aims to arouse sympathy between the audience and the characters as she carefully selects facial reaction shots so we can “read” how the performers feel, allowing a little bit of genuine human awkwardness between them to shine through.
"Wild Card" is a follow-up to 2018's "Adorn," about another sort of erotic game between a different couple.
To view the trailer for "Wild Card," click here.
For more information, visit BlueArtichokeFilms.com.
