Product Details

• Actors: Ricky Sinz, Joe Rubin, Happy Dave, Martin Aistrope
• Directors: Toby Ross
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Hornbill/BDF
• DVD Release Date: January 31, 2008
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001IJ2VCW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,493 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Live For Sex Die For Love" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unique, offbeat, and original, July 20, 2009

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Brad Paulson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live For Sex Die For Love (DVD)

LIVE FOR SEX, DIE FOR LOVE marks Toby Ross' divergence from the lighter comedies he's been producing over the past few years into much darker and arthouse-esque territory. Ostensibly an erotically charged melodrama about two pseudo-homeless hustlers, directors Toby Ross and Joe Rubin seem to be trying for something more complex and intelligent than standard "erotica." Of course, some explicit sex scenes and amply nudity from porn-star Ricky Sinz certainly add to the viewing experience, but the movie holds its own and is actually rather clever in its cinema-verite stylings.

Clearly shot on a very low budget, directors Ross and Rubin make the most of their resources and lead actor Thorne Brandt is both talented and very cute (in a scruffy and homeless sort of way). However, the reason I ordered this movies is because I knew, after seeing a couple of Ross' other films, that his work is designed to, as he so eleqnetly states on the commentary track, "give your brain a hard on" and I was curious to how it worked in a non-comedic vehicle. It works better than ever before; from the naked very hard shots of Ricky Sinz performing in front of the cock hungry perverts in seedy sex club, to the incredible fast inter-cuts between protagonist Thorne eating a spam sandwich and a gluttonous oral scene between two desperate men.

Additionally, this proto-porn noir has one of the largest penises I've ever seen on film, in a subplot which involves a presumably married man who cruises a trashy booksore looking for sleazy hook-ups. This footage (which makes up a mere 10% of the movie, and is actually worked in via a rather clever "film within a film" type device with security monitors), originates from the long unavailable and acclaimed Toby Ross feature, I LIVE FOR SEX, and it's a treat to see some of the most interesting and erotic moments of that hard to find film present here.

There's also something very genuine about the actors, almost as if they were playing themselves. Especially powerful is a scene between Thorne and a lonely middle aged man, who is willing to be robbed and humiliated for the pretense of affection. Ross and Rubin seem to be driving home the point that we live in an unforgivingly cold and alienating world, where human contact is reduced to a commodity and one bad decision can destroy you forever. Despite some technical flaws, LIVE FOR SEX, DIE FOR LOVE is easily of the most unique and offbeat recent gay themed films to be released on DVD, and definitely one of the most erotic.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One star only because negative stars aren't possible, July 18, 2009

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S. Gilmore "Seeker" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live For Sex Die For Love (DVD)

Easily one of the worst films I've ever seen, this essentially plotless vanity project causes you to ponder all of the synonyms for "bad". I'm somewhat an aficionado of cult and offbeat films because I'm interested in diverse points of view, but the question I couldn't answer during or after viewing "Live For Sex Die For Love" was, "what the hell is the point?". A "bonus" interview with the teenaged director (and lead "actor") included on the DVD gives a bit of insight: this film is basically a combination of a failed Toby Ross 1995 porn short married with recently-videotaped "filler" (the director's word, not mine). Poorly lit, the video footage is frequently off-frame, out-of-focus, and weirdly angled, in what I charitably imagine was an attempt at cinema verité but which quickly becomes tiresome, distracting and annoying. Add silly "performances" and a noticeable (and not in a good way) soundtrack, and this is the result. And as bad a result as it is, watch the deleted scenes "bonus" included on the video and you'll quickly understand just how much worse it could have been. Truly mind-boggling.

Advice to those involved in this project: if you have any real aspirations for a future in filmmaking, remove this turkey from your C.V.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shortbus only Better, December 10, 2009

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Bob (Flint, Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live For Sex Die For Love (DVD)

took me a minute to get into this one, it's dark and edgy, but the story is great