{"product_id":"kamikaze-hearts-blu-ray","title":"KAMIKAZE HEARTS [BLU-RAY]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA 2K restoration of Juliet Bashore’s celebrated queer quasi-documentary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAlternately distressing, instructive, contestable, and fascinating,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJuliet Bashore’s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003equasi-documentary plunge into the 1980s porn industry takes an unsparing look at issues of misogyny, drug abuse, and exploitation via the story of two women—the naive newcomer Tigr and her partner, the magnetic, imperious porn veteran Sharon Mitchell — caught in a toxic romance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBy turns mesmerizing and unsettling,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKamikaze Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis both a fascinating record of pre-gentrification San Francisco’s X-rated underground and an intense, searing love story. The film offers a disturbing glimpse of the modification of bodies, feelings, and lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ePresented in a new 2K restoration from the original 16mm A\/B camera negatives,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKamikaze Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas been restored by Kino Lorber in collaboration with the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project at the UCLA Film \u0026amp; Television Archive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eRestored in 2K from the original camera negative by Kino Lorber and the UCLA Film \u0026amp; Television Archive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eAudio commentary by director Juliet Bashore, actors Sharon Mitchell, Jon Martin and Howie Gordon, and performance artist Shelly Mars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrash\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(excerpt, 13 mins)): in 1990 Juliet Bashore workshopped a 'fictional' version of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKamikaze Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethrough the American Film Institute. This sketch is one of the outcomes from the AFI project\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eInterviews (2022, 173 mins): a selection of newly recorded interviews totalling almost three hours with Juliet Bashore, Sharon Mitchell , Annie Sprinkle \u0026amp; Beth Stephens, Susie Bright, Howie Gordon, Jon Martin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eVintage trailer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e2022 trailer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eEnglish subtitles for the Deaf and partial hearing (feature only)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46273379958958,"sku":"BFIB1482","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/kamikaze-hearts-Lime-Light-bd.jpg?v=1751295422","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/kamikaze-hearts-blu-ray","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}