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Mining the Porn Industry for Laughs: Interview with “The Auteur” Writer/Director James Westby (From indieWIRE - People. 30 January 2009, 12:47 PM, PST)
Mining the Porn Industry for Laughs: Interview with “The Auteur” Writer/Director James Westby
(From indieWIRE - People. 30 January 2009, 12:47 PM, PST)
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Very Funny - Westby's Best Film Yet more (2 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Melik Malkasian | ... | Arturo Domingo |
| Cara Seymour | ... | Doris |
| Tara Walker | ... | You're Such a Major Artist Girl |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Holie Barker | ... | Daffodil |
| Scott Bellomo | ... | John |
 | Cora Benesh | ... | Porn chick |
| John Breen | ... | Frank E. Normo |
| Sarah Burch | ... | Sarah - Autograph Girl |
| T.J. Civis | ... | Let's Get F**cked guy |
| Bryan Coffee | ... | Ripstein |
| Michael Fetters | ... | Friend |
| Katherine Flynn | ... | Fiona |
| Andrew Harris | ... | Ram Dick |
| D.K. Holm | ... | TV reviewer |
| Loren Hoskins | ... | Manny Davis |
| Hunter Jackson | ... | Sarnowski |
 | Ron Jeremy | ... | Himself |
| Tony Marcellino | ... | Bellhop Darren Blarney |
 | Victor Morris | ... | Joseph |
 | Katie O'Grady | ... | Front Desk Molly |
| Jacob Pander | ... | Documentary Narrator |
 | Ritah Parrish | ... | Mrs. Normo |
| Belle Suzanne Raymond | ... | Background artist |
 | Barry Seltzer | ... | Movie Viewer in theatre |
 | Gregory Paul Smith | ... | Party patron |
 | Gracie Starr | ... | Girl 2 |
 | Leslie Taylor | ... | Emily Leonard-Ritz |
| Robert Zorn | ... | Bartender |
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Caught this at the Cinema 21 in Portland, Oregon last week - and was knocked over by how funny it was.
James Westby continues to improve as filmmaker - delivering his most polished, unrepentant comedy yet. Melik Malkasian kicks in a strong performance as the veteran Spanish porn director Domingo - who parlays a retrospective of his classic films into a half-pickled, ego roller-coaster involving his estranged wife (Cara Seymour in a choice role) and his favorite male porn actor (John Breen).
Full of shameless pot-smoking, nudity and sex - Westby manages to push the trash envelope while keeping the script tight and intelligent. This one is full of choice zingers and great (sometimes uncomfortable) laughs. The audience I watched this with was howling all throughout - something I haven't seen in years. The vibe was a cross between John Waters and Judd Aptaow - shameless and sharp. At the same time, the film has a certain dramatic sweetness - as you watch Domingo struggle to recover his mojo, you start to root for him, despite his personal shortcomings.
Easily one of the funniest indie films in recent memory - and hopefully a harbinger of things to come from this team.