Toldinthreeparts,PatrickCarpenter’s“TheIrregularityofthetearing”isathreepartcine-diaryonintimacy,sensualityanddesire.Partone,“GodisaDog”(2004)isshotonSuper8andconfrontsthefilmmakersremembrancesofchildhoodmemoriesandhowtheyinteractwithhisadultloveencounters.Sectiontwo,“Les9mardis”(The9Tuesdays)(2005)dealswiththeabsurdityofthepassageoftime.Timethatreopensandclosespastwounds,timetheprovidesthecouragetocontinue.Thefinalinstallmentistheawardwinning“Combat”(2006).Thetaleoftwoyoungmenbothdeeplyinlovewhocanonlyexpresstheirfeelingsthroughactsofphysicalviolencecommitteduponeachother.Fullmoonsandlushforestsframethisdeeplyfeltandmovinglovestorybetweentwobeautiful,youthfulmen.Initsentirety,“Combat”leavestheviewerwithasenseofwonderandawewhilecontemplatingthetruemeaningoflove.---REVIEWOneofthemostintriguingaspectsofgaymalesexuality--andtheoneexploredhere--istheabsenceand\/orreplacementoftheiconicdominant-submissiverelationshipourculturehasgottensousedto.Combatoffersacoupleofinterestingobservationsonthesubject:masochismisinstilledearlyhomosexualdevelopment(asenseofinferiorityandfearisstampedontheleadcharacterfromage14whenheisbeatenupbyacouplekids&toldbyhismotherthatheshouldhavefoughtback),andthatpainelevatedtoaformofsexualarousalsimultaneouslyservesasasourceofindulgenceandpenitence(whiletheyhavereplacedgenitalarousalwithbodilydamage&seemtoenjoyit,theyoungercharacterassertsattheend:\"Ifeelgoodwithyou.Imean,notguilty.\"It'ssimultaneouslyastatementaboutloveconqueringadeep-seededhomosexualguiltcomplexandaconfessionthatthisviolence,whichhisloverreferstoas\"punishment,\"isasoul-cleansingact.)Themovieisoccasionallybeautiful(theirskininthemorninglightmakesthemlooklikecorpses,whichisthematicallycompelling),occasionallygharish(theredstormcloudshavegottogo),andoccasionallyclichéd(thedirector'suseofhand-heldcamerastoincreasethe\"visceral\"qualityofitsmoreviolentscenesissomethingoutofafreshmanfilmclass).Nevertheless,theseobservationsaside,Ihaveamajorcomplaint:sincethemoviehasnointerestincharacterandexaminesitsparticularbreedofsexualitythroughpeoplewhoarenomorethan\"types,\"itisimpossibletobecomeemotionallyinvolved.ThatisnotusuallysomethingIcareabout,butthedirectorclearlyWANTSustobeemotionallyinvolved:theagonizinglyseriousvoice-overisWAYoverthetop.--NoelleReilly
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