BareFor his full-length documentary debut, Aleksandr M. Vinogradov set out to capture the makings and inner-workings of Anime Ardens, an all-nude, all-male dance piece by avant-garde Belgian choreographer Thierry Smits.
Vinogradov opts to show everything leading up to but not including the actual finished performance and the result is a stunning and original 90-minute film exploring concepts of masculinity, from male sexuality to male bonding, power, and voyeurism in a way that is far more artful and evocative than sexual and erotic.
Bare is as pleasing to the eye as it is provocative to the mind.DOC NYC, billed as America’s largest documentary film festival, offers a virtual screening of Bare as part of this year’s 11th edition, which.
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