VIDEO OF THE WEEK
101 Rent Boys: Uncut (2000, Unrated)
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Directors: Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey
Cinemax originally aired this indie festival favorite from documentarians Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey (Eyes of Tammy Faye, Party Boys) featuring two years worth of interviews with 101 male hustlers on the West Coast's notorious Santa Monica Boulevard. Paid $50 each (the payment of which is carefully documented), the hustlers lounge on cheap motel beds and share their hopes, dreams, loves and losses, revealing stories more crushingly depressing than they are titillating (though the uncut DVD offers a little more of the latter). DVD Extras: Directors' commentary; additional footage.