Offscreen Notes
Phone Sex
The documentary genre continues to be one of the hottest around, and its definition and meaning continually stretched and manipulated. A recent example is Phone Sex, directed by Steve Balderson, whose previous three films were two quirky and compelling indie narratives, Pep Squad and Firecracker and the documentary on the making of the latter film, Wamengo: Making Movies Anywhere. Phone Sex is a unique pop art styled collage of image and sound, structured around the question, “What is Sexy?” Phone recorded messages of people responding to Balderson’s open ended question are accompanied by images which range from literal to figurative. Can we say this film is sexy? One thing is certain, the documentary is. Phone Sex is slated for release on Dec. 5, 2006.
