Shelter
"Sometimes the life you have isn't the one you want. Here! Films presents a story about searching for love, discovering yourself, and finding Shelter."
So I've fallen in love with this movie called "Shelter". It's about this character Zach who's working through the issues with his family and school. He's also falling in love with his best friend's brother. It was good. It had simply sweet scenes and really good music. I liked the movie, but I loved it after reading what the writer/director Jonah Markowitz wrote.
"To keep this story accessible, I wanted to make sure that the characters were struggling with more than just their sexuality. I wanted Shelter to be about identity and family. We live in a time when many of us leave our families, move far away, and create new ones. These created families are just as important in forming our identities as the ones we are born with. I wanted to show that if you can create love, you can create family, and become comfortable with who you are."
... and later continued with...
"Shelter is a story about people - not gay people - just people. It’s not a gay story, but a story about an ideal relationship born from a less than ideal situation. During casting, it was important to me that the cast valued this as much as I did. Both of the leads are straight. Instead of trying to sum up the experience of being gay, we simply focused on intimacy. We talked about what it felt like to stay in bed with someone all day - how rare and desirable it is, how fleeting it can be, and how much it can hurt when it’s gone. I really respect that both Trevor and Brad were able to see that it didn’t need to be any more complicated than this. This allowed them to approach the decisions their characters made from a genuine and personal place."
http://www.heretv.com/sheltermovie/
I love Jonah's words "I wanted to show that if you can create love, you can create family, and become comfortable with who you are." It sums up exactly what most people are searching for; love and acceptance from others and themselves.
So I've fallen in love with this movie called "Shelter". It's about this character Zach who's working through the issues with his family and school. He's also falling in love with his best friend's brother. It was good. It had simply sweet scenes and really good music. I liked the movie, but I loved it after reading what the writer/director Jonah Markowitz wrote.
"To keep this story accessible, I wanted to make sure that the characters were struggling with more than just their sexuality. I wanted Shelter to be about identity and family. We live in a time when many of us leave our families, move far away, and create new ones. These created families are just as important in forming our identities as the ones we are born with. I wanted to show that if you can create love, you can create family, and become comfortable with who you are."
... and later continued with...
"Shelter is a story about people - not gay people - just people. It’s not a gay story, but a story about an ideal relationship born from a less than ideal situation. During casting, it was important to me that the cast valued this as much as I did. Both of the leads are straight. Instead of trying to sum up the experience of being gay, we simply focused on intimacy. We talked about what it felt like to stay in bed with someone all day - how rare and desirable it is, how fleeting it can be, and how much it can hurt when it’s gone. I really respect that both Trevor and Brad were able to see that it didn’t need to be any more complicated than this. This allowed them to approach the decisions their characters made from a genuine and personal place."
http://www.heretv.com/sheltermovie/
I love Jonah's words "I wanted to show that if you can create love, you can create family, and become comfortable with who you are." It sums up exactly what most people are searching for; love and acceptance from others and themselves.