SEX and Imagining
A woman picks up a man whose car has broken down on an isolated mountain road and an amazing night begins. By turns frightening, tender, and erotic, this feature film stars Sally Clawson and Chris Pflueger in the second C AND L experimental "chamber film". Also produced on stage, the script was hailed by the LA WEEKLY as "elegant yet mystifying . . . puts one in mind of vintage Hitchcock."
Written and Directed by JP Allen
Directors of Photography, KC Smith and Miles Montalbano
Produced by Liz Ross
Sound by Daniel Teixeira-Gomes
Songs and Music, John Dole and Precious Mud, Liz Ross
Executive Producers, Rick Rosenberg and Janis DeLucia Allen
READ article from SF360 (San Francisco Film Society)
SEX AND IMAGINING, A Feature Film
Drama / Mystery, 74 Minutes, Color and BW
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BACKGROUND STORIES
Like other C AND L films, SEX AND IMAGINING was controversial from the first public reading of the script. Does the story concern a perverse relationship or a deeply loving one? Is the relationship ever resolved or is it an unending mind game? The script was intended as both a play and a screenplay and has been performed on stage in NYC, LA and SF. As a film, it was intended as an experiment, an effort to create a "chamber film" that embodies the Chinese box labyrinth of the story. The internet success of this small experimental film was a surprise and also controversial because some viewers mistake it for pornography, and others struggle with whether it is a play or a film.