Imagine Woody Allen with gay threesomes and and remote-controlled egg vibrators: with his groundbreaking second film, John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) recognizes hardcore sex as the logical extension of the comedy of sexual manners. Shortbus is certainly not the first movie in which neurotic New Yorkers talk endlessly about sex and art, but it's the first in which the actors engage in more than just talk, on screen. Read why Jürgen thinks that the lusty romp has the potential to become a watershed movie. Shortbus opens Wednesday in New York, Friday in L.A. and San Francisco, and expands to more cities on October 13.

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