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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Hump "Winning HUMP! also felt like the completion of a weird and beautiful circle."

Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM

Lynn Shelton talks with indieWIRE about the DVD release of Humpday and making a film for HUMP! 5. Shelton's HUMP! contribution—audience favorite Beyond Gay—can be viewed now at indieWIRE.

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That was funny, but now I need some hand sanitizer.

Posted by Smartypants on November 17, 2009 at 12:52 PM

This was my favorite as well. But by people seeing this movie it is going to spoil the whole mystique about HUMP that is created by those who don't even attend and think that the festival is just hardcore porn for perv's. When actually almost every movie is humorous in some way and many have no nudity at all. It's more like a "sick-and-twisted" than a porn festival. It may make it even harder to get tickets next year.

Posted by Bill W.

on November 17, 2009 at 1:21 PM

YAY for this video being posted, because as I whined before it wasn't shown at the screening I attended in pdx.

Posted by Mattini on November 17, 2009 at 1:25 PM

it was ok...there were better/funnier/sexier movies at Hump.

Posted by michael strangeways

on November 17, 2009 at 2:40 PM

neat. I didn't realize that Shelton's entry would have been eligible.

Posted by josh

on November 17, 2009 at 2:56 PM

If it wasn't shown in Portland, that makes it that much more impressive that it won without the PDX votes... either that, or shenanigans are afoot!

Posted by UNPAID COMMENTER on November 17, 2009 at 3:11 PM

I call shenanigans. It wasn't even that funny. Chuckle worthy, sure. But funny like Dance Belt, Sex Moves 101 or the Larry King video? Absolutely not.

Posted by Etherite on November 17, 2009 at 4:22 PM

I think it was lame that a pro film maker not only was included in this amateur festival, but even included in the options for voting. It could have been shown as exhibition at the beginning and not included on the voting sheet. Also it was just a rehash of last years winner in many ways. Boo.

Posted by zephsright on November 17, 2009 at 4:59 PM

You had to see this film with an audience to appreciate how funny it was -- it killed.

We've had films from pros before -- professional local pornographer Rodney Moore has had films in HUMP!, and people have used professional porn actors in the past. Which is why we call it "amateur and locally-produced porn," not just "amateur porn."

Two films weren't shown at one of the Friday night screenings in PDX -- they got skipped over, due to a technical accident. It didn't effect the final vote -- the winners were so far out in front that losing votes didn't impact them or change the outcomes in the first, second, or third place standings.

We save all the ballots every year from HUMP! -- all 6K of them this year. Anyone wants to come in and do a recount is welcome to come in and do a recount. Counting the ballots took four people three days.

Posted by Dan Savage on November 17, 2009 at 5:47 PM