The Adonis Factor: In Demand & “On Demand”

May 27, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · 6 Comments

Recently, I wrote about

a documentary about body issues among gay men*
in which I appear.

*[ I'll do us all a favor & skip my Queers-vs-Gays diatribe ; sound like a deal? ]

Well, as it turns out. . .

At Both The Right Time [ Your Leisure ]
& Price [ Free ] ,

an [ edited ] version is available for your on-line viewing

☆— Embed Source : Logo TV —☆

UNLIKE THAT ENGORGED NIP BLINKING A MESSAGE OF
“TOUCH ME/TWEAK ME/C’MON FREAK ME, BABY” IN [ WH ]ORSE CODE

The Following Info? Bitch, Don’t Get It Twisted. . .

Said another way?

No, I’m not providing marked time codes as any sort of encouragement to
“just fast-forward to [my] section.” If I were that much of an egomaniac,
I’d have—oh, I don’t know—assaulted you countless times via Facebook
messages [ HATE. THOSE! ] & event invites for The Adonis Factor‘s
4 pm time slot among the airwaves, this Sunday past. . .

On the contrary, the [ forthcoming ] digits have been designated
for those who might be skimming this text &—at the moment—have but a few minutes to spare.

IN SUCH AN INSTANCE, HOWEVER, THE IDEA
IS THAT YOU’LL RETURN WHEN CHANCE PRESENTS.

Not only am I grateful to have been chosen as an interviewee for this film with such timely subject matter,
but I also want to formally express my thanks to the scribes who’ve included me in reviews :
those in which I’m mentioned by name or [ somewhat ] reasonable facsimilie ,
as well as references to me by archetype, regardless of phrasing.

All the clichés about “the ugly side of being beautiful,” a director’s “unflinching gaze” [ homophone much? ] :
they’re all applicable—as are the strong reactions Hines’ investigation provokes.

[ one example ] :

“‘If you’re gonna be gay, you’re just gonna have to experience the wrath of the A crowd,’
one perfect 10 in search of an 11 attests.

Some of us are just too allergic to house music to hazard that . . .”

quips Dennis Harvey, in his review ”Get Thee To The Gym”
for the San Francisco Bay Guardian

He continues :

“Whoever said opposites attract clearly never went to the Folsom Street Fair, where every body type
runs in packs of two (or several). Sure, mom said looks aren’t everything. But was she a gay man?
It’s brutal out there. Combine a sophisticated, compartmentalized urban gay scene
like San Francisco’s own with the Internet’s heightened judging-book-by-cover —
no actual book reading implied — and you’ve got a recipe for looks obsessiveness
that can snare even the safely off-market.”

To which filmmaker Christopher Hines counters, via
interview with Edge New York :

“The point of the film is that we’re men. We’re not going to hold hands and sing ’Kumbaya’
and just all be nice to each other.”

Touché, Mssr. Hines. . . Touché!

That being stated, my Q & A [ conducted on a sweltering summer afternoon, sans the luxury
of air conditioning—hence the Yes-I-Know-I-Could-Moonlight-at-KFC, Honey /
Ain't-No-Need-To-Mention-My-Mug-Being-Beyond-"Dewy" look ]

is nestled within the

25:17 — 28:37

time frame.

If you can survive the commercials
[ we're all impatient, so don't even consider visiting that territory—
same as the unedited, 30 minute longer version with extras:
convenience is a privilege, not a 'right' ]

You’ll see

Behind-The-Scenes Footage from a Mother-Of-London Photo Shoot

featuring make-up artist Stacey Hummell, Design Assistant Marion Clinton
& The Mother Herselfness, Mildred Von Hildegard
* a.k.a. Miss Camera-Shy, Hair Dyed The Color Of Corroded Metal

— as well as —
the photography of
[ listed in order of appearance ] :

[ From The L.A. Weekly : Red Cross, Blue Liz McGrath Sculpture/Background ] : Kevin Scanlon

[ Red Not Dead : On Location, Filming of POX ] : Piper Ferguson

[ From Frontiers Newsmagazine : Green Hat, Turkey-Bone Bouquet by Adele Mildred ] : Amanda Brooks

» Sequence Break : My ‘Lower-Third’/Establishing Shot/Intro «

[ Putting The "Gay" In "Geisha" ] : Amber Gray

[ Screen Test for A Pilot Without Fuel ] : Suren Seron

[ Two Childhood Shots ] : Nada Clue

[ Black & White/Bleached Hair/Posin' At The Boneyard ] : Jennifer Roberts

[ Hustler Pink Handprint/Does-This-Look-Like-A-Hotbed-Of-Mental-Health? ] : Dirk Mai

[ Blue Heart-Shaped Face; "Daytime Casual" Shoulder Mirrors ] : Austin Young

[ On The Rooftop, Red Jewelry/My Forehead ] : Nick Bohn

[ Sepia-Tinged Dapperification ] : Lotus Josephine

[ with Audrey Kitching, Two Consecutive Images ] : Dirk Mai

[ Los Diablos' "Darling, I Can't Be Bothered" Beautification Regimen,
Featuring Deadlee & Jillian Lauren ] : Jon Wasserman

[ With Audrey Kitching & Linda Strawberry ] : Nhat Nguyen

[ Two Consecutive Lipstick Prophets Catalog Shots ] : Dirk Mai

[ Black & White/'Mean-As-Sweeney-Todd' ] : Eric Kroll

[ From Secret magazine : White Top Hat, Two Consecutive Black & White Images,
One Thistle Harlequin ] : Andrea Ferrante

[ Final Photo : Fully Face-Beat, Mother of London, Tricked-The-F-Bomb-Out ] : Dirk Mai

☆ ★ ☆ The Adonis Factor Airs Again ☆ ★ ☆
on Tuesday, May 31st at 8 a.m. via Some Cable Providers/10 a.m. via Others

For more information, visit the Official Website ,
stream the uncensored/unedited version via Netflix ,
or—you know, like, purchase The DVD

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Saturday Night: I’ll Be Bouncing Off The Satellites, Into Your Living Rooms

April 2, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · 2 Comments

…or wherever it is the telly’s located.
[ Assuming, that is, that you own one! ]

&
jumping right in on that tip

[ the one by which I'm putting the ass in "assumption," yes ]

I dare say:
perhaps you recognize the following image, credited to a certain ‘Dirk Mai‘

[ Make-Up by Stacey Hummell ]

Yeah, you know, the one in which I’m all gussied-up in the grand regalia of Mildred von Hildegard’s
highly-coveted [ & oft-imitated ] line of conceptual bespoke brilliance
known as ‘Mother of London‘
[ ...? ]

Well,
the photo shoot was captured on film—
namely, the latest documentary by Christopher Hines
entitled

[ pictured: musician & model Quentin Elias ]

The Adonis Factor

After a wildly successful round
in the festival circuit,
it’s slotted to premiere at 8 PM

tonight

on MTV Network’s Logo

Synopsis:

“Chiseled bodies, flawless skin, sculpted jawlines. At a time when popular culture objectifies men
more than ever, it’s hard for them to avoid the pressure to possess such physical traits.
In his follow-up to The Butch Factor, director Christopher Hines exposes how far
some will go to attain the ‘Adonis Factor’—the kind of god-like
masculine beauty only seen in ancient Greek sculptures.

Hines takes viewers on an eye-opening journey through circuit parties, gay porn, and [ AHEM! ]
avant-garde fashion photo shoots, all of which promote their own kinds of idealized physiques.
By capturing a diverse range of voices—from those who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of
mainstream male beauty, to those who openly spurn it—The Adonis Factor ultimately
poses the question: does a man’s fixation on body image make him any happier?”

[ via Breaking Glass distribution ]

Promotional Trailer:

[ Purchase : DVD ]

What
T H E Y Say :

“More than ever, we live in a body conscious world, one where images of the male body are targeted at you
24/7. No wonder then that many men, both gay and straight, find themselves unhappy with their body
image, opting to go to various lengths, some extreme, in the pursuit of their ideal of physical perfection.

Yet in an increasingly superficial society, one where your look may well shape, if not define you, is this
any surprise? Indeed as one participant in this thought-provoking documentary from writer, producer
and director Christopher Hines put it, “how I look has made my experience of being a gay man, the
better” and here cue more parties, more sex, more friends. Yet life is a lot more complicated, as
Hines sets out to show, along the way taking into account the thoughts of dermatologists,
doctors, psychologists and sexologists, to plastic surgeons kept busy with never-ending
requests for face lifts to pec implants.

Yet whilst surgically enhanced male beauty comes with a price tag attached to it, others things in life
arrive with alarming side effects. For here Hines charts not just the use of illegal growth hormones
and steroid abuse, but shocking slimming disorders that see twink styled teens resorting to aerobic
bulimia, literally working off everything they eat, as opposed to throwing the calories up, just to
stay thin beyond thin. All of which brings to mind the question of what has society become,
when the pressure to fit in results with many playing Russian Roulette with their health?”

[ In Conclusion ]

“Filled with more buffed-to-perfection muscular studs than what you can shake a waxing strip at…” [ L O V E ! ]
Hines “deliver[s] an eye-opening insight into the yin and yang of the gay world.”

[ David Hall, Gay Celluloid ]

&
Hey ma!
C H E C K I T O U T

One that mentions me,
e v e n :

“…Willowy model Clint Catalyst (with a marvelous makeup sequence that magically employs
loose chains and spray paint to conjure up a compelling cover visage) has moved miles away
from the persecution of small-town bigotry to moulding his admiration for the likes of
David Bowie into a personal statement that can be truly savoured.

By journey’s end, there is much hope that the queer amongst us will be accepted first by themselves, then
by their peers and finally by the world at large. As commentator-comedian Bruce Vilanch points out,
the ultimate male physique has been deified and envied since the original Olympics,
where competitors never had to struggle into skimpy spandex.”

[ James Wegg Review ]

[ Laughter over the thought of me in spandex; fond affections for the JWR—ditto, Canadians in general ]

& with
Full Disclosure
of the Short Notice
Given:

The Adonis Factor Airs Again
☆ ★ ☆ on Tuesday, April 5th at 11:30 A.M. [ Eastern Standard Time ] ☆ ★ ☆

[ schedule/listing ]

[ model/actor Anderson Davis , one of the film's interview subjects ]

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“When Is An Ice Cream Truck NOT An Ice Cream Truck?”

March 25, 2011 by Clint Catalyst · 6 Comments

“…When it’s run by this dude”:

“A Drug-Dealing ‘Mr. Freeze’”

[ on ]

Segment: “Ice Fiend Man” from Episode 320
[ Watch Full Episode : Better Them Than Us ]

N E X T A I R D A T E :

Tuesday, April 12
at
12:30 A.M.

Synopsis:
“A billionaire bottoms out; it’s hard out there for a Russian pimp; gang bangers play doctor;
a pyromaniac gets burned; an ice cream man gets iced; a bad actor needs a hand;
a Greek gets his brass handed to him.”

About The Series:
“1000 Ways To Die showcases some of the most outrageously true stories about those who succumbed to
the Grim Reaper in the most unorthodox stories.”

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Ramzi Abed’s NOIRLAND: “Behind-The-Scenes” or “Making a Scene”?

July 1, 2010 by Clint Catalyst · 2 Comments

Whichever/Whatever the case, one thing is most certain (indeed…indeed!)

My attempt to maneuver around four-letter words is more a rough-hewn Scotch tape-&-staple job of
“edits” than it is some mad profesh, seamless-as-a-pair-of-Cervin Paris Rive Gauche
silk-stockinged affair. All the same, long overdue this post—yes, though
it is

h e r e ✷ finally ✷ h e r e

Embedded in the rectangle above?

A nine minute, 25 second-long exploration of Hollywood’s illustrious Gemini Manor, a locale as eclectic
as the “subjects” presented in this clip: namely, a coterie of fashion vigilantes filmmaker Ramzi Abed
recruited to populate his latest feature, the “darkly romantic horror ensemble mystery” known as Noirland.

Noirland stars James Duval (Donnie Darko, The Doom Generation) † Rena Riffel (Showgirls, Mulholland
Drive) † Lorielle New (The Pit & the Pendulum, Grindhouse) † Lenora Claire (The Devil’s Muse,
Toxic Avenger IV) † Zoetica Ebb (ChinaShop mag; co-founder Coilhouse) † La Carmina (CNNGo journalist &
travel TV host) † Yukiro Dravarious (Queen Bitch Supreme, Tokyo underground) † Aldo Vento
(“Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman”) † Maxim Eskertin (Bunraku, Violent Blue) † & me,
Clint Catalyst (“In The Spotlight,” “Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman,” recLAmation)

The film’s killer cast (Velveeta-laden double-entendre too delish to resist, sorry/kthnx) also boasts luminaries
Twink Caplan (forever chambertombed to mine heart as “Miss Geist” from Amy Heckerling’s Clueless) †
Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger, Horrorween) & a slew of other IMDB repeat-offenders, but I
whittled the preceding list down to the folks featured in this footage
that awaits your ogling

✷ now ✷

Yes, that includes Mr. Duval—even if his appearance is the veritable “Where’s Waldo?” of the bunch.
Moreover, while actor/producer Edwin Santos‘ countenance is absent from such an implicitly
poised-for-viral-domination* collection of digital frames, if it were not for his kind role as our
impromptu DP, this footage would not exist.

Thanks again, Edwin!
—ditto, Ramzi; ditto, Alex—

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Three Cheers for Celluloid Premieres & Flaming Queers! (HURRAH!)

June 10, 2010 by Clint Catalyst · 1 Comment

So yeah, June? June’s a busy month ’round the Clintsville.

Apart from my hustle peddlin’ word at The Poetry Brothel and collaborating with Paris Sadonis and Zoetica Ebb for a special performance at Salt Lake City’s Dark Arts Festival 2010,

this month I’m honored to be part of two feature-length premieres.

✷ (And yes, I plan on being at both events!) ✷

Up first, we’ve got

“just another” genre-hopping, stop-motion animation experiment in contemporary celluloid communications, interspersed with autobiographical super 8 docudramitization of writer/director Hilary Goldberg‘s disparate experiences spanning a wasteland of family, palm trees, a violent car salesman and a stint in a mental institution…

before fact is eclipsed by the story-line of a fictive post-apocalyptic, “unincorporated community formerly known as Los Angeles,” where riot police, Amy Goodman, and Queer Superheroes run rampant.

Uh-huh. You read that correctly, and I may or may not very well play the role of a character known as Gaylord Wilshire (I’m sorry, what was that about a ‘cape’?!)

Guess you’ll have to wait until its world premiere at the National Queer Arts Festival 2010

“Hilary Goldberg’s recLAmation is a feature-length experimental documentary/narrative film shot on Super 8 in which capitalism in contemporary Los Angeles is overthrown, and queer superheroes navigate a possible future. recLAmation illuminates historic connections between private and public systems of oppression, and explores how worldview shifts caused by personal trauma rendered the capitalist paradigm nonsense.

In the first two sections 1) Consumption and Colonization, 2) Collapsepersonal narratives interact with moving images of contemporary Los Angeles, stop motion animation, and sound design. Writer/director Goldberg’s memoir unfolds, offering reflections on time spent with her mother’s violent fiancé and in a mental hospital. Then, a fictional narrative envisions a dream of Los Angeles after it has been liberated from capitalism. Queer superheroes explore a possible future for the city that includes housing for all, truly free markets, the end of prisons, and more. The World Premiere Film Event is accompanied with live narration.”

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

8 p.m. at The Garage,

975 Howard, San Francisco, 94103

Tickets range from $12-20, and are available on-line through

The Queer Cultural Center

★ ☆ ★

Then, four days later…

Same city, different festival—and an incomparable project to contrast:

Renown documentarian Christopher Hines is “following fast on the heels” of his success last year with The Butch Factor, by examining not only mannerisms and varying degrees of masculinity among gay men, but also the broad spectrum of ways in which the pursuit for perfection—or perhaps merely a desire to “belong”— manifests [itself] physically.

For those of you whom I haven’t seen in a while (or ever?), watch for me in the first 60 seconds of this clip. I’m the tan guy, no shirt, pecs so pumped-up; you might as well call ‘em “mam”s.

See me there? No, not that one, and definitely not that one…are you kidding me? I’m that one, there, by the dude wearing a baseball cap!

“Do looks matter? When it comes to the male physique in the gay community, the answer is of course a resounding YES. In this fascinating, thought-provoking documentary, filmmaker Christopher Hines (The Butch Factor, Frameline33) turns his camera on guys of all shapes and sizes to explore how body image affects status among gay men.

Through intimate interviews with men across the United States, including several from the Bay Area, Hines uncovers the very common, often unsettling reality of how many gay men struggle to achieve and maintain a particular image in order to be accepted. As he talks with experts and everyday folks, we hear how body discrimination can lead to feelings of inadequacy, as well as issues around drug abuse and severe eating disorders that transcend sexual orientation.

One especially muscular guy admits that even though he knows it’s superficial, he “feels more respected and accepted” when people compliment his look. Hines explores how these issues trickle into other areas of our modern world by looking at everything from the gay porn industry to a naked yoga class in San Francisco that helps students feel more comfortable with their bodies.

The Adonis Factor deftly balances diverse viewpoints and voices to paint a picture of a complex world where beauty is too often considered skin deep.” — BRENDAN PETERSON

★ ☆ ★

The Adonis Factor World Premiere

★ ☆ ★

Saturday, June 19, 2010

2 p.m. at The Victoria Theater,

2961 16th Street, San Francisco, 94103-3633

Tickets vary in cost for those who are organization members versus non-members, and if you’re able to actually find those exact figures at

Frameline 34 – San Francisco International LGBT Festival ?

You’re a more astute person than I!

*(Please comment or send me a message via the “Contact Clint” option, and I’ll be happy to update this listing.)

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“Delphinium” Awarded Grand Prize; March Screenings Listed…

March 3, 2010 by Clint Catalyst · 1 Comment

Congratulations are in order for auteur Matthew Mishory—in whose biopic “Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait Of Derek Jarman” I’m honored to appear—for winning The Eastman Kodak Grand Prize for Best Short Film at this year’s US Super 8 and DV Film Festival!

:: forthcoming :: screenings ::

March 4, 2010 & March 6, 2010

The Durango International Film Festival in Colorado,

March 5, 2010

The Hole On The Hill Gallery & Art Space in Seattle,

as well as

March 10, 2010:

Australian premiere at the
Byron International Film Festival.

“The more personal and affectionate paeans to Derek’s life and work that are out there, like this gorgeous little film, the better.”

– Scott Treleaven, visual artist and filmmaker

ShowWX Presented by MicroVision at The Sundance Film Festival, 2010

January 14, 2010 by Clint Catalyst · 8 Comments

So, I’m going to Sundance.

Remember that gorgeous independent film I’m in? You know, “Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman”? The one I yammered about a while ago. Well, it’s screening at Sundance, and…yeah. As an Angeleno transplant, over the years I’ve acclimated to the freon-tinged climate shady people imbue this brightly-lit place. To fair the “whether,” the most important reaction I could have is: act as if this news isn’t very important at all.

It’s a tricky thing, this More-Jaded-Than-The-Orient sense of feigned indifference—because if “reality” T.V. cameras are added to the equation? Flip it. Be so real it’s Faux Real…and it will be: on film.

Semantics and human behavior are complicated. But how I feel? How I feel, for once, is pure and simple and precise. I’m so excited; I’m spinning around like tinsel on a majorette’s baton at half-time.

That being said, the vitals are:

Friday, 22nd January, and Saturday, 23rd January 2010, 2pm

ShowWX Presented by MicroVision at The Sundance Film Festival

Cinema Lounge at 333 Main Street, Park City, UT