While I was catching up with my ironing today I saw this movie (shhh... it's a downloaded pirate copy, excellent quality). While this has been labelled as "a gay surfing flick," surfing is really just a sexy backdrop for the story of Zach (Trevor Wright), a young man working a dead-end job and helping his needy sister care for her young son. When Zach becomes involved with the older brother of his best friend (Brad Rowe), the relationship calls into question all of his assumptions about family, self-identity and the future.
The director Jonah Markowitz :
"It was always the goal to really make this movie about people and about their struggles. People who have seen it really love it, regardless if they are straight or gay.It's a question of getting them into the theatre. I think it will be a word of mouth thing. It's a story that lots of different kind of people can relate to."
The surfing backdrop allowed for a lot of beach scenes: "That was part of making a gay film that we hoped would be different, making as film where they fell in love outside - not in a bar, nightclub or locker room. Outdoors and being active, breaking the mold of what we usually see."
In the end, Jonah hopes the movie entertains but also sends this message: "If you have love, you can create family. We've got the families we were born with and the families we create. They are just as valid, The movie's about these guys who create a family together."
On the casting of Brad Rowe, already known to gay audiences from being the object of Sean Hays' obsession in "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss" a decade ago: "It had nothing to do with 'Billy's.' He was really the right guy for the part, he understood where the character was at and he got along well with Trevor. I thought he could bring something real and beautiful to it. He understood the character was at a different point in his life than Trevor was."
On Trevor Wright's and Brad's love scenes: "Trevor is really talented. He and Brad and I kept it real loose, The intimate scenes, I asked if they knew what it was like to spend a day with somebody you love and what does that feel like to you? They are both straight and they were able to go off on that. I made a mixed tape for them and we just scheduled it: we had the first kiss, the fooling around then real full on."
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