An aspiring young actor discovers the seedier side of Los Angeles in director Ray Vecchiola’s provocative 25-minute short film The Blue Boy.
Matt (Carlo Angelo), a 20-something, leather jacket-clad hunk, insists that he’s straight, but has been working in gay porn to pay the bills. Frustrated with his cocaine-addled girlfriend Diane (Susan Nichols), he starts spending more and more time within the scene.
He soon forms a connection with a wealthy older benefactor (Scott McKinley), who teaches him about the finer things in life in exchange for sexual favors.
Becoming increasingly more confused about his identity, Matt ends up burning bridges with almost everyone in his life, finding himself with fewer and fewer places to turn.
The Blue Boy was originally released to LGBTQ+ film festivals back in 1997. With shades of Cruising and Boogie Nights, the film is a fascinating artifact of an earlier time in the depiction of sex work in cinema.
Long thought to be lost, The Blue Boy is now available for new audiences to discover on Dekkoo. Watch a short clip from the film below..
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