What is it : The story by Jyllian Gunther
Over the course of one long, hot summer, filmmaker Jyllian Gunther showed up on the doorsteps of her most significant Ex's to pose the question: What went wrong?
Her close encounters with these unusual, yet familiar men include:
The First Love: Hopeless romantic meets urban Adonis turned no-nonsense tattooed guru; what does it mean when your teenage "soul mate" changes his name to Lord Relentless Ha? The Love-Love relationship.
The Bad Boyfriend: East Village pretzel-vendor turned Streets of San Francisco private eye. He hated her penchant for pointing in public and sitting with her legs open-and he loved hating those things and more for two and a half years. The Love-Hate relationship.
The Casanova— Fire-eating, Afro-Brazilian-Jewish Samba-dancer. He seduced her into moving in together within the first month-without speaking a word of English. The Lust-Love Relationship.
The Dependable One— A sure bet. Kind, safe, short...so why was HE the one to leave? The Like-Love Relationship.
Dad— an eccentric New York sculptor married 3 times over. Would any man be good enough for his daughter? Did her patterns have something to do with him?
From New York to San Francisco to Paris, PULLOUT pulls out all the stops — what happens along the way includes a rekindled romance, tattooing, rejection, a stakeout, tarantulas, sex, accusations, indifference, and a nostalgia that climaxes with the realization that the past is subjective and memory is selective.
Ultimately, PULL OUT is a document for a Generation of 'X's': an exploration of the fragility of desire, the illusion of shared experience, and the meaning and acceptance of loss.
Her close encounters with these unusual, yet familiar men include:
The First Love: Hopeless romantic meets urban Adonis turned no-nonsense tattooed guru; what does it mean when your teenage "soul mate" changes his name to Lord Relentless Ha? The Love-Love relationship.
The Bad Boyfriend: East Village pretzel-vendor turned Streets of San Francisco private eye. He hated her penchant for pointing in public and sitting with her legs open-and he loved hating those things and more for two and a half years. The Love-Hate relationship.
The Casanova— Fire-eating, Afro-Brazilian-Jewish Samba-dancer. He seduced her into moving in together within the first month-without speaking a word of English. The Lust-Love Relationship.
The Dependable One— A sure bet. Kind, safe, short...so why was HE the one to leave? The Like-Love Relationship.
Dad— an eccentric New York sculptor married 3 times over. Would any man be good enough for his daughter? Did her patterns have something to do with him?
From New York to San Francisco to Paris, PULLOUT pulls out all the stops — what happens along the way includes a rekindled romance, tattooing, rejection, a stakeout, tarantulas, sex, accusations, indifference, and a nostalgia that climaxes with the realization that the past is subjective and memory is selective.
Ultimately, PULL OUT is a document for a Generation of 'X's': an exploration of the fragility of desire, the illusion of shared experience, and the meaning and acceptance of loss.
