Leaving Metropolis | 
| Director: Brad Fraser
Actors: Troy Ruptash, Vince Corazza, Lynda Boyd, Cherilee Taylor, Thom Allison
Studio: Wolfe Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 55017
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Digital Sound, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D3851D
UPC: 754703762221
EAN: 0754703762221
ASIN: B0001BMMHW
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: April 6, 2004
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Torrid sex and tortured emotions fill the screen in Leaving Metropolis. David (Troy Ruptash), a successful painter, has lost his inspiration. To find stimulation, he gets a job at a small, out-of-the-way diner, run by married couple Violet (Cherilee Taylor) and Matt (Vincent Corazza, Owning Mahoney). When sparks fly with Matt, David gets stimulation and inspiration--but the portraits he paints of Matt may break the couple apart. The machinations of a bitter friend bring the situation to a boil. Though filled with lots and lots of sex (both gay and straight), Leaving Metropolis pays as much attention to the character's minds as to their flesh (well, almost as much--the sex scenes are quite extensive and the bodies are all beautiful). Some of the script's metaphors are a little clumsy, but the psychology is convincing. Adapted by award-winning writer Brad Fraser from his play Poor Super Man. --Bret Fetzer
Description
Leaving Metropolis is the film version of Brad Fraser's hit play Poor Super Man, which Time Magazine called one of the top ten plays of 1994. Fraser also wrote Love and Human Remains. He currently is writer and coproducer for Showtime's Queer as Folk. David's a successful artist in need of a muse. Looking for inspiration, he applies for a job as a waiter. Owners Matt and Violet don't know quite what to make of David - he seems unconcerned with money, and overqualified for the job - but they love his energy and ideas. When David eventually reveals he's a gay artist, Matt - who dreams of being a cartoonist - asks to see his paintings. But when he finds he has become David's secret subject, unexpected feelings overwhelm Matt, and he's drawn into a risky relationship that will change all their lives.
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 WORTH OWNING, ADD TO HOME COLLECTION June 13, 2007
madamboots (weatherford, tx.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
a little 1980's, but also 1990's. funny. good. buy it without regret.
 Pretty but just a bit to witty and clever September 12, 2006
C. B Collins Jr. (Atlanta, GA United States)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This DVD is a mixed product with some very good aspects and some aspects that could have been done better.
First, the good parts:
The art direction and cinematography were super with colorful attractive interiors and attractive actors. Vincent Corazza does a good job playing Matt, a married man who ventures into a bisexuality. Cherilee Taylor is also exceptional as Violet, his wife. Thom Allison, playing the role of Shannon, a dying male to female transgender, is a high point of the film. The nudism and sex scenes were hot with Ms. Taylor and Mr. Corazza burning up the screen in the final scene of their love making.
Now for the parts that could be improved:
Brad Fraser's script was a bit too flip, too cute, and too witty. This had the effect of making both the main character, David, and his straight woman friend, Kryka, seem thin, superficial, and two dimensional. The problem here is that David is the main character and is suppose to fall in love with Matt the married man. However, the viewer never really believes this. In fact, the way too clever script forces the viewer not to really trust or believe anything the main character, David, says or does. What a shame. I suspect this major fault in the film must be blamed on Brad Fraser, the writer, rather than on Troy Ruptash the actor. When David tells Matt that he loves him, the words don't sound true. Later when David leaves Shannon to commit suicide alone, I suspected that the viewer really is lead to not sympathize with this main character at all. I found myself admiring and identifying mostly with Violet, the beautiful wife of bisexual Matt. She seemed to be the most sure of her emotions and sure of where she stood once she learned the truth about her husband's affair with David.
In the end, everyone moves on. David packs up and leaves town. Violet sells her diner and moves on. Matt despirately tries to rekindle the relationship with Violet and then when he is rejected tries to rekindle the relationship with David. In some ways he becomes the most complex character - a handsome Mr. Personality with dependency needs. Matt turns out to be one of those type people who can not stand to sleep alone and do the hard work to explore/find out who he really is on the inside.
The script needed far less catty remarks and far more character development. At least we were left with an untidy and realistic ending for sometimes when relationships get broken, they really can't be glued back together.
 I liked it more than other reviewers... July 1, 2006
J. Brennan (San Francisco, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
because I found this to be a film with a great narrative. There is a flow from beginning to end, a view of relationships of different kinds. Some folks may be responding to the fact that there is no happy ending in this film, but there is no tragedy either. Instead the viewer is given hints about life moving forward, thus an ability to project out over time. The relationships are true to life, and the way that HIV is treated is the most realistic I have seen on film (it is just there, integrated, not a theme). Personally, I was fine with the technical aspects of the film, feeling like the filming and light reflected the northwestern canadian setting.
I have suggested this film to several friends - just expect a film that is more like a short-story than a romantic comedy.
Not that good June 15, 2006
P. S. Lesch (south Africa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i bought this dvd a while ago and rewatched it last night for the first time after a while.....I just found the characters so two dimensional...the story wants to take of..but does not really sucseed...And the actors did not really delft very deep into their emotions... abit dissapointing...
 Could have been so much better! May 27, 2006
Troy G. Johnson (San Francisco, CA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The best thing about this movie was Vincent Corazza. Working with crappy dialog and a plot that tackled too many issues, he did a fantastic job expressing his character's confusing emotions without the need for words. This movie would have been really great had it stuck to the primary plot of a relationship between a married heterosexual man and a gay man. The main plot should have dealt soley with the bisexual issue and concepts of love, rather than bring in HIV, transgendered issues, fatal illnesses, dealing with the death of friends, euthanasia, etc.
Like so many 'gay' themed movies out there, it is morbid, sad, and filled with pain and suffering. Plus it deals with so many psychological issues that viewers tend to get lost and can't connect with any of the characters. Could have been much better. It's worth a look though, for Vince Corazza.
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