Now Later

Product Description Sex, politics and American culture are mixed into a combustible combination in Now & Later. Angela (Shari Solanis) is an illegal Latina immigrant living in Los Angeles who stumbles across Bill (James Wortham), a disgraced banker on the run. She takes him in. Through passionate sex, soul searching conversations ranging from politics to philosophy, and other worldly pleasures, Angela introduces Bill to another worldview. As their affair heats up, the course of Bill's life begins to take an abrupt and unexpected turn. The film was conceived by the director in reaction to American s penchant for violence in our culture and our puritanical censoring of anything involving sex. Familiar with philosopher Wilhelm Reich s notion that a sexually repressed society turns into a violent one, Diaz makes an unabashedly sexual yet cerebral film that challenges the perception that sex in media is harmful. Review In American cinema smart and sexual don t live in the same neighborhood, never mind star in the same movie. But after watching Philippe Diaz s provocative, gorgeously photographed new drama, Now & Later, I can say that I've witnessed a new kind of American movie heroine, one who is as comfortable with her political beliefs as she is with her body. The erotic beauty of Shari Solanis takes free, uninhibited sexuality to a new level and the result is one of the most passionate pieces of cinema I ve ever seen, and I mean that in all senses of the word passionate. Now & Later takes you to a place you ve probably never been before as a moviegoer, and its effect will linger. This movie performs the Houdiniesque feat of seducing you with images of carmel-colored feminine curves in full-throttle f*ck-me-harder sex, and then gets you to think about American imperialism and exploitation in almost the same gasp. Diaz has invented a new genre because Now & Later may truly be the only movie of its kind in existence. It was brave filmmaking by a director who isn t afraid of blazing his own trail. Years ago Zalman King ventured into this territory but he fell far short of what Diaz has done: his cinema is unabashedly sexual and cerebral at the same time, which is really quite a stunning accomplishment. I know it will stay with me for a long time, which to me is always the mark of great art. Like the old joke about reading Playboy for the articles, this is a flick you can bring home to your wife because of its generous portion of thought-provoking subject matter while you enjoy a free serving of kink on the side. And if you happen to be trying to bed some lovely, left-leaning co-ed sooner rather than later, you will not find a more ideal date movie than Now & Later. *Note, text altered to meet Amazon posting standards --Tim Rhys, MovieMaker Magazine