Blue (1992 film)

Blue
Directed byDon McKellar
Written byDon McKellar
Produced byBruce McDonald
StarringDavid Cronenberg
Tracy Wright
Brad Armstrong
Elizabeth Zorn
CinematographyMiroslaw Baszak
Edited byMichael Pacek
Production
company
Release date
  • September 11, 1992 (1992-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Blue is a Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Don McKellar and released in 1992.[1] An exploration of culture's ambivalent relationship with pornography, the film stars David Cronenberg as a carpet salesman with a passion for erotic literature, intercut with scenes of explicit sexuality.[2]

The cast also includes Tracy Wright, Brad Armstrong and Elizabeth Zorn.

The film premiered in the Canadian Perspective program at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian Short Film award jury.[3]

  1. ^ a b Craig MacInnis, "Don McKellar's baby Blue movie puts 'X' back in sex". Toronto Star, September 11, 1992.
  2. ^ Noel Taylor, "Censorship film is fair to both sides". Ottawa Citizen, June 11, 1993.
  3. ^ Sid Adilman, "$25,000 award surprises Quebec director". Toronto Star, September 21, 1992.