Review

It’s not easy making a buck. But if you’re young and beautiful and willing to use your body, then Los Angeles is the best place in the world to ply your wares. With that in mind, German filmmaker Jochen Hick traveled to L.A. in search of the men who make their living by using their body as an object of desire or the subject of art abd thus - Sex/Life in L.A..

The men he interviews include successful sex workers, sex worker wannabes, models, a photographer, and performance artist. There is rough trade actor, model, and former Madonna boyfriend Tony Ward (Hustler White); body piercing performance artist Ron Athey; photographer Rick Castro (who picks up a Santa Monica hustler for a nude modeling session); and several gay porn stars including daddy top-man Cole Tucker, hunky Matt Bradshaw, and dreamy blonde bottom Kevin Kramer.

Of particular interest is Ward, a former street hustler, whose cocky sexuality propelled him to modeling and a fling with Madonna, only to see it all destroyed, leaving him alone, masturbating in the tub while the camera coolly gazes. While certainly not hardcore gay porn, this is a fascinating, stimulating, and at times, erotically funny documentary.