'This was supposed to be something beautiful I left behind, so that the suffering had a point.'
With cmnm imagery being a focus this summer, when I saw this scene from the 2021 short film Mummy Brown, I was intrigued. Thanks to poster Alberto from DC, I was curious to find out more about the film, and the beautiful man chronicled on canvas.
The beautiful body and chiseled face belongs to Canadian actor, screenwriter and playwright, Nicholas Surges. Surges both wrote and produced Mummy Brown, as well as playing the lead role of Tyler. Although the short 15 minute film begins with the cmnm scene, the relationship between model and artist is not the central relationship explored in the film.
After the first few minutes, the artist exit stage left, and a new character, and a new relationship takes focus. Tyler soon must face both the demons from his past, and the uncertainty of his future with a mysterious woman whose thoughts on the matter are rooted in her own death and her perspective looking back and through Tyler from the other side.
Although the themes explored are certainly hefty, this a also a beauty that flows through the film. It comes through not only through Surges himself, and the painting of his nude form, but from Surges writing. The dialogue, no matter how dark, has a light flow that almost lyrically gently pulls the viewer along.
I was going to add a clip, but then discovered the film is available to view in it's entirely. Check it out on Vimeo HERE:
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