Conquistador

I attended the grad art show. One short that caught my eye was called Conquistador. The short was based on an interesting twist on the traditional meaning of the word. The short was based on a man who’s main hobby is love making. The film was short yet did a good job at giving you a taste of this man and how he viewed lovemaking. Also how his life style led to a career as a promoter. The filmmaker achieved this by one on one interviews with the Conquistador, his friends and family members. The film was filled with humor. He referred to woman as Chiquita bananas, and that woman’s love gardens are like mangos. They are said fruit because you “need to peel the skin back, and he just wants to eat and eat and eat.” While the director did a great job with including the family and getting a lot of quality of pictures and testimonials from his friends. He could have pried more into the positives of this life style and more of the negatives. He gave us a sense but not a full view. Their was a scene were the conquistador was bothered that a female broke off their 3 month sexual relationship. While this was interesting to see, I would have liked to see him dive further into the negatives. Possibly see what his views were on safe sex. It is an important subject in the swinging world. When asked about this. The director revealed that the subject was his roommate and he wasn’t comfortable with asking such questions. Either way the film was entertaining and well put together.