The Masculine Mystique (1984)
August 23, 1984Release Date
The Masculine Mystique (1984)
August 23, 1984Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Stefan Wodoslawsky
Blue
Char Davies
Amurie
Char Davies
Amurie
Macklusky
Macklusky
Sam Grana
Alex
Eleanor MacKinnon
Shelley
Felice Grana
Felice
Stefanie Grana
Stefanie
David Wilson
Writer
Mort Ransen
Mort
Annebet Zwartsenberg
Bet
Chaya Ransen
Chaya
Yoshi Ransen
Yoshi
Joshua Ransen
Josh
John N. Smith
Director
Giles Walker
Director
Ashley Murray
Ashley
Guillaume Murray
Guillaume
Maite Murray
Maite
David Wilson
Writer
Jacques Drouin
Sound Assistant
Richard Gresko
Composer
Hans Peter Strobl
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Andrew Kitzanuk
Cinematographer
Robert Verrall
Executive Producer
Andy Thomson
Executive Producer
Yves Gendron
Sound Assistant
Paul Demers
Assistant Editor
Simon Leblanc
Assistant Camera
Jean-Maurice de Ernsted
Gaffer
Richard Nichol
Sound Assistant
Nash Read
Assistant Camera
Richard Bujold
Assistant Camera
John Knight
Sound Editor
Louis Hone
Music Sound Design and Processing
Jean-Guy Normandin
Sound Recordist
Grace Avrith
Production Coordinator
Michel Hazel
Sound Assistant
Marie Tonto-Donati
Administration
Claude Derasp
Gaffer
Maurice Pion
Grip
Ken McCready
Associate Producer
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The Masculine Mystique is a Canadian docufiction film directed by Giles Walker and John N. Smith and released in 1984.The film centres on Alex (Sam Grana), Blue (Stefan Wodoslawsky), Mort (Mort Ransen) and Ashley (Ashley Murray), four men whose perspectives on the changing nature of men's sexual and romantic relationships with women in the wake of feminism are explored through both documentary "interviews" and narrative vignettes. Alex is a married father who is having an extramarital affair; Ashley is a single parent, recently separated from his wife but not ready to commit to a new relationship; Mort is a divorced man who is seeking a new relationship; Blue is a single man seeking the "perfect woman".The film, which had a budget of $489,590 (equivalent to $1,143,992 in 2021), was the first in the National Film Board of Canada's series of "alternative dramas" in the 1980s and early 1990s, which combined dramatic and documentary film techniques. It was created and scripted through an improvisational process, with the film's characters being portrayed by National Film Board filmmakers and their family members rather than by professional actors.
The characters of Alex and Blue were subsequently spun off into the follow-up films 90 Days and The Last Straw, which explored Alex becoming a sperm donor and Blue entering a relationship with a Korean mail-order bride. 90 Days was the most commercially and critically successful of the three films, garnering several nominations at the 1986 Genie Awards. The Masculine Mystique won a Red Ribbon at the 1985 American Film and Video Festival.