Bound (1996)

Debaser concludes our extended Pride coverage with a criminally underseen erotic lesbian crime thriller by the duo that gave us such films as The Matrix, V for Vendetta, and Speed Racer: Bound.

How long does this erotic thriller take to get to the lauded sex scene? Did this film have an intimacy coordinator before that was even a thing? How realistic are the depictions of 90s lesbians in the film? What does this pre-transition film tell us about the Wachowskis? Is Joe Pantoliano hot? Listen to find out!

Bound is available to watch on many streaming platforms, including Kanopy, Fubo, The Roku Channel, and Paramount +.

You can find the cover art being made for Criterion's release of Bound at the artist's Instagram page here.

You can find McKenzie Wark's essay on Bound entitled "Be Gay, Do Crime" here. 

Our outro track is "Gymnopedie No. 1" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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