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OREGON’S LGBTQ NEWSMAGAZINE pridefiles passions o f his life, is the inspiration for his old Indiana native lived in California for over a decade before moving to Portland in 2007. drag performances. i He came here to shoot scenes for his “I definitely try to do upbeat numbers and come up with crazy ideas,” Sullivan says. “To movie Bloodlust in the Columbia Gorge. But although Maitreya came for the Gorge, he me, it’s just an extension o f the stage.” Mylar is the go-to drag queen for Scan stayed for the Shanghai Tunnels. During his dals, that bar o f diverse clientele on SW visit, he happened to watch a documentary Stark Street. Sullivan also works for Pivot, on the underground passages and realized the CA P program that offers H IV and other they were the perfect setting for his movie’s “showdown” scene. “I decided to rewrite ev ST D testing. For Pride this year, Sullivan will dress as erything to be Pordand-specific,” he says. Bloodlust is a thriller about a cage fighter Miss Mylar to work the Scandals scene dur ing its block party June 17-18 (more details in training who begins to confuse sex and on p. 32). He hopes the act encourages oth violence. Although the film deals with dark themes, Maitreya notes, it is “very non-ex ers to embrace themselves. “What I hope to accomplish is to let plicit.” With this film he was “poking fun people know it’s okay to let your freak flag at Twilight and Disneyfied sexuality,” he fly,” Sullivan says. “In drag, we have a unique says. Switching gears completely, Maitreya opportunity to be figureheads for folks. “That can really make people challenge next shot a comedy, Creatures o f Destiny, their place in the world,” he adds. which will screen this summer. When mak — A aron S pencer ing the movie, he tried a new approach wherein he scheduled no shoot times and instead filmed everything impromptu, “based on the randomness o f when people were in the vicinity together.” Next winter, Maitreya will realize his 10- Filmmaker Gabriel Victor year dream o f shooting a Shakespeare play. Maitreya reels it in M 4M , an all-male version o f Measure fo r Gabriel Victor Maitreya made his first Measure, marks the first feature-film (not feature-length film was he was 17, and he’s made for television) adaptation to use been creating movies ever since. The 35-year- the original language, Maitreya says. Shot partially on Mt. Hood, M 4M boasts an aes thetic mix o f Western setder days, ancient Greek and Roman times and Moulin Rouge. Some o f Maitreya’s projects have featured adult-film actors in non-adult roles. Jordan Watkins stars in Bloodlust and appears, along with Reese Rideout, in Creatures o f Destiny and M 4M : Maitreya says the men had great auditions and he was unaware o f their other work prior to hiring them. He is plan ning an upcoming project featuring Wat kins, Rideout and adult actor Johnny Hazzard. Maitreya’s own life may be a bit more doc ile than those of the characters in his films. O f himself and his partner o f almost two years, he says, “We’re not quite bed-and-breakfast gay, but we’re kind o f an insular couple.” — K ira L esley JUNE 3. 2011 P31 M Grand Marshal Darcelle XV , - will premiere a new fully-lighted dress and wig O f Bard & Boys Reserved seating at Veterans Memorial Coliseum Indoor Seating Includes Queen's Coronation presented by Pacific Power Tickets on sale now at /, RoseFestival.org JP IM T MOUNTAIN C A f INO Z eus C afe * * Across from the Pearl District at 5. W. 12th and Stark h v The new Zeus Cafe uses the freshest seasonal ingredients from local and * regional purveyors. For breakfast enjoy items such as Root Vegetable Hash and Carlton Farms Bacon Benedict with fresh baked crumpets. For dinner try the Asparagus Ribbon & Arugula Salad, the Piedmontese flat iron steak salad or a salt-brick roasted Cornish hen. Pair your meal with classic cocktails made using pre-Prohibition methods or wines from an elegant and affordable list. sy In the evening head downstairs to Al’s Den for free, live nightly music starting at 7 p.m. DJed music Thursdav-Saturday starting at 10:30 p.m. C OVERED s= B lin d s I D ra p e rie s I S h u tte rs & M ore A m a n d a S to v e r ow nei 503.475.3446 w Motiday-Thursday, 7 a.ttt. ’til I a.m. • Friday, 7 a.ttt. ’til 2 a.m. Saturday, 8 a.m. ’til 2 a.m. • Sunday, 8 a.m. ’til 12 midnight 0 Brunch served daily ’til 2:30 p.m., Sundays ’til 4 p.m. * * Entrance on S.W. 12th Ave. & Stark St. • Portland Zeus Cafe: (503) 384-2500 Book your room now for PRIDE WEEKEND at thf CRYSTAL HOTEL. Rooms starting at $105 (303) 972-2670 • mcmenamins.com w w w .G otchaC overed.com /now «
