Part II of A Thing of Beauty expands upon the erotic-doc style of filmmaking spearheaded by filmmakers Jake Jaxson and RJ Sebastian, this time structuring the film around the first stanza of RJ s favorite poem, Endymion by John Keats (the first line also inspiring the series name). Featuring a cameo appearance by the directors third boyfriend, Benny Morecock, Part II is very much another visual poem fueled by optimism, adventure, and the celebration of sex.
As an interpretive collage, the film meshes overt excerpts from the poem in the directors personal lives with their allegorical sexual counterparts featuring CockyBoys Gabriel Clark and JD Phoenix. While intentionally subjective in nature, this poetic style of filmmaking is undoubtedly connected through feeling more than reason -- a departure from Part I s convergence of resigned monotony and speculative fantasy.
By bringing Morecock into the film, Jake and RJ are sharing a personal part of themselves -- something n
