Desire: The Short Films of Ohm

By: Blaine

There are some cute young guys in parts of these short films, but much of the time it was tedious and the flashed of sex acts were quite short. Don't bother with this if you want sex. Buy pornography. There are next to no plots in these short films. The film about the deaf kid might be something he could develop but it falls flat as seen in this collection.

By: Amos Lassen

"Desire: The Short films of Ohm"
Meet Ohm Through His Film
Amos Lassen
We go through life hearing about people that are fascinating and we say to ourselves that these are the "someones" that I would like to. Know more about. And then we forget. For me, one such person was Ohm Phanphiroj. Every once in a while his name pops up and I am reminded to research him but for whatever reason I never do. Now I am caught because in order to review TLA Releasing's new film of the Ohm's four short films, I decided that I had better get on. I was suddenly engulfed by a swamp that presented me with more ways to know Ohm than I could ever imagine. Thank goodness for TLA saving me a lot of time by bringing out on DVD for the first time, award-winning male erotic photographer Ohm Phanphiroj's four most stunning, explicit, films all in one place. These are "The Desire Trilogy", "The Meaning of It All," "Journey", and "The First Conversation Between Frank and I". As far as I can tell these four films that explore male desire in an artful, erotic, and forthcoming way have never been available to the public before in this form. However, the films contain real sex going on and therefore may not be suitable for everyone.
Ohm Phanphiroj is an international award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and educator. His works
deal with controversial issues including sexuality, identity, gender roles, human mistreatment, exploitation, and the contemporary male nude. He is a former fashion director at Esquire and Qr magazine, Ohm's professional experiences include his work as a gallery director, fashion photographer, filmmaker, legal consultant, and a professor.

Ohm's works are in the permanent collection at the Kinsey Institute, Lesley-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian, Syracuse University, Savannah College of Art, Indiana University, Emory University, Georgia State University, The School of Art Institute of Chicago, and in private collections throughout the world.

Ohm is also working on a short film trilogy consisting of "The Space Between Us", "The Deaf Boy's Disease", and "The Last Summer", which is due out soon.