Mistress (Extended Version) (Pillow Book Gallery) Review

Distributor: Pillow Book Gallery Edition Details: Extended Version Digital Screener Movie Specs: Genres: Feature Film, Vignette, Short Film, BDSM Run Time: 29 minutes Rated: XXX Release Year: 2014 Director: Paul Deeb Written by: uncredited Cast: Brad, Jennifer Release Specs: Audio: English Stereo Subtitles: none Video: Widescreen, 1.78:1 Video Format: NTSC Format: Digital Screener Regional Code (for DVD/Blu-ray): N/A Number of discs: N/A

Mistress (A Contemporary Love Story) is a short adult movie that director Paul Deeb made for the now defunct Pillow Book Gallery, a company for which Deeb was also president. This review covers the extended version of Mistress only as the standard and extended version are two very different short movies and shouldn't be covered together in one review.

Mistress takes a look at the lives, relationship, and love of a couple played by Brad and Jennifer. Mistress combines a sex scene with Brad and Jennifer along with snapshots of events leading up to the sex scene to the viewer. The short opens with a text conversation between Jennifer and a friend about Jennifer's frustration with Brad before going into snapshots of the happier times that then slowly change.

The snapshots start to show the tumultuous relationship between Brad and Jennifer and her domination of him prior to the sex scene. The short plays with the BDSM genre and reverses the stereotypical roles of the relationship. Jennifer is the abusive and explosive partner in Mistress and Brad is the one on the receiving end. The sex scene between Jennifer and Brad is well-done and the two have great chemistry.

There is very little dialog within Mistress and much of the tone of the short movie is presented through the casts' expression, music, and sound effects. The music is very important to the movie. Deeb makes use of various frame sizes throughout the short movie and uses a mixture of black and white footage and color footage. Deeb's earlier short movie Girl is edited into Mistress as well which, honestly, unless you have seen the earlier short you would never know since Girl and Mistress share the same cast and shooting location. Overall, Mistress is an excellent short movie that combines art with sex for a unique viewing experience that should be enjoyed by fans of the feature genre.

The edition of the extended version of Mistress screened was a digital screener provided to this reviewer by the director Paul Deeb as such there is likely to be differences between the digital screener and any market released versions of the extended version of Mistress. Mistress was released in the nine-minute standard version and the 29-minute extended version. The two version are two very different short movies and this review was on the 29-minute extended version only.

Mistress was shot digitally and is presented in the anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio of 1.78:1. There were no noticeable issues with the video quality in the screener at all. The colors are vibrant and beautiful and the image contains no defects.

Mistress is presented with an English Stereo audio track. There weren't any issues with the audio presentation whatsoever either. The music in the short movie is nicely balanced and sounds great and the dialog in the short is clear and easy to understand at all times.

The extended version of Paul Deeb's Mistress is very different than the standard version, not in just the run time, but also the whole feel and story told in the short movie. Mistress shows the life and relationship of two people, from just a snapshot of their life. Mistress can be dark and the short movie is highly recommended. Hopefully, the Pillow Book Gallery short movies will get released again in the near future for viewers to watch.

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