This short film was expanded into The Mudge Boy (2003), with Emil Hirsch as Duncan. All the characters and plot are the same. Perry's antagonism toward and attraction to Duncan moves the story along the same inevitable path, but the under-the-bridge-scene is far more graphic and deliberate than in The Mudge Boy--and explains Duncan's motivation far better.
Fishbelly White clearly lays a more homo-erotic quality to Duncan's character--without the necessity of the rape scene in The Mudge Boy. In fact, after seeing Fishbelly White, I was rather disappointed that Michael Burke resorted to such a shocking and unnecessary scene.
Fishbelly White is the more evocative story.
Fishbelly White clearly lays a more homo-erotic quality to Duncan's character--without the necessity of the rape scene in The Mudge Boy. In fact, after seeing Fishbelly White, I was rather disappointed that Michael Burke resorted to such a shocking and unnecessary scene.
Fishbelly White is the more evocative story.