Pink Ulysses

An actor prepares removing his shirt to iron it All shirts stay off In a mix of black and white colour and old film clips a homoerotic odyssey begins Troy is sacked and Odysseus starts his languorous journey back to Penelope and Telemachos who wait in Ithaca Odysseus dreams young wellmuscled men roll on sheets hands remove flowers to disclose a sculpted torso The ship tosses Odysseus gobs sleep in hammocks a storm beats down and a life boat seeks a strand Circe disguised as Penelope seduces Odysseus he stays with her for seven years In Ithaca Penelope and her suitors are impatient Will Odysseus arrive before the film crew breaks for lunch