14- Johan Paulik and Ion Davidov (Frisky Summer 1: Best Friends & Out At Last 1)
We have reached the half way mark as we continue to countdown the 20 fan favorite Bel Ami scenes of all time. This one is special for so many reasons, and it would be those reasons that have made it a fan favorite for many years: it’s youthful playfulness and innocent sexuality, elements that helped characterize BelAmi since the studio’s inception. As I was completing my videography of my very first BelAmi love, Johan Paulik I discovered another BelAmi beauty who would very quickly steal my heart just as quickly and completely as Johan did: Ion Davidov. I did an edit of this scene once before but with different music. But for this project I wanted something different; something that would convey the scene’s playfulness. I kept it short but I still also maintained the concept of my original edit. Like the previous edit I did, this is a composite of two scenes taking elements from both of them and trying again to mesh them together as one. The scene from Frisky Summer 1 (the formally released version), was actually a reshoot of one that George had shot before when Ion had longer hair (that version is available as part of the Out At Last DVD series, Out At Last 1). He redid the scene when Ion had cut his hair. But either way, the two of them completely enjoyed being together.
I also wanted to convey their playfulness sonically too and I chose one of my favorite songs by The Cure, Lullaby from their album Disintegration.
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