WATCH: Sleeping with a rock star is a heavy-metal headache in this raucous comedy short
Fire F*cking Fire, a new comedic short from filmmakers Julia Eringer and Rachel Paulson that brings together queerness and heavy-f*cking-metal for a charmingly chaotic tale about how being a true rebel means standing up for yourself.Co-writer/director Paulson (why, yes, that is the icon Sarah Paulson’s sister) stars as Ally, a type-A young woman who surprises herself when she manages to bring firebrand rock star Meg “F*cking” Taylor (actor-musician Calico Cooper)—front-woman of her favorite band, Fire F*cking Fire—home with her.But surprise, surprise: the mega-star metalhead has attachment issues, and Ally’s people-pleasing ways make it extra difficult for her to ask her guest to leave.
Suddenly, Meg’s pouring shots before noon, tearing up her wardrobe, and the two have basically broken a new land-speed record for becoming U-Haul lesbians.As things spiral out of control, it all builds to an “epic crescendo” of a house party, where a pushed-to-her-limit Ally finally has to do something truly metal: Stand up for herself.Fire F*cking Fire also stars Capri Campeau as Ally’s bestie Jess, and Our Flag Means Death‘s Vico Ortiz as fellow rocker Sam.
The short was edited by Alexandria Bombach, who most recently helmed the acclaimed Indigo Girls documentary It’s Only Life After All, and boasts an original, unreleased track from Cooper’s IRL band Beasto Blanco.Speaking to the intersection of queerness and rock’n’roll, Cooper says, “Being metal is about being hardcore and brutal, but it’s also about honesty, no bullsh*t—saying how it is and being who you are.”“In a time where women, trans and non-binary folx are still fighting for recognition and equality,stories like this are imperative,” adds co-director Eringer. “We must be.
