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Erotikus: A History of the Gay Movie
Erotikus: A History of the Gay Movie

EROTIKUS: A HISTORY OF THE GAY MOVIE

Directed by Tom DeSimone
United States, 1973
Erotica, Documentary, LGBTQ+

Synopsis

The film, narrated by LA Plays Itself director Fred Halstead, begins by looking at the muscle magazines and films of the late 1940s-early 1960s, then at the softcore films of the late 60s and the boundary-pushing and legal-testing which allowed these to evolve into hardcore loops and then features.

Synopsis

The film, narrated by LA Plays Itself director Fred Halstead, begins by looking at the muscle magazines and films of the late 1940s-early 1960s, then at the softcore films of the late 60s and the boundary-pushing and legal-testing which allowed these to evolve into hardcore loops and then features.