Peter de Rome

A chance encounter in London leads A & B on a bizarre journey around Europe.

A demented magician seeks a new assistant in this gruesome tale of magic and mutilation. Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."

Pioneer erotic film maker Peter de Rome talks about his life and work.

Filmmaker Peter de Rome talks about his career and some of the many projects he never finished.

Drag queen Arachne tries to take over the world by stealing a drug that would eliminate one's sex drive, but secret agent Clark is on the case.

A narrated history of Hand-in-Hand Films, including excerpts from Left-Handed, The Night Before, The Erotic Films Of Peter de Rome, Adam & Yves, Drive, Ballet Down the Highway, Wanted: Billy the Kid, and James Bidgood's unreleased Bagdad.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s British-born New Yorker and unsung hero of gay underground filmmaking Peter de Rome produced a number of explicit, painstakingly crafted Super 8 films each of which took the viewer on an immersive sexual journey. In 1973, eight of these films were brought together as The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome producing one of the finest cinematic examples of the intersection of artistry and eroticism, in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger.

An artist takes a plaster cast of a nude male's body. Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."

An ethnographic study with a difference: an eerie score alongside images of a young nude black male and images of the Nuba of Kau, a tribesman.

In a fancy villa, a young man and a nude youth cruise each other but never touch.

In a fancy villa, a young man and a nude youth cruise each other but never touch.

A chance encounter in London leads A & B on a bizarre journey around Europe.

Collection of four ground-breaking shorts in which gay men interact in a variety of circumstances: In 'Dream A40' (1965) a couple try to stop themselves from showing public displays of affection. In 'Vapors' (1965) two strangers meet in a New York bathhouse. In 'Come Dancing' (1970) an encounter between two men in a café takes a dark turn. Finally, in 'Encounter' (1971), a silent film with a score by Stephen Thrower, a group of men gather in the streets of New York to carry out a secret ritual.

The weather in New York is hot, hazy, and humid. Three handsome, horny young urban professionals rise with the sun in a hot morning session. Bodies flex and stretch through a sweat-soaked A.M. workout. A New York marathoner races into sexual delirium at the 21st mile. And into a New York night: dangerously real, sexually explosive.

A collection of six short films that represent the personal obsessions and private fantasies of the filmmakers and actors involved.

A number of young men wander through the streets of New York in a dream-like trance before finally coming together in a secret tactile ritual. Directed by legendary filmmaker Peter de Rome, this wordless erotic fantasy is presented here with a new score by Stephen Thrower.

A number of young men wander through the streets of New York in a dream-like trance before finally coming together in a secret tactile ritual. Directed by legendary filmmaker Peter de Rome, this wordless erotic fantasy is presented here with a new score by Stephen Thrower.

An American in Paris meets a young Frenchman who likes to mix sex play with a complicated mind game based on scenes from famous films.

Sun, sea and sex provide the basic ingredients for one of de Rome’s most uncomplicated and highly enjoyable narrative films. Complete with a fur-lined seduction lair, an impromptu free-form dance sequence and tactile play in the neighbour’s pool…

When a young man arrives at an empty apartment, he is unaware that a stranger is watching him.

Johnny dances to a song by James Brown. The pants come down, the shirt comes off, the thing comes up, the stuff comes out.

Young man looks out the window of his urban bus and spots another young man. He daydreams of their life together in lust and love. With hope, he gets off at the next stop.

A French lesson, brown legs, a black panther, a fireworks display, mink coats and Newton’s law are some of the unlikely subjects given the erotic treatment in this hilarious movie collage.

A man enjoys nature and himself.

A hippie and an executive type meet on a crowded subway train and start to have sex. A cop appears in the next car and the two disentangle as the executive staggers off, having long passed his stop. The hippie picks up a copy of the daily newspaper left on the seat.

Sun, sea and sex provide the basic ingredients for one of de Rome’s most uncomplicated and highly enjoyable narrative films. Complete with a fur-lined seduction lair, an impromptu free-form dance sequence and tactile play in the neighbour’s pool…

A conflicted young seminarian named Caswell Campbell takes a three month sabbatical from his studies to explore his less Judeo-Christian impulses: casual gay sex and drugs.

A conflicted young seminarian named Caswell Campbell takes a three month sabbatical from his studies to explore his less Judeo-Christian impulses: casual gay sex and drugs.

Prometheus arrives in New York and earns the wrath of Zeus. He’s manacled to the floor and tormented by the Furies until Hercules, on his thirteenth labour, appears to break the chains and carry away the cruelly treated Prometheus, unbound.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s British-born New Yorker and unsung hero of gay underground filmmaking Peter de Rome produced a number of explicit, painstakingly crafted Super 8 films each of which took the viewer on an immersive sexual journey. In 1973, eight of these films were brought together as The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome producing one of the finest cinematic examples of the intersection of artistry and eroticism, in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s British-born New Yorker and unsung hero of gay underground filmmaking Peter de Rome produced a number of explicit, painstakingly crafted Super 8 films each of which took the viewer on an immersive sexual journey. In 1973, eight of these films were brought together as The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome producing one of the finest cinematic examples of the intersection of artistry and eroticism, in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger.