Jack Deveau

Between 1975 and 1983 a new kind of film could be seen in French cinema : home-grown gay pornography. The films were shot in 16mm and most of them were passed and given certificates by the CNC (National Cinema Centre). They were screened in a small number of Parisian cinemas dedicated to gay pornographic films : Le Dragon, La Marotte and Le Hollywood Boulevard as well as several in the provinces. They were essentially the work of three production companies : Les Films de La Troïka (Norbert Terry), AMT Productions (Anne-Marie Tensi) and Les Films du Vertbois (principally Jacques Scandelari). The genre met an untimely end with the advent of video, the last being made in 1983 "Mon ami, mon amour (My friend, my lover)". Since then, gay pornography has not been screened in French cinemas. This film is the result of five years of painstaking research and investigation. It features extensive interviews with the directors and actors illustrated by numerous extracts from their films.

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.

While touring Paris, Thomas is cruised by an older man in a cafe, and then goes to the museum (after the guard has left and locked up). A handsome statue comes to life who embraces and kisses Thomas passionately before leading him into another room, instructing him on his innermost desires.

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.

A comedy of manners about a crazed horny truck driver who crashes in on the budding relationship of a ballet star and young dancer.

At a Fire Island Christmas reunion party, three guys recall their three versions of the events that happened at Cherry Grove the previous summer.

When an older man tells his younger lover that he wants to open up their relationship, the younger man decides to make up for lost time.

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.

When a small-town blond boy coming into full sexual awareness runs away from home with a knapsack, a tent, and two hits of windowpane acid, he embarks on a hallucinatory rite of passage.

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

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.

Things go awry when a cruisey hustler attempts to seduce his jealous pot dealer's supposedly straight supplier.

Things go awry when a cruisey hustler attempts to seduce his jealous pot dealer's supposedly straight supplier.

While touring Paris, Thomas is cruised by an older man in a cafe, and then goes to the museum (after the guard has left and locked up). A handsome statue comes to life who embraces and kisses Thomas passionately before leading him into another room, instructing him on his innermost desires.

A comedy of manners about a crazed horny truck driver who crashes in on the budding relationship of a ballet star and young dancer.

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.

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.

An actor supplements his income by earning needed cash as a hustler.

A tour of the Adonis Theatre and how cruising functions there; men meet, have missed connections, and entangle in theater seats, the boiler room, and the bathrooms.

Larry is tries to seduce his tennis buddy, Carl, but finds an apartment full of obstacles (a drunk painter, crabby janitor, locked-out neighbor) in his way. During a stag party, a privately made loop of Joe Dallesandro is shown.

A recording engineer moves into a new apartment building in New York where various tradesmen ply more than their usual trades.

A recording engineer moves into a new apartment building in New York where various tradesmen ply more than their usual trades.

A recording engineer moves into a new apartment building in New York where various tradesmen ply more than their usual trades.

Professor John Elliot gives a lecture about gay relationships. The professor makes his point telling the amusing story of how Buddy Preston and David Dion celebrate their one year anniversary with a big fight.

Farm boy Buddy Preston gets a job at New York's infamous Gaiety Male Burlesque.

A New York City teacher needs to get away from the constant cruising and pick-ups of Manhattan by taking a month at the beach - Fire Island!

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.

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.