David Lejeune

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.

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.

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.