Fans of arty rudeness may already know the name Peter Rome, not least from the BFI release a couple of years ago of The Erotic Films Of Peter De Rome, which brought together many of the movies from the 1960s, which had helped get him the unnofficial title of being the Grandfather Of Gay Porn. Full of hardcore sex, they also offered a view into a bygone gay world and a rather interesting take on bringing sex to the screen.
However, who was Peter De Rome? A documentary, made shortly before the filmmaker died in June 2014, sets out to find out about him and about where his films came from.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘Peter’s story spans eight decades of the “gay experience” both in the USA and UK with first-hand experiences from World War II to Stonewall and beyond. The film PETER DE ROME charts his remarkable journey from cinematic outlaw to celebrated film icon with contributions from collaborators and some of those he has influenced. The film uses extensive extracts from Peter’s varied and often explicit work, from his early 8mm experiments in the 1960s to his extraordinary feature films to create a portrait of a true original.’
The documentary will be available on DVD in the UK on March 14th.
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