The late British director filmed men that he’d met in the streets of New York having sex - and made great art in the process, says a new documentary
Last month, the British government launched a public consultation over plans to force porn sites to implement age checks, following up on the Conservative party’s manifesto pledge to make under-18s go back to pleasuring themselves with the aid of romance novels and snapshots of Jayne Mansfield, like they did in the old days. Critics were quick to point out that the majority of porn sites are free, and located outside of the UK, meaning that any amount of British legislation or payment blocking would be unlikely to have much of an impact. It seems as if the architects of the plan hadn’t really thought it through, but then governments have rarely been in sync with contemporary sexual mores.
Last month, the British government launched a public consultation over plans to force porn sites to implement age checks, following up on the Conservative party’s manifesto pledge to make under-18s go back to pleasuring themselves with the aid of romance novels and snapshots of Jayne Mansfield, like they did in the old days. Critics were quick to point out that the majority of porn sites are free, and located outside of the UK, meaning that any amount of British legislation or payment blocking would be unlikely to have much of an impact. It seems as if the architects of the plan hadn’t really thought it through, but then governments have rarely been in sync with contemporary sexual mores.
- 3/12/2016
- by Charlie Lyne
- The Guardian - Film News
Film will go against the wishes of the John Gielgud estate, according to producer David McGillivray
• Remembering Peter de Rome: the maker of gay erotica loved by Warhol, Gielgud and the BFI
He is known as one of the greatest ever interpreters of Shakespeare, who was awarded an Oscar and made a knight, but John Gielgud is to become known for something rather more counter-cultural: a gay porn film he wrote for Peter de Rome, which may finally go into production.
De Rome was a film-maker who made gay pornography in New York from the 1960s onwards, at a time when homosexuality was illegal, and became the subject of the recent documentary Peter de Rome: Grandfather of Gay Porn. He died earlier this year. The film’s producer David McGillivray, in conversation at a recent retrospective of pulp director Pete Walker, revealed details of a collaboration between De Rome and Gielgud.
• Remembering Peter de Rome: the maker of gay erotica loved by Warhol, Gielgud and the BFI
He is known as one of the greatest ever interpreters of Shakespeare, who was awarded an Oscar and made a knight, but John Gielgud is to become known for something rather more counter-cultural: a gay porn film he wrote for Peter de Rome, which may finally go into production.
De Rome was a film-maker who made gay pornography in New York from the 1960s onwards, at a time when homosexuality was illegal, and became the subject of the recent documentary Peter de Rome: Grandfather of Gay Porn. He died earlier this year. The film’s producer David McGillivray, in conversation at a recent retrospective of pulp director Pete Walker, revealed details of a collaboration between De Rome and Gielgud.
- 11/26/2014
- by Ben Beaumont-Thomas
- The Guardian - Film News
Festival will also see director Rowan Joffe and novelist Sj Watson present Before I Go To Sleep, starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong.
The 34th edition of the Cambridge Film Festival (Aug 28 - Sept 7) is to open with The Kidnapping Of Michel Houellebecq, Guillaume Nicloux’s comedy-drama based in part on true events.
It recounts the disapperance of reclusive French novelist Michel Houellebecq during a book tour in 2011. The rumours of his whereabouts led to endless speculation, including a kidnapping. The film, which stars the novelist as himself, will be presented at the festival by Nicloux.
Special guests at this year’s festival include writer-director Rowan Joffe and novelist Sj Watson who will present Before I Go To Sleep, an amnesiac thriller starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong.
Skip Kite will present his timely tribute to late politican Tony Benn: Will and Testament, while Andrew Sinclair, director of 1972’s...
The 34th edition of the Cambridge Film Festival (Aug 28 - Sept 7) is to open with The Kidnapping Of Michel Houellebecq, Guillaume Nicloux’s comedy-drama based in part on true events.
It recounts the disapperance of reclusive French novelist Michel Houellebecq during a book tour in 2011. The rumours of his whereabouts led to endless speculation, including a kidnapping. The film, which stars the novelist as himself, will be presented at the festival by Nicloux.
Special guests at this year’s festival include writer-director Rowan Joffe and novelist Sj Watson who will present Before I Go To Sleep, an amnesiac thriller starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong.
Skip Kite will present his timely tribute to late politican Tony Benn: Will and Testament, while Andrew Sinclair, director of 1972’s...
- 8/7/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Reel-Important People is a monthly column that highlights those individuals in or related to the movies who have left us in recent weeks. Below you'll find names big and small and from all areas of the industry, though each was significant to the movies in his or her own way. Jacques Bergerac (1927-2014) - Actor. He starred in Gigi, The Hypnotic Eye, Les Girls and Twist of Fate, where he met first wife Ginger Rogers. He died on June 15. (THR) Ann B. Davis (1926-2014) - Actress. Best known for playing Alice on The Brady Bunch, she later had a cameo in The Brady Bunch Movie (see below) and appears as herself in The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult. She died June 1. (THR) Peter de Rome (1924-2014) ...
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- 7/2/2014
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
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