Marc Huestis edits interviews with 15 men, including himself, around a set of topics starting with "what is sex?" The men are gay, living in or near San Francisco. They talk about their first sexual experiences, the gay scene in San Francisco in the late 1970s, the pall cast by AIDS, the safe-sex movement, getting into serious relationships, the illness and death of partners, pornography, S/M and pain, race and stereotypes, personal fantasies, and bliss. Huestis has a thesis, that sex is going to be with us, so how best do we embrace it? His 15 subjects, archival footage, clips from porn films, and close-up looks at men loving men flesh out various answers.
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Marc Huestis Director · Fawn Yacker Cinematographer Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir Editor
Worldwide gross $531K · United States release May 27, 1993 · Produced in United States
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$530,833
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United States
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English
Release dates
United States · May 27, 1993
Theatrical
Australia
December 1, 1995
Netherlands
December 1, 1994 · Amsterdam
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