There is a new documentary just about to be released about the late great gay film pornographer Peter De Rome whose erotic and explicit intimate sex short movies that he shot in the 1960’s have become cinema classics. Despite the fact he and his work were the toast of the homosexual demi-monde in the US at that time, the films were never ever shown back in his native UK until the BFI unearthed them and finally showed them at London’s Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in 2012.
Now this new profile talks about this disarmingly and charming gay pioneer and celebrates the resurgence of his excellent work. Filmed with De Rome just before he died on the eve of his 90th birthday, this profile is somewhat uneven (click HERE for our full review) BUT the man himself and the very explicit clips of his very sensual work are sheer gems and worth overlooking the documentary filmmaker’s rather rambling style.
There is a special screening of Peter De Rome Grandfather of Porn on Sunday 13th March at the ICA in London, and it will be followed by a Q & A with David McGillivray, screenwriter, producer and friend of Peter de Rome. For tickets and information click HERE
