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New-ish Release Desk: “Flesh & Fantasy”
June 13, 2008 | 2 Comments
Channel 1 Releasing is touting the 25th Anniversary Edition of FLESH & FANTASY (click here), originally released by Catalina Video in 1984. It streets July 1. The new DVD master was struck from an original 16mm print; yes, Bobby, gay porn “films” were actually shot on film stock once upon a time. The great Duff Paxton is featured with Sam Benson, John Charles, Mike Cole, Jim Bataglia, Randy Gutzman, Jim Klamm, Bob Moore, Gary Silverman and Rob Stevens. Director Lancer Brooks (a/k/a Tom DiSimone or De Simone) is still alive and kicking, and was interviewed for a BTS featurette (much like√¢‚Ǩ‚Äùahem√¢‚Ǩ‚ÄùI interviewed Jerry Douglas for a BTS featurette on Studio 2000‘s remastered DREAM TEAM; click here). Mr. DiSimone is an industry pioneer; his first film THE COLLECTION first opened in 1969 at the Park Theater in Los Angeles and was instantly shut down by authorities. In the early ’70s, the Federal Commission on Pornography and Obscenity, called by President Nixon, cited THE COLLECTION as so deviant it ought to be banned√¢‚Ǩ‚Äùand it was entirely simulated! In the 1980s, Mr. DiSimone segued into mainstream television and film with credits like 1981′s Hell Night with Linda Blair, ’82′s The Concrete Jungle, and my personal favorite, 1986′s Reform School Girls. He was a GAYVN Hall of Fame recipient in 2005.
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