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Recommended Documentary About 70s Gay Scene
The documentary Gay Sex in the 70s examines the lifestyle and culture of gay men from 1969 to 1981--the dawn of the AIDS era. The documentary was produced by former ABC Producer (20/20)Joseph Lovett. Gay Sex in the 70s is an excellent film. <
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>The film primarily focuses on the disco era. Various gay men describe their lives and how things happened during that era. There is also a great deal of archived footage incorporated into the film. From back rooms at clubs to wild scenes in semi trucks at the docks things were definitely wild and free during that era. <
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>Gay Sex in the 70s is a great historical film. The saddest part of the film is when the early 1980's are discussed. The dawn of the AIDS era really impacted the gay community in a major way. One man shows a pile of pictures of all of his friends who died from the disease. Another man tells a story about how one of his patients called him when he was hospitalized for what he was told was a strange cancer. One great thing the film captured is how the gay community really took a handle of things and worked hard to promote awareness about the disease before the government or any other group got involved. <
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>Gay Sex in the 70s is a film I highly recommend to historians and people interested in gay/lesbian culture. <
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>I for one am someone who knew nothing about this era, so I found this film very enlightning. <
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Nostalgic postcards from the edge
I moved to New York in 1975, at the mid-point of the longish decade this documentary aims to cover (June 1969 to June 1981--from the Stonewall riots to the first diagnoses of AIDS). So I was eager to see what kinds of memories it would trigger and curious whether there would be any photos or film footage of places I used to hang out. It definitely triggered some memories (one interviewee spoke of his habit of leaving his wallet at home when he went out cruising but writing his name and address on a piece of paper to help cops identify his body in case he didn't make it out of a dangerous situation--I remember doing that! Insane, yes.) <
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>Viewers that weren't part of the New York-Fire Island scene will be disappointed as this is a very parochial documentary--there is no mention here of Key West, P-town, or San Francisco to name a few other "cities of the Plain." I wish the filmmakers had put a little more effort into compiling film clips from the era. There seemed to be a lot more pan-and-scan shots of still photos. Since many of these were from the "artistic" rather than "journalistic" school of photography they tended to make some of the seedier elements (like the dilapidated piers in the Hudson River) look more beautiful and less ominous that they actually were. While many of the interviewees spoke of being out all night, most of the visual components of the film consisted of daytime shots, stripping the film of any "City of Night" kind of edginess it could have had. <
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>I was also disappointed that all of the interviewees were from a "rah-rah, wasn't it all so fun" mold, and that there was very little psychological or sociological reflection on what the rampant sexuality was all about. All saw it as a reaction to the repression and oppression of the pre-Stonewall era and all felt it was necessary (and would do it all over again...this time with condoms...if they could turn back the clock). Although the film isn't intellectually challenging in any way, shape, or form, it is pleasant to watch. It'll be fun to watch again with friends who also survived that decadent decade in New York.

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Home Movie and Scrapbooks
I wasn't part of the Gay scene in New York in the 70's, so I can't empathize with the "nostalgia" other reviewers found in Joseph Lovettt's Gay Sex in the 70's. In fact, I found it much like being invited to someone's house so's they could show you their slide collection, grainy black-and-white 8 mm footage and listen to their interesting commentary about what fun they had in the good-old-days. <
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>I think the six-or-so narrators, some still quite handsome, have preserved their memories with interesting photos and a few pieces of motion photography. But their vision is limited to the West Village, the pier-and-truck scence, some hot (at the time) clubs and some snazzy photos of Fire Island. To watch this DVD, one might conclude that there was no sex west of the Hudson!!! <
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>The wrap up is a tragedy as the men explain how they and their friends paid for this decade-long romp. One, we in the post 80's era, know all too well. <
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>I won't revisist the DVD. Had I known it's contents, I'd have invited a few friends over to watch the rental.