Release Year: 1975
Studio: Bijou Classics

A narrated history/documentary of Hand In Hand Videos, the pioneering gay movie group this 1st appeared in Unlike Erotikus (V0586), which is a greater amount normal history of the gay film, this movie traces the evolution of Hand In Hand and how its three founders, Jack Deveau, Robert Alvarez and Jaap Penraat, created a loose cooperative of filmmakers dedicated to the creation of high characteristic, innovative gay erotica. The movie offers behind-the-scenes explanations of how porno films are made; extraordinary interviews; segments from several Hand In Hand titles; and previously unreleased material, including bloopers and outtakes. The featuring videos include: Left-Handed, Hand In Hand’s first release, and as well the 1st gay film ever with a full script and musical score; Peter de Rome’s Rousing Pants, an impressionistic short featured a go-go boy jacking off; Ballet Down the Highway, about a trucker who falls for a ballet star; Adam & Yves, a languid love story set in Paris; Wanted: Billy the Kid, ’bout a rambling hustler; The Night Formerly; Drive, a zany spy tale; Bagdad; and several others. Following the release Left-Handed, Hand In Hand filmmakers began incorporating more story into their movies in order to draw in the audience. Similarly, the camerawork evolved: the lens no long only recorded the sex, but served to convey the greater story also. The film making of the now-famous 21-hour live shoot on a New York subway for "Underground," a episode from The Hot Movies of Peter de Rome assemblage, is chronicled here. The shoot and the performance it produces are outrageous. The narrator relates in detail the thrills of the entire experience, the real-life risk of being caught or arrested, the challenge of staying erect on a moving train, the technical difficulties the shoot. As well discussed is boss and photographer Arch Brown’s The Night Formerly, which experimented with black-and-white photography and dance. The only lengthy erotic segment – the bacchanal episode from Beyond These Doors, a sort of Persian bacchanalia – is saved for the end. Awesome Sexual Tool is required viewing for anyone interested in the history of gay erotica. "Interesting anecdotes… skillfully interspersed with steamy sex sequences." Contax

Format: mp4
Duration: 1:30:00
Video: 640×480, AVC (H.264), 1469kbps
Audio: 125kbps

Video clip size: 1.0 GB