That Man: Peter Berlin (2005)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Jim Tushinski

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Model, artist, porn star, legend...he was his own work of art.

Plot Keywords:

Male Full Frontal Nudity | Voyeurism | Pornography | Erotic Photography | Homosexual History

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Peter Berlin	...	Himself
Robert Boulanger	...	Himself
Rick Castro	...	Himself
Guy Clark	...	Himself
Lawrence Helman	...	Himself
John F. Karr	...	Himself
Armistead Maupin	...	Himself
Daniel Nicoletta	...	Himself (as Dan Nicoletta)
Wakefield Poole	...	Himself
Robert W. Richards	...	Himself
John Waters	...	Himself
Jack Wrangler	...	Himself

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Gorilla Factory Productions

Trivia:

The footage of Sal Mineois taken from Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965).

Goofs:

Factual errors: When showing the black and white still photo of young Peter with his parents and brother, the camera pans up and focuses in on Peter's brother, not Peter himself. Peter is actually the boy on the far right of the screen.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "SexTV: Sex Work Survivor/That Man: Peter Berlin/A Moment with... Deborah Sundahl (#7.23)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Captain Groovy and His Bubble Gum Army

LOVED it

I might not want to go to a party with Peter Berlin but I really enjoyed hanging out with him for a while. It's a challenging film. It addresses so many issues but ultimately it is about art and narcissism. It's not a gay film. It's a film about making statements and Peter Berlin's happens to deal with his self-image and part of that is his sexuality.

The film reminded me that we all define ourselves and that it's good to know yourself. It also reminded me to be in the fully moment and that whatever I think is beautiful is beautiful.

Not bad things to be reminded of in my opinion.