Peter Berlin

A kaleidoscopic snapshot of urban gay life during the gay liberation era — or at least how it looked in the movies.

This video for Holopaw's "Dirty Boots" follows a sexually-charged day in the life of a gay biker gang in Brooklyn. They awake in a tangle of leather, then suit up and ride to an underground sex club to initiate new members. Boundaries are pushed, but the boys find love, family and the unexpected.

I'm a Porn Star follows the lives of guys in the neighborhood who are likely a lot more famous than you - at least on the Internet. There are an estimated 370 million pornographic websites on-line. Porn is now a thirteen BILLION dollar business. So who's doing all this moonlighting? Turns out -- probably some people you know.

The film guides the viewer through the process of making contact with a figure who exists only in his own photographs—70’s gay sex icon Peter Berlin. The film is structured in three parts, which were made chronologically. In the first part, the filmmaker appropriates Peter Berlin’s outfits and poses, playfully attempting to embody Peter Berlin’s artistic persona. Each frame of the original 16mm film was then hand-painted to distort the image, producing an animated effect that prevents the viewer from seeing the full performing body. In the second part, a voice over relates a story riddled with anxiety about a potential meeting with Peter Berlin that is paired with images of mansions and window displays. The third and final section is an interview with Peter Berlin in his apartment, describing a moment of exchange that crosses lines of gender and generation, a moment where the identities of two filmmakers briefly coalesce.

He slept with Sal Mineo, was photographed by Andy Warhol, and he was lusted after by millions of men around the world. Model, photographer, filmmaker, clothing designer, and porn icon Peter Berlin is his own greatest creation. Berlin is front and center in this bio documentary from director Jim Tushinski, and featuring interviews with director John Waters, novelist Armistead Maupin, 70s porn director Wakefield Poole and more, all with Berlin as the subject. This intimate film reveals the legendary man with the white saran wrapped pants, undersized leather vests, and Dutch-boy haircut

Prostrate probing interviews! Live action murder! Naked people! Tired death-rockers! And more! Much more!!

Peter Berlin's alter ego Helmut drifts around south of Market and Polk Street areas of San Francisco. When Helmut meets a blind boy (Arron Black) and becomes fascinated by him, the film begins a series of fantasies within fantasies that quickly take it into another realm.

Peter Berlin's alter ego Helmut drifts around south of Market and Polk Street areas of San Francisco. When Helmut meets a blind boy (Arron Black) and becomes fascinated by him, the film begins a series of fantasies within fantasies that quickly take it into another realm.

Peter Berlin's alter ego Helmut drifts around south of Market and Polk Street areas of San Francisco. When Helmut meets a blind boy (Arron Black) and becomes fascinated by him, the film begins a series of fantasies within fantasies that quickly take it into another realm.

Peter Berlin writes about the -- mostly sexual -- experiences he had on a trip to San Francisco.