S4E38: Arthur J. Bressan Jr. | Passing Strangers | Johnny Dawes

About this episode

The episode discusses the contributions of Arthur J. Bressan Jr. to gay erotic cinema, particularly focusing on his film 'Passing Strangers'.

Send us Fan Mail Arthur J Bressan Jr. was of the few iconic filmmakers in the history of gay erotic cinema that saw the importance of weaving and capturing our history while at the same time making it okay to watch educational stuff with your porn. Arthur J. Bressan's gay erotic feature film, Passing Strangers, was a departure from the gay erotic film genre and is one of the first notable examples of his unique tendency to integrate erotic sequences into conventional queer narrati...

People in this episode

Guests: Arthur J. Bressan Jr., Johnny Dawes

Topics covered

• gay erotic cinema
• film history
• queer narratives
• education in porn

Keywords

• gay cinema
• erotic film
• queer history

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Passing Strangers

Books & works: Passing Strangers

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