Synopsis "Porn Diaries: How to Succeed in Hardcore Without Really Trying"
Be afraid, darling. Be VERY afraid. For the very first time, the collected thoughts about (gay) porn from the one and only Advocate for Fagdom! The notorious cult director and "Reluctant Pornographer" Bruce LaBruce is a well-known key figure of the New Queer Cinema. Starting in the late 80s in Toronto with queer punk fanzines and Super 8 short films, and later entering the international independent movie scene, LaBruce was already writing and taking photographs for magazines such as "Honcho", "Inches", "Exclaim!", "Vice" and many more. This compilation covers the thought-provoking, political, opinionated and cleverly-pointed articles the director has written about pornography. A glorious read - if you aren't afraid of good, old-fashioned obscenity! Includes a conversation between LaBruce and gay porn legend Peter Berlin, numerous essays, articles, stories, and three shooting diaries, for SKIN GANG, THE RASPBERRY REICH and L.A. ZOMBIE. 80 pages of still photography, artworks and Portraits - among them photos by Richard Kern, Raul Hidalgo, Ricardo Gomes, Terry Richardson and others.
