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File Size: 938 KB
Print Length: 377 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0786720107
Publisher: Running Press Adult; 1 edition (May 26, 2009)
Publication Date: May 26, 2009
Language: English
ASIN: B06XK472Z6
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Jeffrey Escoffier's Bigger than Life promises a lot. According to the description on the dust jacket, it is at once a survey of gay porn films, a social history of the gay porn industry, an analysis of the cultural politics of AIDS, an account of the evolution of porn as a medium, and an exploration of gay porn in the context of technological change. To its credit, the book does try to offer all these things; but the jumping back and forth between the different modes of analysis results in a disjointed and often superficial work of scholarship.As an over-aching history of gay porn, this book is something of a failure. The historical account Escoffier offers is oddly both too frenetic and too single minded to do justice to the depth and variety of the porn industry. He offers long, interesting analyses of Andy Warhol's films, for instance, but barely touches on major porn studios like Titan or Colt. Indeed, as far as studios go, Bigger than Life devotes the vast majority of its pages to only one: Falcon. Many other major gay porn studios (such as Bel Ami) are not even mentioned at all. As for technological change, Escoffier provides interesting insights into the shift to video and VCRs, but virtually nothing beyond that. There's no discussion of DVDs or On Demand and only 2 pages addressing the internet (a somewhat shocking omission for a book published in 2009).As a social or cultural history of gay men and gay sex, Bigger than Life is slightly more successful. Escoffier's accounts of the pedagogical function of porn and the sexual identities it has helped promulgate are insightful. His discussion of AIDS and the use of condoms is also interesting, if a little too abridged. Unfortunately, Bigger than Life has nothing to offer about the changing function of gay porn in the internet era. Anyone born after 1975 will thus find little here that reflects their own experience with pornography. Escoffier also has a habit of citing academic or philosophical work to support his arguments without meaningfully identifying the works' authors and contexts (why on earth is Georges Bataille cited in this book?). This may not bother most readers, but readers approaching this in an academic context will likely be annoyed.A last complaint, which some readers will find important, is that Bigger than Life lacks illustrations. This is particularly surprising as one would imagine the rights to things like ads and box cover images would have been easy to acquire. There's little in the way of racy anecdotes to make up for the lack of pictures either, which results in a disappointingly un-sexy history of gay porn.
A long-time gay activist, Jeff Escoffier clearly knows this material--intimately. However, he is also attentive to the economic realities of an industry that began only in the early seventies, facilitated by a series of court decisions and changes in movie-going patterns. However, the book is too scissors-and-paste, with countless quotes and references. A significant gap is documentation of growth of the gay porn industry in Eastern Europe over the last twenty years (the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary). The book would have been much enhanced with a series of revealing photos of the performers.
Of course I knew NOTHING about the subject going in, but for someone like me, someone with zero knowledge, this book was a very readable way to get a sense of what happened, and quickly.
I had a special interest in Jeffrey Escoffier's book as I fairly much by chance started a gay bookstore in Dallas, Texas, in 1974 and rode the wave of the gay porn business for years. While my wave crashed in 2004, after reading Escoffier perhaps I got out at the right time considering the changed market from selling the product in person as opposed to the internet. All the characters that cross his pages are familiar from names on video boxes to friendships with such interesting persons as Richard Lawrence and Drew Onkon (Al Parker) - one story not in his book was told to me by Drew about selling the masters of his Surge Studio films to a certain "business man" in Las Vegas. If I were to point to any omission it would be from the view of the gay retailer such as myself. How my partner and I had to fly out of state for merchandise because of strict state laws, how we had to travel to San Francisco (a great sacrifice I know) to acquire Falcon 8mm films via Le Salon's then owner, and having to use a friend in the military in southern California to pick up videos from William Higgins. But his book does fill in a lot of blanks (such as who was known as the Black Budda) from my perspective.
Well written, dispassionate without being dry. A good historical reference for folks who may not remember - or even know of - how pornography documented and interacted with the gay liberation movement.
I always wondered about the actors and movies that made up my fantasies when I was younger. Now I know!
Gay Porn is an interesting counter-culture subject. I have read many books about the Gay Porn escapades. Basically the book by Wakefield Poole, bio on Casey Donovan and Al Parker; to the tragic story of Joey Stefano. This book is a perfect work to read.The author executes subjects in gay porn in perfect timing. From the 60s of Andy Warhol's movies, to Wakefield Poole's classic BOYS IN THE SAND, then on to the development of FALCON and other production companies, gay-for-pay, and directors who process their own style. What got me thinking is how the author explains the difference between GAY PORN SUPERSTAR and GAY PORN STAR. There are many many GAY PORN STARS right now with the increasing demand of porn and internet, BUT there isn't a SUPERSTAR. I would have liked the author to talk about KRISTEN BJORN. Even though he is quoted in the book in certain areas, BJORN has his own style of gay porn which is unique and, I feel, artistic. This is an easy read, not boring at all. Buy this book!
This book was selected by others for our book club. Well put together. Somewhat pedestrian style, but not bad. It helps if you know a lot about gay porn (I don't). There are some real revelations about the porn industry in general, the lives of some of the "stars," the intricacies of the business. Written with a decent sense of humor. I really enjoyed the segment on the Mineshaft bar in NYC.
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