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The Meatrack/Sticks and Stones

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Don't let the campy description fool you. Both of these films are minor classics and major groundbreakers of gay cinema. Meatrack is a strange morality tale that features some excellent cinematography and Sticks and Stones is a fly-on-the-wall account of the dissolution a relationship against the backdrop of a party on Fire Island. Both were made in 1969, before The Boys in the Band and all of the other great Hollywood films came out. The shorts included are also a cool indication of the kind of things guys were watching in the dark of their own dens or at peep shows in the 1960s.

Great Vintage 60's and 50's Stuff for gay people unfourtanely something weird movies are more focused on the woman I wish they would release classic vintage gay movies like this more often. I highly recoomend this dvd it has a lot of sorrow and emotional depth to it in a something weird way............

I thoroughly enjoyed the first feature on this dvd, The Meatrack. It actually surpassed my expectations based on my previous Something Weird video experiences, with more depth to it than most of the stuff they release. On the one hand, it's similar to the heterosexual "nudie" movies SW Video frequently releases in that there is frequent male nudity (mostly back side), but the film itself is far more interesting than SW Video fare such as Country Cuzzins or the Chesty Morgan films. If anything, I would compare The Meatrack to Cher's early film, Chastity. As in Chastity, The Meatrack's protagonist is haunted by early childhood experiences, experiences which cause him to sometimes make questionable decisions in his later life.

I have to say that I could only sit through about 25 minutes of Sticks and Stones. While the actors were generally attractive and scantily clad, the dialog was incredibly boring.

The extras were generally not particularly interesting, either. The first couple were sort of interesting from a historical perspective, but most of the extras are silly soft-core films with bad music and horseplay. The final extra is an early soft-core video featuring legendary John Holmes; I finally understand why he became so famous (or is that infamous?). The Meatrack, indeed.

The following extras are on this DVD:

Hollywood Gay Pride Parade from 1971
Gay In III - Griffith Park - L.A. 1971
The following silent loops from the sixties-seventies:
Times Square Trick
Desert Dudes
Playin' Pool
Shoot It Buddy
Johnny Giant