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- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wolfe Video
- 1 h 7 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wolfe Video
- 1 h 7 m
Summary Documentary producer/director Joseph Lovett focuses his lens on the unbridled sexual passion and exploration that marked the twelve years from Stonewall (1969) to the first reported cases of AIDS (1981). (Lovett Productions)
Directed By: Joseph F. Lovett
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wolfe Video
- 1 h 7 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wolfe Video
- 1 h 7 m
Gay Sex in the 70s
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3.2
Summary Documentary producer/director Joseph Lovett focuses his lens on the unbridled sexual passion and exploration that marked the twelve years from Stonewall (1969) to the first reported cases of AIDS (1981). (Lovett Productions)
Directed By: Joseph F. Lovett
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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82% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
18% Mixed
3 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
65
82% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
18% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The director, Joseph Lovett, wants us to ask if there's such a thing as too much freedom, and he has the sobriety to say yes -- and no.
Yet despite the retrospective sensationalism, Lovett's 70-minute documentary is a sobering anti-erotic cautionary tale.
A rich sense of the dawning of gay liberation.
Magnificent photographs, archival news footage, and location-shot porn add texture and immediacy to Joseph Lovett's fascinating memoir of the sexually explosive 12-year period (1969-1981).
Largely male gay sex, with nary a lesbian in sight, or in mind.
Lovett's history is heavy on hedonism, but he does deliver a succinct perspective on this celebratory era - between the sad bookends of repression and loss.
A documentary with a decidedly prurient slant, Gay Sex in the 70s isn't for everyone – it's definitely aimed toward the older gay crowd who somehow lived through the experience and the younger one who might wistfully wish that it had.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 18 User Ratings
3.2
33% Positive
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6% Mixed
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61% Negative
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 18 User Ratings
3.2
33% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
6% Mixed
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61% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
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Production Company
Lovett Productions,
Frameline,
Heartlove Productions
Release Date Nov 4, 2005
Duration 1 h 7 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline In case you missed it the first time...... A tale of the formation of a gay male sexual identity and of unbridled sexual pleasure from the Stonewall Riots of 1969 to the first reported cases of AIDS in 1981.
Website
http://www.gaysexinthe70s.com/
Awards
Dallas OUT TAKES
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
GayVN Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
