SummaryDocumentary 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
Gay Sex in the 70s
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Generally Favorable
65
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5.3
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
65
82% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
18% Mixed
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0% Negative
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83
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.
75
Yet despite the retrospective sensationalism, Lovett's 70-minute documentary is a sobering anti-erotic cautionary tale.
70
A rich sense of the dawning of gay liberation.
70
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).
63
Largely male gay sex, with nary a lesbian in sight, or in mind.
63
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.
40
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
Mixed or Average
5.3
55% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
9% Mixed
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36% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Dec 1, 2010
8
This movie was really gay but I wouldn't call it too gay if there is such a thing. I was going to go on a beer run with friends last weekend but I was having a really gay day and I decided to stay home and watch this. I agree with the other comments about it being a bit too New York based but I enjoyed it anyways. I was riding so high after this movie I hit on a guy at the hockey game on Sunday and ended up with a black eye. Never the less, I give this movie two thumbs up!
Production Company:
- Lovett Productions
- Frameline
- Heartlove Productions
Release Date:Nov 4, 2005
Duration:1 h 7 m
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.
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Awards
Dallas OUT TAKES
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
GayVN Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
