Forbidden Letters (1979) - Arthur Bressan .Jr

Quote: This remarkable lost classic stars the legendary gay adult actor and AIDS activist Richard Locke (one of the quintessential daddies in classic gay adult cinema, best known for his work on Joe Gage’s classic trilogy: Kansas City Trucking Co., L.A. Tool and Die, El Paso Wrecking Co.) and novice performer Robert Adams. Unavailable since it’s initial release forty years ago, Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.’s Forbidden Letters has been digitally restored in a beautiful new 2K scan through a partnership with The Bressan Project, the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project and esteemed Blu-ray distributor, Vinegar Syndrome. In honor of its 40-year anniversary, it will be re-released exclusively in August 2020 by PinkLabel.tv. One of only a handful of gay independent feature films of the 1970s, Forbidden Letters played at both LGBT film festivals and gay adult cinemas in 1979 and had a prestigious German premiere when it was showcased in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama section in 1980.

Pleasure Beach (1983) - Arthur J. Bressan Jr.

Synopsis: An early 1980s precondom gay sex classic. The tag line was "Where More than the Surf Is Pounding"...and is it ever! Michael Christopher plays an openly gay lifeguard and Johnny Dawes plays a "straight" one who's starting to question is sexuality. Christopher and Dawes were allegedly lovers when this film and Skin Deep, which I put on line a couple years ago, were made, and this seem to add something "extra" to their love scenes. Or maybe they were both just great actors or super horny, who knows? I found this one line a while back and not in great shape. I've improved the primitive sound some ... but sound isn't what you're interested in, is it?

Forbidden Letters (1976) - Arthur J. Bressan Jr.

Synopsis: Erotic, explicit letters between a young man and his incarcerated lover recall happier (and hotter) times. The story of 2 lovers, one in jail (Richard Locke), the other, younger one (Robert Adams), still living in the San Francisco apartment they shared. A series of letters and remembrances to and of each other, but primarily from the point of view of the younger Robert who’s anxiously awaiting the release of Richard, and they’re reunion.

Parts of the movie were actually filmed in Alcatraz. The film begins in black-and-white and later changes to color. Overall, the film is very experimental and concludes in a very unconventional fashion with director Bressan narrating the credits juxtaposed with behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the film, including the cutting and editing of the film reels! Aside from the exception of Wakefield Poole's Bijou, Forbidden Letters is probably the most artful and idiosyncratic American gay hardcore flick ever made.