I had lunch with John Karr today. We’re working on launching a website to archive his 30+ years of gay porn movie reviews. The site is not complete, but you can get a sneak peak by visiting KarrnalKnowledge.com. While I was there, he gave me an unmarked 8mm film. We didn’t know what was on it, and he wasn’t even sure if it was porn.
I took it home and put it on the projector and turns out it was Peter Berlin’s “Blueboys Pt. 2″. I got very exciting thinking it was some extremely rare missing footage. Karr was a major contributor to the documentary about Peter Berlin, “That Man“, that came out a few years ago, and he said there was some “lost” footage out there.
Well, it turns out this film is NOT so rare. It’s contained in the DVD extras on the re-release of Peter Berlin’s “That Boy“. Though the content is readily available, the actual 8mm copy is still very rare. Even the producer of the documentary only had Beta copies to master the DVD, so I will give him the 8mm copy for the official Peter Berlin archive.
And coincidentally, I was going through photos from Easter 2008 this afternoon, and found this shot of the real Peter Berlin! (see below)
Made in 1974, hot on the heels of Peter’s first starring role in Nights in Black Leather, That Boy was the first and only feature length film directed, produced, written, and edited by its star, Peter Berlin.
Previously only available on VHS tapes, That Boy is now presented in this Special Edition, the only version of the film authorized by Peter Berlin himself.
That Boy Special Edition contains:
- Digitally remastered feature film
- Two short films by Peter Berlin–”Blueboys” and “Search”
- Audio commentary for “That Boy” featuring Peter Berlin and noted porn reviewer John F. Karr
- Peter Berlin photo galleries (over 60 images)
- Never-before-seen raw footage from Peter’s Vault
- Original trailer for Peter’s first film Nights in Black Leather
WATCH PETER BERLIN IN THAT BOY
Peter Berlin in 2008. Photo by Lavender Lounge.
