
He slept with Sal Mineo, was photographed by Andy Warhol, and he was lusted after by millions of men around the world. Model, photographer, filmmaker, clothing designer, and porn icon Peter Berlin is his own greatest creation. Berlin is front and center in this bio documentary from director Jim Tushinski, and featuring interviews with director John Waters, novelist Armistead Maupin, 70s porn Director Wakefield Poole and more, all with Berlin as the subject. This intimate film... (Full plot summary below)
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He slept with Sal Mineo, was photographed by Andy Warhol, and he was lusted after by millions of men around the world. Model, photographer, filmmaker, clothing designer, and porn icon Peter Berlin is his own greatest creation. Berlin is front and center in this bio documentary from director Jim Tushinski, and featuring interviews with director John Waters, novelist Armistead Maupin, 70s porn Director Wakefield Poole and more, all with Berlin as the subject. This intimate film reveals the legendary man with the white saran wrapped pants, undersized leather vests, and Dutch-boy haircut.
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| The New York TimesNathan LeeOne of the enduring icons of gay male eroticism, the phenomenon known as Peter Berlin is explored, explained, ogled and interviewed in the superb documentary That Man: Peter Berlin. |
| Film ThreatPhil HallThis should provide some retro fun for those who recall the gay scene from the early 1970s. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxAmong those who are on hand to offer their own feelings about the man known as Peter Berlin and his art are fellow porn legend Jack Wrangler, groundbreaking gay writer Armistead Maupin, pornographer Wakefield Poole and director John Waters, who remembers Peter from his days in San Francisco, and still doesn't quite get what he's all about. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonTaking a subject this self-obsessed, Tushinksi still manages to portray Mr. Berlin in a flattering light. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubBerlin is still a subject very much worth exploring on film, and his observations as an aged man are even more fascinating than the statements he made as an artist in his prime. |
| indieWireBrandon JudellA fascinating look at gay porn icon Peter Berlin, a blond god of the seventies whose crotch became an international cause worshipped by the likes of Andy Warhol. . . . a rousing, arousing work. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoMeet Peter Berlin - the man whose eccentric life style has earned him the title the Garbo of gay porn. |
| New TimesLuke Y. ThompsonIt should come as little surprise that a guy known for his looks doesn't get too philosophically deep |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFortunately, Tushinski strikes the right balance throughout, interspersing old erotic photos and stills from Berlin's adult films with entertaining, current-day sound bites. |
| Village VoiceNick SylvesterTushinski must spin Berlin's self-portrait photography and well-documented peacocking as more than predictable narcissism. |