American exxxtasy, my 30-year search for a happy ending, John Amero ; with Ashley West
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American exxxtasy, my 30-year search for a happy ending, John Amero ; with Ashley West
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes filmography (pages 219-220) and index
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platesillustrations
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no index present
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fiction
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American exxxtasy
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bibliographyfilmographies
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1147885161
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John Amero ; with Ashley West
Sub title
my 30-year search for a happy ending
Summary
"How does a young man from a small New England town become one of the most influential makers of exploitation films in the 1960s? How does the same filmmaker come to be a pioneer of hardcore sex movies in the 1970s and 1980s, including groundbreaking gay features? And how does that very same director move into mainstream productions for television networks like NBC in the 1990s? In American Exxxtasy, John Amero charts his remarkable life and career at the forefront of the sexual revolution, while sharing what it was like to be a gay man living in the heart of New York City through the eras of Stonewall, LGBTQ rights and AIDS. It’s a memoir that depicts his close bond with his brother Lem, with whom he formed a thirty-year filmmaking partnership. It details his friendship and collaboration with notorious exploitation director Michael Findlay and his wife Roberta. And it explores John’s relationships with notable names such as Andy Warhol, Montgomery Clift, Anthony Perkins, and Olympia Dukakis. American Exxxtasy is an engaging personal story told with candour, emotion and humour, and a portrait of an industry and a city that were rapidly changing. And it’s the only first-person account that provides intimate insight into a singularly unique journey from porn to primetime."--Book review
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- Gays in motion pictures
- Gay culture -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century
- Homosexuality in motion pictures
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Nineteen eighties
- Amero, John
- Gay men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Nineteen seventies
- Exploitation films -- 20th century
- Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
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- Gays in motion pictures
- Gay culture -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century
- Homosexuality in motion pictures
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Nineteen eighties
- Amero, John
- Gay men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Nineteen seventies
- Exploitation films -- 20th century
- Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
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