"Gay Sex in the 70s is a stunning visual document of New York during the decade of gay liberation and sexual abandon following Stonewall and before the outbreak of AIDS. Gay men cruised the streets, frequented gay bars, and, of course, had loads and loads of sex everywhere. But only 12 years after Stonewall, AIDS brought this unprecedented era of sexual Freedom to a close. Lovett expertly mixes archival footage and interviews with those who lived through the times, including author/activist Larry Kramer, photographer Tom Bianchi, and the former business manager of the St. Marks Baths. From Greenwich Village to the Fire Island Pines, Gay Sex in the 70s celebrates a city and an era with the unbridled joy that characterized the decade, while at the same time offering a sobering reminder of the AIDS crisis that followed" ........................................................................................................................... "Take a journey to a wilder time in this lively and revealing documentary about the gay sex revolution of the '70s. After the Stonewall rebellion in 1969 but before AIDS hit in 1981, New York City was a sexual paradise for gay men. For a night of dancing there WAS the Saint where men retired to the balcony for sex. They took MDMA (now called Extasy) and danced the whole night through. If you were in the mood for pure sex, there were the bathhouses, the Saint Marks Baths being the most successful of such businesses. There was a two-leve orgy room, floors of small rooms for sex, a wild steam room, a pool and a large jacuzzi. One of the bathhouses, Man's Country, even had a truck on their top floor. And if total sleaze was your aim, there were the Piers, the Anvil or Mineshaft, places where men simply to have sex with other men with no pretense. Piecing together interviews with men who played around in that era with stills and actual footage, documentary maker Joseph F. Lovett has painted a nostalgic and highly erotic portrait of a lost time of 'innocence.’ Gay Sex in the 70s is a truly lively non-fiction film that is sure to provoke discussion. Scott Cranin Philadelphia G&L