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Bijou is an 1972 American gay pornographic film directed and edited by Wakefield Poole and starring Bill Harrison as a construction worker who witnesses a car accident and discovers an invitation to a club called Bijou in the purse of the victim.

Production

Using some of the proceeds from his debut film Boys in the Sand, director Wakefield Poole bought a Beaulieu 16 mm camera for $10,000. Poole recorded screen tests of each actor he wanted to use, and had each of them "seduce the camera", undress, and masturbate to climax.Шаблон:Sfn

Poole shot the film over four days at his apartment. The interiors of the Bijou club were filmed in his living room; the crew covered the walls and floors with black felt and built a platform in the center of the room that was covered with black velvet.Шаблон:Sfn Poole edited the film over the summer of 1972.Шаблон:Sfn

Release

Poole first screened Bijou during a weekend in August 1972.[1] The film opened in October, with a 24-week run at the 55th Street Playhouse.[2]

Critical reception

A contemporary review in Variety called the film "part ersatz Kubrick, part raunchy Disney".[3][4] Al Goldstein, editor of Screw, praised the film's "sophisticated direction, magnificent photography and editing".[3] Bijou was named "Best Picture of 1972" by Screw, though it shared the honor with the film Deep Throat.Шаблон:Sfn According to Poole, Goldstein considered Bijou to be superior to Deep Throat, but did not want to "honor faggotry over heterosexuality".Шаблон:Sfn

When asked by Women's Wear Daily what his favorite thing he did on his visit to New York was, French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent answered, "Seeing Bijou".Шаблон:Sfn

Home media

In May 2014, the film was released on DVD by Vinegar Syndrome.[3]

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