Bijou | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster by
Paul Jasmin
[1] | |
Directed by | Wakefield Poole |
Produced by | Marvin Shulman |
Starring | Bill Harrison Cassandra Hart Lydia Black Peter Fisk Bill Cable |
Production company | Poolemar |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $22,000 [1] |
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.
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. [3]
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. [4] Poole edited the film over the summer of 1972. [5]
Poole first screened Bijou during a weekend in August 1972. [6] The film opened in October, with a 24-week run at the 55th Street Playhouse. [7]
A contemporary review in Variety called the film "part ersatz Kubrick, part raunchy Disney". [8] [9] Al Goldstein, editor of Screw, praised the film's "sophisticated direction, magnificent photography and editing". [8] Bijou was named "Best Picture of 1972" by Screw, though it shared the honor with the film Deep Throat. [10] According to Poole, Goldstein considered Bijou to be superior to Deep Throat, but did not want to "honor faggotry over heterosexuality". [10]
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". [10]
In May 2014, the film was released on DVD by Vinegar Syndrome. [8]
Bijou | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster by
Paul Jasmin
[1] | |
Directed by | Wakefield Poole |
Produced by | Marvin Shulman |
Starring | Bill Harrison Cassandra Hart Lydia Black Peter Fisk Bill Cable |
Production company | Poolemar |
Release date |
|
Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $22,000 [1] |
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.
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. [3]
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. [4] Poole edited the film over the summer of 1972. [5]
Poole first screened Bijou during a weekend in August 1972. [6] The film opened in October, with a 24-week run at the 55th Street Playhouse. [7]
A contemporary review in Variety called the film "part ersatz Kubrick, part raunchy Disney". [8] [9] Al Goldstein, editor of Screw, praised the film's "sophisticated direction, magnificent photography and editing". [8] Bijou was named "Best Picture of 1972" by Screw, though it shared the honor with the film Deep Throat. [10] According to Poole, Goldstein considered Bijou to be superior to Deep Throat, but did not want to "honor faggotry over heterosexuality". [10]
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". [10]
In May 2014, the film was released on DVD by Vinegar Syndrome. [8]