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Eye on the guy : Alan B. Stone and the age of beefcake /

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Alan B. Stone: astute businessman, quiet suburbanite--and master of the homoerotic pin-up. Eye on the Guy: Alan B. Stone and the Age of Beefcake explores the little-known world of Montreal's physique photography scene--a distinct gay subculture that emerged in the 50s' and 60s'--throu...

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Other Authors: Boilard, Étienne (director of photography.), Cochrane, Lisa (Producer), Desfossés, Gérald (interviewee (expression)), Higgins, Ross, 1948- (Screenwriter, interviewee (expression),), Johnston, Jeff (composer (expression)), Kreiger, Peter (director of photography.), Lewis, Philip (Director, Screenwriter), Mangione, Mike (interviewee (expression)), Monette, Jean-François (Director, Screenwriter), Simard, Alain (Producer), Stone, Alan B. (Alan Bentley), 1928-1992 (Commentator, Photographer), Touchette, Pierre L. (Producer), Wees, Michael (director of photography.)
Format: Video
Language:English
French
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: San Francisco, CA : Frameline, 2006.
Series:LGBT studies in video
Subjects:
Stone, Alan B. > (Alan Bentley), > 1928-1992.
Stone, Alan B. > (Alan Bentley), > 1928-1992
Gay people > Québec (Province) > Montréal.
Photography of men > Québec (Province) > Montréal.
Personnes homosexuelles > Québec (Province) > Montréal.
Photographie d'hommes > Québec (Province) > Montréal.
Gay people
Photography of men
Québec > Montréal
Documentary films > Canada.
documentary film.
Documentary films
Feature films
Nonfiction films
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Alan B. Stone: astute businessman, quiet suburbanite--and master of the homoerotic pin-up. Eye on the Guy: Alan B. Stone and the Age of Beefcake explores the little-known world of Montreal's physique photography scene--a distinct gay subculture that emerged in the 50s' and 60s'--through the life and work of one of its most creative figures. Operating under the social radar of post-war Canada, Stone produced thousands of images of men--from Montreal bodybuilders to Pacific coast fishermen, from rodeo cowboys to the construction workers who built Expo 67. Like his American contemporary, physique photographer Bob Mizer, Alan B. Stone was a cultural pioneer. Before the first wave of gay liberation, and long before Calvin Klein's poster boys marched into public view, Stone was taking hundreds of erotic photos of men and running an international mail-order business from his Montreal basement.
Item Description:Originally produced or released in 2006.
Run time: approx. 49 min.
Physical Description:1 online resource (49 min.).
Production Credits:Editor, Barbara Brown ; directors of photography, Peter Kreiger, Michael Wees, Étienne Boilard ; composer, Jeff Johnston.