from director Marvin Merkins (AKA Jacques Scandelari) – New York City Inferno AKA Hotter Than Hell, From Paris to New York (1978) – enjoy the promo above, and the longer clip below!
YorjYefferson’s VintageGayVids review
a few letterboxd reviews –
Ask Any Buddy podcast on the film
BJland mentions of New York City Inferno
Showdown at the YMCA – oh!
Many of the songs from their (Village People) first two albums feature in this film including Macho Man, Sodom & Gomorrah, San Francisco and I Am What I Am which plays over the opening and closing credits.
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It’s been a while since I watched this, I remember hearing about it long before I sat down to view (and then review) it. Seems likely your blog was one of the places I’d read things and seen pics, and gevi of course. The slaughterhouse scene really stuck in my head long after watching it, that seems like cinema verite and not just using a set made to look like one. A little too verite for my tastes, not sexual at all to me but authentic for sure.
That experimental thrash-sounding song by Camile O’Grady performed at the Warehouse was interesting too, the only music not credited to the Village People.
The picture quality of the preview clip was outstanding, so much better than almost any older film I find on the usual sites. It’s great when vintage porn movies are cleaned up and remastered for festivals or wherever else they get shown, though this can lead to companies getting in the way and taking clips down sometimes. Because they want folks to actually pay to watch them (what a concept!) but the end result brings more attention to them, and that’s always a good thing.