Richard Fung b. 1954
Chinese Characters (1986)
1986 | 00:21:00 | Canada | English | Color | Mono | 4:3 | Video

Quoting Confucius, that “food and sex are human nature,” Chinese Characters builds a parallel between the Chinese legend about the search for the source of the Yellow River and contemporary Asian-Canadian gay men’s search for pleasure via their relationship to gay pornography. Advancing the positive value of pornography as a way to help fantasize and experience greater sexual pleasure and ingenuity, personal techniques are demonstrated and deployed in a High Noon dream of sexual adventure. -- Video Data Bank

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