Decorative Pornography

In this bold and lysergic 1978 reinterpretation, Anthony Spinelli transports Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" myth to the epicenter of the sexual revolution. The plot follows Darrin Blue (a superb performance by Wade Nichols), a young man of statuesque beauty who, having made a pact with the forces of Vani

The first 20 minutes or so are set in a restaurant (an actual dining room, not a set) where a famous prostitute, Barbara Broadcast (industry icon Annette Haven), is interviewed by an enthusiastic journalist (C.J. Laing). This long sequence is filled with all sorts of mischief, made all the more exciting by the surreal humor that springs from the ca