![]() “His people went looking for a filmmaker who had filmed real gay sex, and I suspect someone who would complement his vision. “He knew he wanted real gay sex in it,” Travis said. As Mathews’ gay art porn/drama “I Want Your Love” was getting press attention, Franco’s people emailed Mathews to ask him to talk about the film. (Those protests are documented in Jim Hubbard’s short “Stop the Movie (Cruising)”.)Īccording to Mathews, Franco wanted to update the film, but he couldn’t get the rights. The production, which shot in New York City, was picketed by gay rights groups nervous about the film’s depiction of gay men. “Cruising,” based on the novel by Gerald Walker, stars Al Pacino as a police detective who goes undercover in the gay S&M sex scene to investigate the serial murders of gay men within the subculture. John Leguizamo Criticizes James Franco Being Cast as Fidel Castro: ‘He Ain’t Latino!”įranco’s work includes the five-minute homoerotic short “The Feast of Stephen.” The film that Mathews and Franco are creating together is an examination of people trying to make sense of Franco as star figure - as well as a documentation of Franco’s attempt to produce a film that re-imagines the lost 40 minutes of “Cruising.”
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