“A docufantasy”

In this mind-bending ‘docufantasy’ from legendary Boys in the Sand and Bijou filmmaker Wakefield Poole, a group of real gay men are interviewed and then have the opportunity to live out their deepest sexual fantasies before the camera. But as the film gradually begins to become more about the making of and eventual premiere of the film that we’ve been watching, multiple layers of fantasy and reality begin to fold in on themselves. From the sweetly romantic to the bizarrely kinky, Take One is a love letter to both San Francisco’s gay community at the height of the liberation era and to the magic of cinema itself and a hidden gem of queer cinema waiting to be rediscovered.

Available in both its original theatrical (96 minutes) and shorter director’s (80 minutes) cuts.