{"title":"Phil St. John","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"diary-of-a-puerto-rican-porno-by-phil-st-john","title":"Diary of a Puerto Rican Porno by Phil St. John","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiary of a Puerto Rican Porno, is a true-life, action-adventure, erotic comedy. This is producer Phil St. John’s sexually outrageous filmmaking journey, where he takes his boyfriend and a porn star bottom to the land of the big tops to make Foreskin Island and Return to Foreskin Island - two tropical dick movies shot back-to-back in the jungles near San Juan. St John's moviemaking is fraught with knife fights, sexual intrigue, nervous breakdowns, tropical depressions, secret marijuana smuggling, and true cinematic, pornographic love. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I thought filming porn in Puerto Rico would be fun; a glamorous and exotic experience. I didn't know I’d be chased, assaulted, bitten, and bruised. Worst of all – I would fall in love with a beautiful Puerto Rican boy. Sometimes real life can feel like an edge-of-your-seat-action-thriller and high adventure becomes both your curse and your reward... I didn't know that love and lust could twist all up into one crazy, sexual video odyssey.\" -Phil St. John\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Through dated diary entries we are given a full picture of more than just filming porn in Puerto Rico.  Phil St. John’s first novella gives us a glimpse of what happens, not just on the other side of the camera, but before it is set up.  There is also a greater story of creativity, commerce, conquests, and capturing sex on film.\" -Steven Reigns, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInheritance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e3-Pack Jack\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, 58 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 Edition (May 19, 2018)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 x 0.1 x 8 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003cbr\u003ePHIL ST. JOHN, a \u003cem\u003enom de porn\u003c\/em\u003e, acted in gay adult movies while he went to film school in San Francisco. Later, in the East Village, in Manhattan, St. John freelanced for United Artists writing literary script coverage by day, and making porn loops for the mob’s Times Square, peep shows, at night.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAfter working in the Italian movie industry, St. John attended The American Film Institute on a scholarship, in Los Angeles. His first major porno, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGetting It, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ein 1985, was distributed by Falcon Films. It was shot on 16mm film and had the largest cast of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. John discovered and named Chad Douglas, and starred him in \u003cem\u003eBelow the Belt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich had the first double penetration in gay film - that became St. John’s signature.  He shot the first all DP movie called \u003cem\u003eDouble Delights\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich earned a gay porn Oscar.  Some of his other big movies were \u003cem\u003eGetting It At The Rave\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTaggers, South Beach Heat \u003c\/em\u003eand the first gay skateboard film,\u003cem\u003e Skateboard Sliders\u003c\/em\u003e.  He also started the Titan Fresh line, in the Czech Republic. In 2009 he was inducted into the Gay Porn Hall of Fame for producing and directing some of the artiest gay adult films in the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis personal series of LGBTQ political and ethnographic videos is housed in the permanent collection of the New York Public Library and has screened in film festivals and museums like the American Film Institute and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHis writing and photography have appeared in the LA Times, the LA Weekly, The WOW Report, The Advocate, Out, Genre, Adventure Journal, Spunk and American Photo Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover artwork by Miguel Angel Reyes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phil St. John","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12308854472727,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1705\/1039\/products\/Diary_cover_13th_JPEG.jpg?v=1575402430"}],"url":"https:\/\/cultureedit.com\/collections\/phil-st-john.oembed","provider":"CULTUREEDIT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}