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- One of the enduring icons of gay male eroticism, the phenomenon known as Peter Berlin is explored, explained, ogled and interviewed in the superb documentary That Man: Peter Berlin.
- 75TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxAmong those who are on hand to offer their own feelings about the man known as Peter Berlin and his art are fellow porn legend Jack Wrangler, groundbreaking gay writer Armistead Maupin, pornographer Wakefield Poole and director John Waters, who remembers Peter from his days in San Francisco, and still doesn't quite get what he's all about.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoMeet Peter Berlin - the man whose eccentric life style has earned him the title the Garbo of gay porn.
- 75San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSan Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubBerlin is still a subject very much worth exploring on film, and his observations as an aged man are even more fascinating than the statements he made as an artist in his prime.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFortunately, Tushinski strikes the right balance throughout, interspersing old erotic photos and stills from Berlin's adult films with entertaining, current-day sound bites.
- 50Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderDespite Berlin's frankness about his personal love life and his preference for being watched when he's not having sex, the Garbo of gay porn remains elusive, largely because Tushinski doesn't seem to see the ironies and contradictions in his subject's life. He's much better when exploring Berlin's aesthetic and working methods.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceTushinski must spin Berlin's self-portrait photography and well-documented peacocking as more than predictable narcissism.