{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 42: Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.'s DADDY DEAREST (1984)","description":"This week on the podcast, we\u2019re celebrating the release of Altered Innocence\u2019s new Blu-ray release of Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.\u2019s seminal PASSING STRANGERS and FORBIDDEN LETTERS by taking a look at his 1984 film, DADDY DEAREST. The third and final film in Bressan\u2019s self-described \u2018personal\/porno trilogy,\u2019 DADDY DEAREST tells the story of Edward Thompson, a gay porn director with artistic aspirations who finds his personal life and private fantasies bleeding into the production of his latest film. One of Bressan\u2019s most ambitious explorations of fantasy, memory, and reality, DADDY DEAREST is a hidden gem waiting to be rediscovered and a fitting conclusion to a gay film trilogy unlike any other. There\u2019s a lot to talk about with this one and over the course of the episode we\u2019ll use several early screenplay drafts to trace the development of the film and its core themes, explore the way it (perhaps misleadingly) exploits the then-nascent Daddy phenomenon, and place it in context with the rest of Bressan\u2019s filmography. ","author_name":"Cruising the Movies","author_url":"http:\/\/askanybuddy.libsyn.com\/website","html":"