The hedonistic yet spiritually-questing spirit of San Francisco life at the height of the "Gay Liberation" movement is captured in Michael Wallin's poetical, highly personal film. As we watch city denizens cruise each other in the free-for-all atmosphere of a mid-1970s erotic wonderland, the filmmaker ponders the restlessness of desire and elusiveness of fulfillment: "Looking for that someone who somehow fulfills a fantasy... the perfect guy... the hunt goes on all the time." He worries that this constant pursuit might actually render love an unreachable goal. After a certain point, the narrator's voice is joined by another and THE PLACE BETWEEN OUR BODIES becomes a joyous, unashamedly intimate ode to coupledom. Both sexually graphic and exquisitely romantic, this enchanted record of freedom and fulfillment has been acclaimed as a classic of pre-AIDS gay cinema by such successors as Todd Haynes. - Dennis Harvey
