Close the blinds, flip the switch on the stag film projector, The Sin Syndicate are back and peering into the voyeuristic world of Bob Cresse and Lee Frost's underseen docu-roughie, "
Love is a Four Letter Word." Forman 'Harvey' Shain plays a handsome young college student sucked into a world of dime-store loops, Tijuana sex shows, and sadomasochistic sorority initiations, culminating in a sleeping pill fueled nightmare that he'll never wake up from. Join us for a wide-ranging discussion with special guest Alex DiSanto on everything from copyright claims on orphaned films, Cresse's tragic run-in with the LAPD, and much, much more.
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Alex DiSantoTimestamps:
(00:00:28) Opening
(00:01:22) Updates
(00:04:13) Milligan at Tribeca
(00:16:06) Bob Cresse’s Art Film
(00:22:58) Casey’s First Time
(00:27:23) Alex’s Defense
(00:33:51) Tijuana Scene
(00:37:24) Love Camp 7
(00:42:41) Pressbook Marketing
(00:47:54) Harvey Shain, Heartthrob
(00:53:30) The Tragedy of Cresse
(01:07:03) The Frost/Cresse Relationship
(01:17:13) Copyright Fun
