An intriguing journey through the 25 films in cinema history that shaped male desire. From Genet, Visconti, or Warhol to Almodóvar and Villaronga

Between the camera and the flesh, between the eye that contemplates and the materiality of bodies, lies the imagination. This book selects twenty-five films, examples of fantasies orbiting around the male body: from the homosociality of Wings and the exoticism of Tabú to the porn of Boys in the sand, the kitsch of Pink Narcissus, the lyricism of Beau travail, or the voyeurism of Taekwondo. Penises and sorrows, overflowing lusts, poetry and prose, ideal bodies and deadly bodies, Apollo and Dionysus.

Against the literalness of pornography, the erotic gaze requires a creative activity on the part of the viewers, a putting oneself into play, revealing intimate feelings. The texts that make up the volume include various perspectives on sexuality and homoeroticism in cinema with numerous anecdotes, historical frameworks, experiences, and counterintuitive readings. From Jean Genet to Fassbinder, from George Cukor to Pedro Almodóvar, Entre la cámara y la carne offers a wide range of erotic daydreams, from filmmakers and viewers alike.