The Wakefield Poole Collection collects three of Poole's gay adult movies along with several of Poole's short films into one volume. The set contains Poole's feature-length movies Boys in the Sand, Bijou, and Boys in the Sand 2 along with his short films Andy, Water Movie, Roger, and Freedom Day Parade. The collection offers a nice view of Poole's work with his best film, Bijou, included on the release and his landmark first film, Boys in the Sand. Mercury Releasing has done a good job with their release of the movies on this release with generally good audio and video.

Description This is a two-disc release of three of Wakefield Poole's pioneering feature films from 1971 to 1986, plus several of his short films of the era, a long interview, and other extras. General Impression For me, this had great value as an historical artifact, partly because I can remember this time period. I was 12 in 1969, when Poole began filming. I lived an hour from San Francisco, and went there regularly, picking up copies of the Berkeley Barb and soaking up the ambience. Our junior high buried a time capsule in 1970, to be opened in the year 2000. We dropped into the capsule a pair of bellbottoms and a Jacksons album, among other things. I was born a moment too late to be on the cusp of many of the changes that took place, but I observed them anyway. I had always heard that Deep Throat was the first feature length hard-core movie.