Released in 1975 and directed by Wakefield Poole—already famous for the groundbreaking Boys in the Sand—Ballet Down the Highway blurred the line between art film and adult cinema. Shot against the backdrop of open American highways, it staged erotic encounters as a kind of surreal dance, folding together sexual liberation, experimental filmmaking, and a spirit of queer freedom unique to the 1970s. Though little-seen outside underground circuits, it remains a rare artifact of the era when gay porn aspired to be both erotic and avant-garde.
