HIM (1974 gay Jesus porn)

There's Dutch Bijou.
They have no copy.

Searching thru newspapers.com, I found an article from The Baltimore Sun of August 22, 1973, page 3, "Vatican Attacks Danes Over Film."

I don't see any button for attaching a copy of the article.

While the film in question is not Ed D Louie's HIM, it does relate to the (in this case true) Legend surrounding Mr. Louie's film, and the repeated rumors (some untrue) surrounding reports of announced Jesus porno films.

Again, following up on this story is a back burner project with me, but in this case, I don't see any reason to dismiss a mainstream newspaper story carried by a major wire service, and quoting from a Vatican newspaper, as an untrue rumor spread by the "religious right wing" of the USA.

But it does show the roots of such untrue rumors.

I do think I have the time to check out Jens Thorsen, to confirm that he is, or was a real film maker, and possibly find out if his proposed film,
"The Loves of Jesus Christ" was ever made.

I can't recall if the Danish government yielded to the Vatican's attack or not, and might have withdrawn the subsidizing of the film.

And, I don't know exactly when Wakefield Poole first announced plans for his Bible / Scandals film, which was believed by some to have
motivated Ed D Louie to make HIM, and whether this announced Danish film could have influenced either Mr. Poole and / or Ed D Louie to make
their two Biblical porno films

Nice.

Thanks for the post, Adrastia. I was reluctantly drawn into the discussion of Ed D Louie's HIM, because in 2005, it had become the subject of very partisan debate, including the Snopes Urban Legend webpage, which, at that time, seemed to view him as an "untrue" Urban Legend.

But, some Legends, Urban or othwerwise, have real, factual things behind them. I had known about the Danish government and the protests against the film, "The Loves of Jesus," but am so busy, had not had the time until a few days ago, to check out the story, altho, in one Discussion of HIM, one writer did remember that film, and I think that Snopes should definitely include it as further proof that while, yes, there have been untrue rumors about Jesus porno films, there are some undisputed facts behind real attempts, some successful, some unsuccessful, behind such films.

The institute stated the digitization would start around this time, but you need to keep in mind that they're digitizing a large amount of their film and videos, not just this particular reel. I'd imagine they have a lot of material to get through, and these things take time, so I wouldn't expect their digitization to be finished for the moment. The institute hasn't gotten back in touch with me as of writing, but I will be asking them for an update a few months from now when it can realistically be assumed that the film will be digitized.

There is still a lot of mystery regarding the background of the film, so I don't think the search efforts would stop there. Besides, even if this reel does contain footage, it almost certainly won't be the entire film, so there will still be an ongoing search for that.