The Genesis Children (film) - Revision history

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	The plot of the film is apparently very much in tune with the 70s mentality, told in a non-linear fashion, with flashbacks and circularity. A group of boys in a boarding school in Rome answer an ad to "perform in a play before God"; a priest takes them to a beach (the Palinuro natural arch and its beach below Salerno)<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/VRxpYkRHdn93L1zw6 Palinuro Beach on Google Maps]</ref> and abandons them with a crate of food; they run about naked a lot; they crash then burn a Volkswagen minibus in a fit of fury; five dress and go home while three remain naked and stay. The ''Los Angeles Times'' review by Kevin Thomas said, "There's enough earnestness to'' 'The Genesis Children' '' (at the Encore) to allow for the possibility that its makers had something more in mind than an adolescent male nudie. But that is what it becomes by default, so murky is their philosophizing and vague are ..." <ref>Thomas, Kevin. "'The Genesis Children' a Gambol on the Beach". ''Los Angeles Times'', 5 August 1972, p. B5</ref> Filmed in 1970, copyright was registered (for a 91-minute version) on 26 October 1971.<ref name=LOCcard>[https://cdn.loc.gov/service/copyright/hprcatcard/19/71/19/77/GE/NE/RI/-G/EN/EZ/19711977GENERI-GENEZ/CC19711977GENERI-GENEZ.0334.jpg LOC copyright file card]</ref>.		The plot of the film is apparently very much in tune with the 70s mentality, told in a non-linear fashion, with flashbacks and circularity. A group of boys in a boarding school in Rome answer an ad to "perform in a play before God"; a priest takes them to a beach (the Palinuro natural arch and its beach below Salerno)<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/VRxpYkRHdn93L1zw6 Palinuro Beach on Google Maps]</ref> and abandons them with a crate of food; they run about naked a lot; they crash then burn a Volkswagen minibus in a fit of fury; five dress and go home while three remain naked and stay. The ''Los Angeles Times'' review by Kevin Thomas said, "There's enough earnestness to'' 'The Genesis Children' '' (at the Encore) to allow for the possibility that its makers had something more in mind than an adolescent male nudie. But that is what it becomes by default, so murky is their philosophizing and vague are ..." <ref>Thomas, Kevin. "'The Genesis Children' a Gambol on the Beach". ''Los Angeles Times'', 5 August 1972, p. B5</ref> Filmed in 1970, copyright was registered (for a 91-minute version) on 26 October 1971.<ref name=LOCcard>[https://cdn.loc.gov/service/copyright/hprcatcard/19/71/19/77/GE/NE/RI/-G/EN/EZ/19711977GENERI-GENEZ/CC19711977GENERI-GENEZ.0334.jpg LOC copyright file card]</ref>.

	The movie opened on Friday, August 2, 1972 at the Encore Theater at Melrose-Van Ness in Hollywood, where it continued until September 10.<ref>[https://latimes.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22The+Genesis+Children%22&dr_year=1972-1972 L.A. Times search at newspapers.com]</ref> The Encore was "repertory house for old 30s-60s movies and foreign films".<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1129 Encore] on Cinema Treasures</ref> In 1972, the Metropolitan Community Church, founded to minister to homosexuals, was holding Sunday services at the Encore.<ref>[http://foundersmcc.org/about/about-founders-mcc/history-of-mccla-founders-mcc/ MCC] held services at the Encore.</ref> A long interview with Mr. Byars by Violet Helgy Swisher appeared in the September, 1972 issue of ''After Dark'' magazine.<ref name=Swisher>Swisher, Viola Hegyi. "Generating ''The Genesis Children''". ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18.</ref> The magazine's public was closeted homosexuals.<ref>[https://ctvoice.com/2021/03/15/the-fabulous-70s-decade-of-after-dark-magazine/ Rizzo, Frank], "The Fabulous ’70s Decade of After Dark Magazine", ''Connecticut Voice'', March 15, 2021</ref> An ad in alternate newspaper ''Los Angeles Free Press'' announces, "If beauty offends you, do not, '''do not''', see this film - for here are naked young boys on an Italian beach, searching for '''the real meaning of life'''! Rated X. Now playing!"<ref name=Rubine1972>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.28039998 Advertisement. "The Genesis Children"] ''Los Angeles Free Press'', Volume 9, issue 422, August 18-28, 1972 P.10</ref>		The movie opened on Friday, August 2, 1972 at the Encore Theater at Melrose-Van Ness in Hollywood, where it continued until September 10.<ref>[https://latimes.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22The+Genesis+Children%22&dr_year=1972-1972 L.A. Times search at newspapers.com]</ref> The Encore was "repertory house for old 30s-60s movies and foreign films".<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1129 Encore] on Cinema Treasures</ref> In 1972, the Metropolitan Community Church, founded to minister to homosexuals, was holding Sunday services at the Encore.<ref>[http://foundersmcc.org/about/about-founders-mcc/history-of-mccla-founders-mcc/ MCC] held services at the Encore.</ref> A long interview with Mr. Byars by Violet Helgy Swisher appeared in the September, 1972 issue of ''After Dark'' magazine.<ref name="Swisher">Swisher, Viola Hegyi. "Generating ''The Genesis Children''". ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18. Available in the media depository, https://www.boywiki.org/media/File:Generating_Genesis.pdf</ref> The magazine's public was closeted homosexuals.<ref>[https://ctvoice.com/2021/03/15/the-fabulous-70s-decade-of-after-dark-magazine/ Rizzo, Frank], "The Fabulous ’70s Decade of After Dark Magazine", ''Connecticut Voice'', March 15, 2021</ref> An ad in alternate newspaper ''Los Angeles Free Press'' announces, "If beauty offends you, do not, '''do not''', see this film - for here are naked young boys on an Italian beach, searching for '''the real meaning of life'''! Rated X. Now playing!"<ref name=Rubine1972>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.28039998 Advertisement. "The Genesis Children"] ''Los Angeles Free Press'', Volume 9, issue 422, August 18-28, 1972 P.10</ref>

	== Controversy ==		== Controversy ==

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	Byars spoke of ''The Genesis Children'' as “this highly personal creation – my creation”, which would support Aikman’s contention that his was the guiding hand. <ref name=Swisher /> Mr. Hoenack may have been chosen to bring ''Sweet Sweetback's'' golden touch to ''Genesis Children'', or his subsequent long career may indicate an ability to work well with others, following the dictates of those holding the purse strings.		Byars spoke of ''The Genesis Children'' as “this highly personal creation – my creation”, which would support Aikman’s contention that his was the guiding hand. <ref name=Swisher /> Mr. Hoenack may have been chosen to bring ''Sweet Sweetback's'' golden touch to ''Genesis Children'', or his subsequent long career may indicate an ability to work well with others, following the dictates of those holding the purse strings.

	In December 1972, Hoenack was editing one of [https://www.boywiki.org/en/Lyric_International#The_next_film Lyric's next, never-released films], "a reel of motorcycle adventures".		In December 1972, Hoenack was editing one of [https://www.boywiki.org/en/Lyric_International#The_next_film Lyric's next, never-released films], "a reel of motorcycle adventures".

			Mr. Hoenack, elected to a local school board in Arizona, suffered a failed attempt to recall him in 2022. The recall petition focused on his work on "Sweet Sweetback" and "The Genesis Children". Mr. Hoenack responded,

			<blockquote>"Mr. Hoenack has an award winning film career with over 240 film credits with every major studio. He has never worked on a pornographic film or for a company that was producing pornography. Melvin Van Peebles “Sweet Sweet back” was designated by the Library of Congress for preservation as a Culturally Significant Film. “Genesis Children” was described as “benign” by the president of the Motion Picture Rating Association. Hoenack did limited film editing on both films when he was 21 years old, over 50 years ago."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220130024102/https://ballotpedia.org/A._Jeremy_Hoenack_recall,_Litchfield_Elementary_School_District,_Arizona_(2021-2022) Ballotpedia.org] reporting on failed recall petition.</ref></blockquote>

	== Personal Vision ==		== Personal Vision ==
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	"The making of a film becomes so personal, yet the mission of that film must be very public," he observed. "It's the man in the street who has final authority over whether this highly personal creation—my creation, in this instance—shall survive in the life-giving climate of public acceptance or die in the killing climate of public rejection." <ref name=Swisher /></blockquote>		"The making of a film becomes so personal, yet the mission of that film must be very public," he observed. "It's the man in the street who has final authority over whether this highly personal creation—my creation, in this instance—shall survive in the life-giving climate of public acceptance or die in the killing climate of public rejection." <ref name=Swisher /></blockquote>

	The ''After Dark'' interview would have seen print only a few days after the ''Los Angeles ~~Times’s~~'' one-line summary that was the unkindest of all, dismissing the film as “harmless.”		The ''After Dark'' interview would have seen print only a few days after the ''Los Angeles Times’'' one-line summary that was perhaps the unkindest of all, dismissing the film as “harmless.”

	== VHS and DVD ==		== VHS and DVD ==

	The film was available on VHS and later DVD-R from mail-order vendor [[Insider Video Club]] in Los Angeles.<ref>[https://gepir.gs1.org/index.php/search-by-gtin The GS1 database] informs the barcode 736144000001 on the DVD cover is assigned to Ivb, Inc. one of Insider Video Club's names. The barcode on the VHS cover also starts with Ivb, Inc.'s assigned number 736144.</ref> The DVD sold by Ivb affirms a run time of 84 minutes.		The film was available on VHS and later DVD-R from mail-order vendor [[Insider Video Club]] in Los Angeles.<ref>[https://gepir.gs1.org/index.php/search-by-gtin The GS1 database] informs the barcode 736144000001 on the DVD cover is assigned to Ivb, Inc. one of Insider Video Club's names. The barcode on the VHS cover also starts with Ivb, Inc.'s assigned number 736144.</ref> The DVD sold by Ivb affirms a run time of 84 minutes.

			A version of the film enhanced with modern software to 1280 x 720 resolution was uploaded to the Internet in April, 2022, a considerable improvement from the standard VHS resolution of 640 x 480.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	Both IMDB and BFI give a run time of 85 minutes for the film, and give editing credit to Jeremy Hoenack. Hoenack was credited as Assistant Editor in ''[[Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (film)\|Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]'', which premiered in early 1971 to unprecedented financial success for an independent film. That film includes a 3½ minute simulated sex scene by a 13-year-old boy and was initially rated "X", and also has confusing, non-linear editing. After editing four films, Hoenack specialized in sound, and area where IMDB shows 253 sound credits for him and an Emmy in 1975.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388507/ Jeremy Hoenack] on IMDB</ref>.		Both IMDB and BFI give a run time of 85 minutes for the film, and give editing credit to Jeremy Hoenack. Hoenack was credited as Assistant Editor in ''[[Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (film)\|Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]'', which premiered in early 1971 to unprecedented financial success for an independent film. That film includes a 3½ minute simulated sex scene by a 13-year-old boy and was initially rated "X", and also has confusing, non-linear editing. After editing four films, Hoenack specialized in sound, and area where IMDB shows 253 sound credits for him and an Emmy in 1975.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388507/ Jeremy Hoenack] on IMDB</ref>.

	Byars spoke of ''The Genesis Children'' as “this highly personal creation – my creation”, which would support Aikman’s contention that his was the guiding hand. <ref=Swisher /> Mr. Hoenack may have been chosen to bring ''Sweet Sweetback's'' golden touch to ''Genesis Children'', or his subsequent long career may indicate an ability to work well with others, following the dictates of those holding the purse strings.		Byars spoke of ''The Genesis Children'' as “this highly personal creation – my creation”, which would support Aikman’s contention that his was the guiding hand. <ref name=Swisher /> Mr. Hoenack may have been chosen to bring ''Sweet Sweetback's'' golden touch to ''Genesis Children'', or his subsequent long career may indicate an ability to work well with others, following the dictates of those holding the purse strings.

	In December 1972, Hoenack was editing one of [https://www.boywiki.org/en/Lyric_International#The_next_film Lyric's next, never-released films], "a reel of motorcycle adventures".		In December 1972, Hoenack was editing one of [https://www.boywiki.org/en/Lyric_International#The_next_film Lyric's next, never-released films], "a reel of motorcycle adventures".

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	== Personal Vision ==		== Personal Vision ==
	[[File:Genesisad1.png\|right\|~~200~~ px]]		[[File:Genesisad1.png\|right\|300 px]]
	Billy Byars, Jr., was incensed with the X rating, but disillusioned by lack of public understanding and acceptance. While he complains of yes-men, he assume responsibility for the movie, and doesn’t blame anyone else:		Billy Byars, Jr., was incensed with the X rating, but disillusioned by lack of public understanding and acceptance. While he complains of yes-men, he assume responsibility for the movie, and doesn’t blame anyone else:
	<blockquote>"I discovered that one of the most valuable lessons any newcomer to film making can learn is this: the day of he yes-man is still with us. The people associated with the industry; the people working with producers, patting them on the back and saying, "What a work of art!" are not the same people who buy tickets, sit in the general audience; and make their own independent judgments.<br /><br />		<blockquote>"I discovered that one of the most valuable lessons any newcomer to film making can learn is this: the day of he yes-man is still with us. The people associated with the industry; the people working with producers, patting them on the back and saying, "What a work of art!" are not the same people who buy tickets, sit in the general audience; and make their own independent judgments.<br /><br />

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			[[File:Genesisad1.png\|right\|200 px]]
	Billy Byars, Jr., was incensed with the X rating, but disillusioned by lack of public understanding and acceptance. While he complains of yes-men, he assume responsibility for the movie, and doesn’t blame anyone else:		Billy Byars, Jr., was incensed with the X rating, but disillusioned by lack of public understanding and acceptance. While he complains of yes-men, he assume responsibility for the movie, and doesn’t blame anyone else:
	<blockquote>"I discovered that one of the most valuable lessons any newcomer to film making can learn is this: the day of he yes-man is still with us. The people associated with the industry; the people working with producers, patting them on the back and saying, "What a work of art!" are not the same people who buy tickets, sit in the general audience; and make their own independent judgments.<br /><br />		<blockquote>"I discovered that one of the most valuable lessons any newcomer to film making can learn is this: the day of he yes-man is still with us. The people associated with the industry; the people working with producers, patting them on the back and saying, "What a work of art!" are not the same people who buy tickets, sit in the general audience; and make their own independent judgments.<br /><br />

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	The film includes one credited adult actor, Vincent Child, who plays multiple roles, which may reflect artistic vision as well as financial economy. His too has no other credits outside ''The Genesis Children''.<ref>[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4707cfa Vincent Child] on BFI</ref>		The film includes one credited adult actor, Vincent Child, who plays multiple roles, which may reflect artistic vision as well as financial economy. His too has no other credits outside ''The Genesis Children''.<ref>[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4707cfa Vincent Child] on BFI</ref>
	Somewhat more experienced was Bill Dewar, brought from Los Angeles by Byars, credited as cinematographer, and on IMDB as production supervisor. “Bill Dewar was the cameraman and really the only person who had professional experience working on a film. He was described as a hard working man and talented filmographer.” <ref name=Bear2009 />		Somewhat more experienced was Bill Dewar, brought from Los Angeles by Byars, credited as cinematographer, and on IMDB as production supervisor. “Bill Dewar was the cameraman and really the only person who had professional experience working on a film. He was described as a hard working man and talented filmographer.” <ref name=Bear2009 />
	The film’s crew includes two who went on to long careers in Hollywood, film editor Jeremy Hoenack (see below) who later won an Emmy, and composer Jerry Styner, who had already in 1968 been nominated for a Golden Globe, and who has 75 IMDB credits over a 50-year career.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836598/ Jerry Styner] on IMDB</ref> Hoenack however entered the project after filming was completed, and nothing indicates Styner participated in the European caravan of the Lyric troupe.		The film’s crew includes two who went on to long careers in Hollywood, film editor Jeremy Hoenack (see below) who later won an Emmy, and composer Jerry Styner, who had already in 1968 been nominated for a Golden Globe, and who has 75 IMDB credits over a 50-year career.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836598/ Jerry Styner] on IMDB</ref> Hoenack however entered the project after filming was completed, and nothing indicates Styner participated in the European caravan of the Lyric troupe. Byars appears in the uncredited role of "Military Man with Bicycle" according to IMDB.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0136217/characters/nm0125695</ref>

	With the professional crew assembled from English-speakers who happened to be at loose ends in Italy, it was time for locations and cast.		With the professional crew assembled from English-speakers who happened to be at loose ends in Italy, it was time for locations and cast.

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	The plot of the film is apparently very much in tune with the 70s mentality, told in a non-linear fashion, with flashbacks and circularity. A group of boys in a boarding school in Rome answer an ad to "perform in a play before God"; a priest takes them to a beach (the Palinuro natural arch and its beach below Salerno)<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/VRxpYkRHdn93L1zw6 Palinuro Beach on Google Maps]</ref> and abandons them with a crate of food; they run about naked a lot; they crash then burn a Volkswagen minibus in a fit of fury; five dress and go home while three remain naked and stay. The ''Los Angeles Times'' review by Kevin Thomas said, "There's enough earnestness to'' 'The Genesis Children' '' (at the Encore) to allow for the possibility that its makers had something more in mind than an adolescent male nudie. But that is what it becomes by default, so murky is their philosophizing and vague are ..." <ref>Thomas, Kevin. "'The Genesis Children' a Gambol on the Beach". ''Los Angeles Times'', 5 August 1972, p. B5</ref> Filmed in 1970, copyright was registered (for a 91-minute version) on 26 October 1971.<ref name=LOCcard>[https://cdn.loc.gov/service/copyright/hprcatcard/19/71/19/77/GE/NE/RI/-G/EN/EZ/19711977GENERI-GENEZ/CC19711977GENERI-GENEZ.0334.jpg LOC copyright file card]</ref>.		The plot of the film is apparently very much in tune with the 70s mentality, told in a non-linear fashion, with flashbacks and circularity. A group of boys in a boarding school in Rome answer an ad to "perform in a play before God"; a priest takes them to a beach (the Palinuro natural arch and its beach below Salerno)<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/VRxpYkRHdn93L1zw6 Palinuro Beach on Google Maps]</ref> and abandons them with a crate of food; they run about naked a lot; they crash then burn a Volkswagen minibus in a fit of fury; five dress and go home while three remain naked and stay. The ''Los Angeles Times'' review by Kevin Thomas said, "There's enough earnestness to'' 'The Genesis Children' '' (at the Encore) to allow for the possibility that its makers had something more in mind than an adolescent male nudie. But that is what it becomes by default, so murky is their philosophizing and vague are ..." <ref>Thomas, Kevin. "'The Genesis Children' a Gambol on the Beach". ''Los Angeles Times'', 5 August 1972, p. B5</ref> Filmed in 1970, copyright was registered (for a 91-minute version) on 26 October 1971.<ref name=LOCcard>[https://cdn.loc.gov/service/copyright/hprcatcard/19/71/19/77/GE/NE/RI/-G/EN/EZ/19711977GENERI-GENEZ/CC19711977GENERI-GENEZ.0334.jpg LOC copyright file card]</ref>.

	The movie opened on Friday, August 2, 1972 at the Encore Theater at Melrose-Van Ness in Hollywood, where it continued until September 10.<ref>[https://latimes.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22The+Genesis+Children%22&dr_year=1972-1972 L.A. Times search at newspapers.com]</ref> The Encore was "repertory house for old 30s-60s movies and foreign films".<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1129 Encore] on Cinema Treasures</ref> In 1972, the Metropolitan Community Church, founded to minister to homosexuals, was holding Sunday services at the Encore.<ref>[http://foundersmcc.org/about/about-founders-mcc/history-of-mccla-founders-mcc/ MCC] held services at the Encore.</ref> A long interview with Mr. Byars by Violet Helgy Swisher appeared in the September, 1972 issue of ''After Dark'' magazine.<ref name=Swisher>Swisher, Viola Hegyi. "Generating ''The Genesis Children''". ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18.</ref> The magazine's public was closeted homosexuals.<ref>[https://ctvoice.com/2021/03/15/the-fabulous-70s-decade-of-after-dark-magazine/ Rizzo, Frank], "The Fabulous ’70s Decade of After Dark Magazine", ''Connecticut Voice'', March 15, 2021</ref> An ad in alternate newspaper Los Angeles Free Press announces, "If beauty offends you, do not, '''do not''', see this film - for here are naked young boys on an Italian beach, searching for '''the real meaning of life'''! Rated X. Now playing!"<ref name=Rubine1972>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.28039998 Advertisement. "The Genesis Children"] ''Los Angeles Free Press'', Volume 9, issue 422, August 18-28, 1972 P.10</ref>		The movie opened on Friday, August 2, 1972 at the Encore Theater at Melrose-Van Ness in Hollywood, where it continued until September 10.<ref>[https://latimes.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22The+Genesis+Children%22&dr_year=1972-1972 L.A. Times search at newspapers.com]</ref> The Encore was "repertory house for old 30s-60s movies and foreign films".<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1129 Encore] on Cinema Treasures</ref> In 1972, the Metropolitan Community Church, founded to minister to homosexuals, was holding Sunday services at the Encore.<ref>[http://foundersmcc.org/about/about-founders-mcc/history-of-mccla-founders-mcc/ MCC] held services at the Encore.</ref> A long interview with Mr. Byars by Violet Helgy Swisher appeared in the September, 1972 issue of ''After Dark'' magazine.<ref name=Swisher>Swisher, Viola Hegyi. "Generating ''The Genesis Children''". ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18.</ref> The magazine's public was closeted homosexuals.<ref>[https://ctvoice.com/2021/03/15/the-fabulous-70s-decade-of-after-dark-magazine/ Rizzo, Frank], "The Fabulous ’70s Decade of After Dark Magazine", ''Connecticut Voice'', March 15, 2021</ref> An ad in alternate newspaper ''Los Angeles Free Press'' announces, "If beauty offends you, do not, '''do not''', see this film - for here are naked young boys on an Italian beach, searching for '''the real meaning of life'''! Rated X. Now playing!"<ref name=Rubine1972>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.28039998 Advertisement. "The Genesis Children"] ''Los Angeles Free Press'', Volume 9, issue 422, August 18-28, 1972 P.10</ref>

	== Controversy ==		== Controversy ==

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	The plot of the film is apparently very much in tune with the 70s mentality, told in a non-linear fashion, with flashbacks and circularity. A group of boys in a boarding school in Rome answer an ad to "perform in a play before God"; a priest takes them to a beach (the Palinuro natural arch and its beach below Salerno)<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/VRxpYkRHdn93L1zw6 Palinuro Beach on Google Maps]</ref> and abandons them with a crate of food; they run about naked a lot; they crash then burn a Volkswagen minibus in a fit of fury; five dress and go home while three remain naked and stay. The ''Los Angeles Times'' review by Kevin Thomas said, "There's enough earnestness to'' 'The Genesis Children' '' (at the Encore) to allow for the possibility that its makers had something more in mind than an adolescent male nudie. But that is what it becomes by default, so murky is their philosophizing and vague are ..." <ref>Thomas, Kevin. "'The Genesis Children' a Gambol on the Beach". ''Los Angeles Times'', 5 August 1972, p. B5</ref> Filmed in 1970, copyright was registered (for a 91-minute version) on 26 October 1971.<ref name=LOCcard>[https://cdn.loc.gov/service/copyright/hprcatcard/19/71/19/77/GE/NE/RI/-G/EN/EZ/19711977GENERI-GENEZ/CC19711977GENERI-GENEZ.0334.jpg LOC copyright file card]</ref>.		The plot of the film is apparently very much in tune with the 70s mentality, told in a non-linear fashion, with flashbacks and circularity. A group of boys in a boarding school in Rome answer an ad to "perform in a play before God"; a priest takes them to a beach (the Palinuro natural arch and its beach below Salerno)<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/VRxpYkRHdn93L1zw6 Palinuro Beach on Google Maps]</ref> and abandons them with a crate of food; they run about naked a lot; they crash then burn a Volkswagen minibus in a fit of fury; five dress and go home while three remain naked and stay. The ''Los Angeles Times'' review by Kevin Thomas said, "There's enough earnestness to'' 'The Genesis Children' '' (at the Encore) to allow for the possibility that its makers had something more in mind than an adolescent male nudie. But that is what it becomes by default, so murky is their philosophizing and vague are ..." <ref>Thomas, Kevin. "'The Genesis Children' a Gambol on the Beach". ''Los Angeles Times'', 5 August 1972, p. B5</ref> Filmed in 1970, copyright was registered (for a 91-minute version) on 26 October 1971.<ref name=LOCcard>[https://cdn.loc.gov/service/copyright/hprcatcard/19/71/19/77/GE/NE/RI/-G/EN/EZ/19711977GENERI-GENEZ/CC19711977GENERI-GENEZ.0334.jpg LOC copyright file card]</ref>.

	The movie opened on Friday, August 2, 1972 at the Encore Theater at Melrose-Van Ness in Hollywood, where it continued until September 10.<ref>[https://latimes.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22The+Genesis+Children%22&dr_year=1972-1972 L.A. Times search at newspapers.com]</ref> The Encore was "repertory house for old 30s-60s movies and foreign films".<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1129 Encore] on Cinema Treasures</ref> In 1972, the Metropolitan Community Church, founded to minister to homosexuals, was holding Sunday services at the Encore.<ref>[http://foundersmcc.org/about/about-founders-mcc/history-of-mccla-founders-mcc/ MCC] held services at the Encore.</ref> A long interview with Mr. Byars by Violet Helgy Swisher appeared in the September, 1972 issue of ''After Dark'' magazine. The magazine's public was closeted homosexuals.<ref>[https://ctvoice.com/2021/03/15/the-fabulous-70s-decade-of-after-dark-magazine/ "The Fabulous ’70s Decade of After Dark Magazine"~~]Frank Rizzo~~, ''Connecticut Voice'', March 15, 2021</ref> An ad in alternate newspaper Los Angeles Free Press announces, "If beauty offends you, do not, '''do not''', see this film - for here are naked young boys on an Italian beach, searching for '''the real meaning of life'''! Rated X. Now playing!"<ref name=Rubine1972>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.28039998 Advertisement. "The Genesis Children"] ''Los Angeles Free Press'', Volume 9, issue 422, August 18-28, 1972 P.10</ref>		The movie opened on Friday, August 2, 1972 at the Encore Theater at Melrose-Van Ness in Hollywood, where it continued until September 10.<ref>[https://latimes.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22The+Genesis+Children%22&dr_year=1972-1972 L.A. Times search at newspapers.com]</ref> The Encore was "repertory house for old 30s-60s movies and foreign films".<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1129 Encore] on Cinema Treasures</ref> In 1972, the Metropolitan Community Church, founded to minister to homosexuals, was holding Sunday services at the Encore.<ref>[http://foundersmcc.org/about/about-founders-mcc/history-of-mccla-founders-mcc/ MCC] held services at the Encore.</ref> A long interview with Mr. Byars by Violet Helgy Swisher appeared in the September, 1972 issue of ''After Dark'' magazine.<ref name=Swisher>Swisher, Viola Hegyi. "Generating ''The Genesis Children''". ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18.</ref> The magazine's public was closeted homosexuals.<ref>[https://ctvoice.com/2021/03/15/the-fabulous-70s-decade-of-after-dark-magazine/ Rizzo, Frank], "The Fabulous ’70s Decade of After Dark Magazine", ''Connecticut Voice'', March 15, 2021</ref> An ad in alternate newspaper Los Angeles Free Press announces, "If beauty offends you, do not, '''do not''', see this film - for here are naked young boys on an Italian beach, searching for '''the real meaning of life'''! Rated X. Now playing!"<ref name=Rubine1972>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.28039998 Advertisement. "The Genesis Children"] ''Los Angeles Free Press'', Volume 9, issue 422, August 18-28, 1972 P.10</ref>

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	The film received an X rating from the MPAA. "''The Genesis Children'' is really a very benign film. It was only the cumulative amount of nudity and the closeup shots of the pelvic area that brought about the X decision. Even the violence of the scene in which the boys attack the bus is well within the R category," said Dr. Aaron Stern, director of MPAA's code and rating administration.<ref name=Swisher~~>Swisher, Viola Hegyi. "Generating ''The Genesis Children''". ''After Dark'', September 1972, p. 18.<~~/~~ref~~>		The film received an X rating from the MPAA. "''The Genesis Children'' is really a very benign film. It was only the cumulative amount of nudity and the closeup shots of the pelvic area that brought about the X decision. Even the violence of the scene in which the boys attack the bus is well within the R category," said Dr. Aaron Stern, director of MPAA's code and rating administration.<ref name=Swisher />
	In the same article, where the subheadline “Director ''(sic)'' Billy Byars, Jr., rankles over the rating of his film”, Byars was quoted as saying, "You know, this is the most incredible thing [...] It's just unbelievable to me that the MPAA would comment to me that this film is dangerous, that it deserves an X. I think the MPAA has been the sole critic of my use of the young boys."<ref name=Swisher /> ''The Los Angeles Times's'' one-sentence summary of the film called it a "harmless allegory featuring naked adolescent romping on an Italian beach."<ref>[https://latimes.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22The+Genesis+Children%22&dr_year=1972-1972 L.A. Times search at newspapers.com]</ref>		In the same article, where the subheadline “Director ''(sic)'' Billy Byars, Jr., rankles over the rating of his film”, Byars was quoted as saying, "You know, this is the most incredible thing [...] It's just unbelievable to me that the MPAA would comment to me that this film is dangerous, that it deserves an X. I think the MPAA has been the sole critic of my use of the young boys."<ref name=Swisher /> ''The Los Angeles Times's'' one-sentence summary of the film called it a "harmless allegory featuring naked adolescent romping on an Italian beach."<ref>[https://latimes.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22The+Genesis+Children%22&dr_year=1972-1972 L.A. Times search at newspapers.com]</ref>

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	The plot of the film is apparently very much in tune with the 70s mentality, told in a non-linear fashion, with flashbacks and circularity. A group of boys in a boarding school in Rome answer an ad to "perform in a play before God"; a priest takes them to a beach (the Palinuro natural arch and its beach below Salerno)<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/VRxpYkRHdn93L1zw6 Palinuro Beach on Google Maps]</ref> and abandons them with a crate of food; they run about naked a lot; they crash then burn a Volkswagen minibus in a fit of fury; five dress and go home while three remain naked and stay. The ''Los Angeles Times'' review by Kevin Thomas said, "There's enough earnestness to'' 'The Genesis Children' '' (at the Encore) to allow for the possibility that its makers had something more in mind than an adolescent male nudie. But that is what it becomes by default, so murky is their philosophizing and vague are ..." <ref>Thomas, Kevin. "'The Genesis Children' a Gambol on the Beach". ''Los Angeles Times'', 5 August 1972, p. B5</ref> Filmed in 1970, copyright was registered (for a 91-minute version) on 26 October 1971.<ref name=LOCcard>[https://cdn.loc.gov/service/copyright/hprcatcard/19/71/19/77/GE/NE/RI/-G/EN/EZ/19711977GENERI-GENEZ/CC19711977GENERI-GENEZ.0334.jpg LOC copyright file card]</ref>.		The plot of the film is apparently very much in tune with the 70s mentality, told in a non-linear fashion, with flashbacks and circularity. A group of boys in a boarding school in Rome answer an ad to "perform in a play before God"; a priest takes them to a beach (the Palinuro natural arch and its beach below Salerno)<ref>[https://goo.gl/maps/VRxpYkRHdn93L1zw6 Palinuro Beach on Google Maps]</ref> and abandons them with a crate of food; they run about naked a lot; they crash then burn a Volkswagen minibus in a fit of fury; five dress and go home while three remain naked and stay. The ''Los Angeles Times'' review by Kevin Thomas said, "There's enough earnestness to'' 'The Genesis Children' '' (at the Encore) to allow for the possibility that its makers had something more in mind than an adolescent male nudie. But that is what it becomes by default, so murky is their philosophizing and vague are ..." <ref>Thomas, Kevin. "'The Genesis Children' a Gambol on the Beach". ''Los Angeles Times'', 5 August 1972, p. B5</ref> Filmed in 1970, copyright was registered (for a 91-minute version) on 26 October 1971.<ref name=LOCcard>[https://cdn.loc.gov/service/copyright/hprcatcard/19/71/19/77/GE/NE/RI/-G/EN/EZ/19711977GENERI-GENEZ/CC19711977GENERI-GENEZ.0334.jpg LOC copyright file card]</ref>.

	The movie opened on Friday, August 2, 1972 at the Encore Theater at Melrose-Van Ness in Hollywood, where it continued until September 10.<ref>[https://latimes.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22The+Genesis+Children%22&dr_year=1972-1972 L.A. Times search at newspapers.com]</ref> The Encore was "repertory house for old 30s-60s movies and foreign films".<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1129 Encore] on Cinema Treasures</ref> In 1972, the Metropolitan Community Church, founded to minister to homosexuals, was holding Sunday services at the Encore.<ref>[http://foundersmcc.org/about/about-founders-mcc/history-of-mccla-founders-mcc/ MCC] held services at the Encore.</ref> ~~Perhaps~~ the ~~congregation saw~~ ''The ~~Genesis Children~~'' ~~movie posters~~, ~~and were favorably inclined to see a movie with a Biblical title.~~ An ad in alternate newspaper Los Angeles Free Press announces, "If beauty offends you, do not, '''do not''', see this film - for here are naked young boys on an Italian beach, searching for '''the real meaning of life'''! Rated X. Now playing!"<ref name=Rubine1972>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.28039998 Advertisement. "The Genesis Children"] ''Los Angeles Free Press'', Volume 9, issue 422, August 18-28, 1972 P.10</ref>		The movie opened on Friday, August 2, 1972 at the Encore Theater at Melrose-Van Ness in Hollywood, where it continued until September 10.<ref>[https://latimes.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22The+Genesis+Children%22&dr_year=1972-1972 L.A. Times search at newspapers.com]</ref> The Encore was "repertory house for old 30s-60s movies and foreign films".<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1129 Encore] on Cinema Treasures</ref> In 1972, the Metropolitan Community Church, founded to minister to homosexuals, was holding Sunday services at the Encore.<ref>[http://foundersmcc.org/about/about-founders-mcc/history-of-mccla-founders-mcc/ MCC] held services at the Encore.</ref> A long interview with Mr. Byars by Violet Helgy Swisher appeared in the September, 1972 issue of ''After Dark'' magazine. The magazine's public was closeted homosexuals.<ref>[https://ctvoice.com/2021/03/15/the-fabulous-70s-decade-of-after-dark-magazine/ "The Fabulous ’70s Decade of After Dark Magazine"]Frank Rizzo, ''Connecticut Voice'', March 15, 2021</ref> An ad in alternate newspaper Los Angeles Free Press announces, "If beauty offends you, do not, '''do not''', see this film - for here are naked young boys on an Italian beach, searching for '''the real meaning of life'''! Rated X. Now playing!"<ref name=Rubine1972>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.28039998 Advertisement. "The Genesis Children"] ''Los Angeles Free Press'', Volume 9, issue 422, August 18-28, 1972 P.10</ref>

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