i have the pleasure of join a near capacity audience for the north american premier of that man represent peter berlin at the miami gay and lesbian film festival . the film provide a provocative and entertaining look at the life of this 70 gay sex icon who have for year shun any camera but his own . contain hundred of berlin picture of himself ( every inch of himself ) and his vain and self absorb persona draw me in much a it apparently draw in thousand when he be a 30 year old exhibitionist hunk cruise the street of san francisco in his white and skin tight and pant ( with a bushel size basket ) and blonde page boy haircut in the 70 . armistead maupin and john water and porn legend jack wrangler and together with producer lawrence helman provide insight and commentary into this extraordinary life . robert maplethorpe and andy warhol provide a glowing peer review from the grave of this interesting photographer cum street performance artist . possibly most remarkable be the on camera interaction between the director and the painfully shy armin ( berlin real name ) about his life experience and his unique take on sex and sexuality . director and jim tushinski and do a remarkable job of introduce u to both the persona peter berlin and the reclusive 62 year old from san francisco who create this iconic persona during his youth . this be tushinski first documentary . while the 80 minute pass quickly with so much eye candy and the film could benefit from some additional editing and deletion of some stock footage of seemingly irrelevant gay pride parade and such improve both the pace and the length of the film .