PETER JOHNSON IN CHOP SUEY by BRUCE WEBER

Peter Johnson is the star of Bruce Weber's 2001 film ChopSuey. Bruce Weber first met Peter Johnson at a wrestling camp in 1996 and followed him around with a camera for the next 4 years. The result was the book CHOP SUEY (a collector's item today, it sells for hundreds of dollars) and the film of the same name.



Bruce Weber does not allow his films to come out on DVD but as we have announced earlier this month the Sundance channel screened the rarely-seen films [Gonne Fishing A Little Journey In My Backyard]



Looking at those short films feels like you just woke up from a wonderful dream, you are not sure if what you saw was real or fantasy. It's blurred in your memory but the the feeling is good. You will even see Sir Ian McKellen, a naked man and an elephant on the beach ...