Glossy magazines, porn stars, washboard stomachs and street hustlers: Hollywood faith­ fully provides the public with a seemingly inexhaustible flood of male erotica. _Sex/Life in L.A. _brings together nine young men who earn their livings with their bodies. There are porn stars: Matt Bradshaw, porn actor and hair­ dresser; Kevin Kramer, who's planning his transformation from porn legend to legitimate actor; and Cole Tucker, porn star and successful entrepreneur. And there's Ron Athey, a performance artist who's also the subject of this year's Hallelujah!

Finally, there are unemployed hustlers and models like Patrick and David, and ex-porn stars like John Garwood. To each of the men interviewed, the body is both the object of desire and the subject of art, and they all show their bodies freely. (The scene where Tony Ward spontaneously jacks off in the bathtub is worth the price of admission.) For some it's been their ticket to success, and for others it's been their downfall. In the end, Sex/Life in L.A. entertainingly depicts the survival strategies of . some of the male image industry's major players.