Pissoir

The '80s were the decade of everyone from Nicolas Roeg to Steve Allen transporting historical figures into new realms, so it's only fitting to see a more arthouse interpretation.

There are some helpful info-text type screens for each of the historical figures listed, but generally the best bet would be to not care about accuracy for these portrayals. (or some of the cast listings, given what a mess the entry for George Spelvin aka whatever the actor's real name was aka Langston Hughes is).

The film mostly avoids questions about time travel paradoxes, aside from some moments (again shown as text, rather than as actual scenes) where we hear of the group reading biographies or watching films about their lives. The most interesting content is the historical figures dealing with old rivalries, or, in several cases, hooking up. If you want to see Sergei Eisenstein convince Langston Hughes to try out safe sex (or the leadup to it, anyway), this is your film.

There's also some content about Dorian Gray and who is or isn't working with the cops, but that isn't really worth remembering.

The portions of the film about cottaging, busts, entrapment, and the toll taken on the men who are arrested is varied and effective, ranging from an interview with then-politician Svend Robinson to interviews with men who were busted to truly one-of-a-kind images of Eistenstein (or the actor playing him, anyway) pants around his ankles in a toilet stall.

If you run into this film anywhere it's definitely worth watching at least once - you won't find much out there like it.