"I love the crowd he attracted. I want my crowd to be like that: free-spirited, spontaneous and able to contribute," explains Gallant, sole proprietor of a porn company called Black Mirror Productions, during a break from shooting scenes in his sweaty, sex-stenched Hell's Kitchen apartment. "Warhol moved from painting to film, and I have my reasons for going from music to hardcore New York pornography."

We've been filming in Gallant's cramped version of the Factory for the last hour, packed in tight among tons of music and video equipment, barbells, books, movies, posters and the scattered papers and files of a very busy businessman. In the far corner of the bedroom, a bank of VCRs runs constantly, dubbing copies of such Black Mirror titles as "Times Square Trash," "Extreme Filth" and "M'ass'terpiece Theater."

When Gallant hands me a hand-held digital video camera and starts whacking away at some anal sex, my first instinct is to refuse the assignment due to a lack of any practical experience. I don't even take vacation photos. But unlike mainstream porn (or mainstream movies, for that matter), at Black Mirror technical specifications take a back seat to the overall vision of the project.

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