
For a book project, photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders took photographs of 30 stars of adult movies, each pair of photographs in the same pose, clothed and nude. This film records the photo shoots and includes interviews with the performers and commentary from eight writers (and John Waters). The actors and writers discuss economics, nudity and exhibitionism, careers, and private lives.... (Full plot summary below)
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For a book project, photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders took photographs of 30 stars of adult movies, each pair of photographs in the same pose, clothed and nude. This film records the photo shoots and includes interviews with the performers and commentary from eight writers (and John Waters). The actors and writers discuss economics, nudity and exhibitionism, careers, and private lives.
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| User ReviewEthan BThis was a very interesting documentary about the Adult Film industry. The documentary is actually about the making of a photography portfolio that features adult film stars. The photography was amazing. |
| User ReviewShawn Wentertaining and quality entertainment and quite a learining experience for me...hbo does a fantastic job with this first rate documentary |
| User ReviewEvan Ldifferent and less explicit look into the life of a porn star. |
| User ReviewRob LA pretty interesting documentary that I happened to catch on cable. It's more to do with photography than anything else and highly interesting and entertaining. |
| User ReviewLuke BTimothy Greenfield-Sanders decides to do a photography book starring Porn Stars. First they wear clothes, then they don't. It's hardly earth shattering stuff, but this documentary does unravel some fairly interesting facets of humanity. Just not enough to wish there had been more. The most interesting clips come from porn star couples, as they discuss their very different sex lives. Other stars seem to be in control of their lives, whilst others seem to be in denial. There are also some interesting insights into the business side of porn. As it all comes back to the photography, it's never enough. We get brief snapshots where porn stars take off their layers for a few seconds but then it's over. A good watch, but one which invites more detail. |
| User ReviewMarcos AThis is a movie that nit only let's you see the people that are in the Porno industry but also how they are on and off the camera as normal people. You get to see them as more than objects and they speak out against the feminists that try to sully the industry with their crap. A pretty decent movie if you want to see what the industry is like through the eyes if the stars involved and the eyes of the photographer. |
| User ReviewDarryl KI liked this documentary. It was very insightful as to the life that porn stars live and the likely lives they grew up with to get to this point. But to be honest it was a little sad. I felt an atmosphere of resignation in each persons voice that seemed to colour the concept of porn as either art or simply acceptable fun while in the same light as dead end jobs or the un-educated. Add to that the fact that porn stars are sick and tired (and a little sore) of sex when they get home to their lover and don't get to enjoy wild romps of passion with them due to sex burn out. With all that said, I think they left out too much. We didn't hear from Ron Jeremy at all and there were no negative comments on past porn stars or people who were trying to avoid that portion of their lives (Traci Lords, you should have had a bit to say in this documentary) |
| User ReviewMatthew LThe documentary surrounding the making of a book featuring 30 porn stars in the same pose, whilst being nude in one and clothed in the other. Featuring a host of talking heads, all of whom contributed a chapter to the book and offering some incites from some of the 'stars', why they do pornography and how they got into pornography. I can't help but feel that this a a largely sanitised look at the adult industry, after all most of the performers featured are all big names in the industry, some of them even household names, so there seems to be a deliberate avoidance of the seedier side of the industry. I don't feel that this offers any real insight into the industry but it certainly allowed the performers to present themselves in a more realistic, and maybe sympathetic, light on screen then they normally would. |
| User ReviewEdwin CMs Patrick's bedtime story is about as interesting as it gets. Good to see veterans like Hartley and Lynn but I always wonder how much it would cost Lords to do another shoot. |
| User ReviewKim SJust a bunch of naked people talking about porn. No insight. No opinions. This is why completely objective documentaries suck. I guess you shouldn't expect much more for the subject matter. |