Product Description

Babylon Blue examines the '60s roots of global modern-day erotic cinema - from naturist films to the "nudie-cuties" of Russ Meyer - through to various incarnations of Europorn and hardcore, charting the rise, decline and resurrection of the genre since the early '70s. Finally, author David Flint, expertly chronicles the so-called New Porn Generation - the New Wave of adult movies, as epitomised by the stylist and sophisticated films of Andrew Blake, Michael Ninn and the Dark Brothers.

Visually loaded with profuse and daring illustrations, Babylon Blue is the last word on sex cinema, featuring profiles of key directors, producers and performers, and detailed critiques of the finest adult movies of all time. The book contains interviews with sexploitation producer David Friedman, screenwriter Antonio Passolini, director Lindsay Honey and porn acress/producer Jane Hamilton, and includes a stunning eight-page full-colour section.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #361362 in Books
• Published on: 1999-03-23
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Loaded
'Book of the Month: Here, in intricate and quite literally anal detail, is the history and background to all the major hardcore films of the last four decades. Every key porn star and director gets a lengthy entry, so to speak: John Holmes, Mary Millington, Traci Lords, Jenna Jameson, Ben Dover, the woman from the Oxo ads and Leslie Philips....Flint avoids mere titillation in favour of hard details. A moist 9/10.'

Customer Reviews

"Geeks Guide"
To be brutally honest - unless you're a porn afficianado, a connoisseur of porn - forget this book.

Basically it's a very dry account of the history of adult movies. It's perhaps "reasonably" authoritative, but it's rather impersonal and not particularly gripping.

Somewhat of a disappointment.