Yup there has never been anything rawer than 70s porno flicks. Women with feathered back hair & John Holmes. No Twiggy wannabes (ironically the Twiggy phenomenon took hold during the late 70s). Voluptuous women (in case u can't visualize it anymore, think 'fat' in all the right places). Call me a sexist or by any other anti-feminist label, I give a rats ass. Bad lighting & ancient cameras added that certain je ne se quais. Some of them are down right haunting. The thin line between softcore & hardcore porn is more or less a recent invention. None of that new fangled chicken choking, its 70s porn for me all the way !
Best where the spin-offs from this industry. I remember watching a great movie *ing Richard Dreyfuss, I believe the movie was called 'Bits'. Dreyfus plays this porno movie director, who has a romping time w/ one of his starlets. The movie today would be 'a month in the life of a decadent director'. The movie goes into dealing w/ his sex-life, experience w/ drugs & ofcourse the mediocrity of being a porn movie director. It gives a bottom of the barrel perspective of life as an artist in the 70s.
For the buffs, uninitiated & simply curious :
X-Rated Posters
British Girls Adult Film Database
Another great movie revolving around the 70s scene is 'Sunset Strip'. This comedy/drama was released in 2000. Its abt a couple of individuals, to be precise, 24hrs of their lives in 1972 on Sunset Strip. Nick Stahl (Guy who plays John Connor in T3) is an upcoming guitarist. Then there is this alcoholic, loser song writer who has been unfortunately eclipsed by one of his hits & is trying to turn the tide (in a stupor). His friend, a colour blind photographer who happens to be the closet-freak of a lover, of this female who dresses up rock stars. A small time Penny Lane muse thing going on there. The Comedy is subtle & it has a nice happy ending which leaves u with a "Good for them".
Peace. Out.
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