After gonzo? There is something other than gonzo? I don't know, I kind of see things going in one of two ways. First, with so much of the current pop culture landscape dominated by reality this and reality that, I can easily see a surge in amateur-styled or reality influenced porn hitting the shelves. I think this also plays to a number of strengths of the 'net. Second, I can envision a burnout at some point of all the gonzo, circus act style of porn with the door being reopened to more feature porn but with a harder edge. Or it could be something totally else that I can't even imagine like more detailed & better developed interactive porn or custom designed porn made to order.
Max Booty "She smells like angels ought to smell." Frank Miller, Sin City
Seriously, I like what Max said about the door being reopened to more feature porn but with a harder edge.
After I saw Fashionistas , I thought, great! I like features. But I don't know where to find any besides F that aren't tamed down. I have looked at Loaded , and Repo Girl , and they look like they might be good movies, but I read reviews that the sex is too light . I'm getting off topic.
Anyway, I would love more feature porn with a harder edge. I'm looking for more now, I just haven't found any. I'll even take suggestions if it isn't too off topic.
I disagree. I think the progression will be in keeping with the current trend. The reality of gonzo, the sensation that you are actually there, in the moment, and a part of what is taking place, is ultimately what people gravitate towards. All the narrative, and clever storytelling in the world cannot replace the raw immediacy of gonzo.
I definitely don't see gonzo evolving into feature porn with a harder edge. In addition to the immediacy that Geoffrey mentioned, gonzo fans crave and are used to "wall-to-wall" sex. With the typical gonzo movie, probably 85%-to-90% of the screen time is taken up with people actually having sex. Whereas with the typical feature film, probably 50% of the screen time or less is taken up with people actually having sex. Most gonzo fans (as opposed to feature film fans) will see that as not good value for their money, no matter how good (or hard) the sex is.
Besides, something akin to feature porn with a harder edge was done years ago. Thomas Zupko, for instance, made movies like In the Days of Whore and The Abyss that were plot-driven porn, but with over-the-top, hard-edge, gonzo-style sex thrown in for good measure. Other directors (including John Stagliano) have also used that approach before. I'm not knocking it, but I definitely don't see gonzo categorically evolving into porn like that.
I don't see gonzo ever going away. The style that gonzo is done in will evolve, but gonzo itself (as a genre) will stay. By comparison, jazz has been around for decades and is here to stay. The style that various groups play jazz varies through time ('smooth jazz' is popular at the moment), but jazz as a genre remains and I think will always be.
Therefore, I think a better question would be "How will gonzo evolve?" rather than "After gonzo, what's next?"
Edited by - pontus maximus on 4/12/2004 12:54:14 PM
I'd like to see theme centered gonzo w/ a plot. What do I mean?
I like gangbang, bukkake, and cum focused movies. I think they'd be even better if there was a bit of a plot. For example, the woman doesn't swallow, but in a series of progressively more cumcentric scenes she acquires the taste for cum until she finally is addicted to it and begs for and gets it by the bowlful. You could pretty much do the same w/ other themes. You'd still have mostly hardcore sex, but you'd have some psychological build-up to make it even hotter.
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Classic Sodomania ?
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That is classic. I know where I want to take porn. Two steps forward AND three steps back. MUCh higher production value, EVOLVED plot/structure/"acting," and strong and varied sex ... AND towards really crafty docu-stuff, but not "Midnight Prowl"-ish.
Like Texan, I like cum-based themes. The Japanese do this the best - S.O.D, Shuttle-Japan, M's video. One problem is that they pixelate the genitalia (Japanese law requires). So watching fucking this way is kind of boring. But the cum-play by some of these cute Japanese women is excellent, and they LOVE to swallow, lots of it. Hearing them suck, slurp, and talk Japanese to the camera really pleases me, if you know what I mean. By incorporating the best of American porn with Japanese, I think some great stuff would be produced. Gangbangs with bukkake!