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Gore Gore Girl  Doctor of the Erotic Arts  7238 Posts 1/09 |  Posted - Oct 11 2009 : 1:06PMHey folks, I just watched American Desire last night, and while I'm hesitant to indulge in hyperbole, I thought it was possibly the best adult film I've seen. Maybe I was just in the right mood, but goddamn it was good. In particular, the screenplay, music (drums in particular), acting, direction, structure (narrative/sex scene), and locations. Oh, wait, that's pretty much everything. Oh wait, the cars were awesome too. Anyway, here is my nerdtastic query - a big gold star to anyone who can answer this: what is the kun-fu movie Veronica Hart and R. Bolla are watching at the opening of the film?  [Link] |
| Robert Member My past is a foreign country. Most things are different there, including word usage. 503 Posts 12/06 | Posted - Oct 11 2009 : 3:15PM    I doubt it was a 'Kung Fu" movie but may have been a Japanese Classic and the segment shown was a battle scene or the rescue of a Princess. BTW, I would agree with your assessment - "...possibly the best adult film I've seen." were it not for the casting of R. Bolla in the lead and allowing Jack Teague to even appear on the set.  .A truly sad destruction of what could have been an outstanding Veronica Hart film.  [Link] |
| Gore Gore Girl Doctor of the Erotic Arts 7238 Posts 1/09 | Posted - Oct 11 2009 : 3:43PM Also, I was on the fence about Bolla at the beginning, but then I had a sort of shift in perspective - maybe this is me reading too much into it, but it felt as though he was quite cleverly playing his role as a guy who acted confident and daring, yet was really cheesy and was settled into a narrow-minded view of what sexual exploration was (as evidenced by not being entirely willing to dabble in things outside of his comfort zone). The cheese factor came into clear focus for me when he said that line to the hitchhiker about the joint - "That's definitely not a cigarette!" This is the kind of thing an older man might say, thinking it's cool. Oh, just realised, maybe you were talking about his physical appearance? Anyway, major kudos to you for getting screen shots! I'm impressed. So yes, gold nerd star for aiding in my mission. [Link] |
| Robert Member My past is a foreign country. Most things are different there, including word usage. 503 Posts 12/06 | Posted - Oct 11 2009 : 4:12PM What was the casting director thinking? Not many actors can act their way out of "ugly" standing next to Veronica Hart, Mai Lin and Lysa Thatcher. [Link] |
| Gore Gore Girl Doctor of the Erotic Arts 7238 Posts 1/09 | Posted - Oct 11 2009 : 4:25PM A contrast to Teague is George Payne, who I thought was a hottie, but struggled in the acting department, especially as he was performing alongside some true heavyweights. Physically, though, he was great. I guess it all depends on how you approach adult film. [Link] |
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| T0MBOne Senior Member 1200 Posts 5/08 | Posted - Oct 11 2009 : 9:19PM [Link] |
| Robert Member My past is a foreign country. Most things are different there, including word usage. 503 Posts 12/06 | Posted - Oct 11 2009 : 10:14PM How about Eric Monti?   It's too bad that when you need a male jerk a director doesn't have much to choose from. Then again there aren't many porno movies with speaking parts that call for a male jerk.  [Link] |
| BlackSix All-Star Member pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world 12377 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Oct 12 2009 : 1:35AM [Link] |
| Gore Gore Girl Doctor of the Erotic Arts 7238 Posts 1/09 | Posted - Oct 12 2009 : 11:00AM You should bear in mind, though, that I'm not an expert on these things, and I have a curious attraction to bad copies (I enjoy the blips and skips). That said, I don't think American Desire had any of these flaws - it looked gorgeous, but then again maybe the New York/Connecticut oceanscapes were distractingly breathtaking. I would say definitely pick up a copy at your earliest convenience. There were portions of the film during which I was literally speechless (and I usually have a lot to say). Then, following the film - a time where I'm a complete chatterbox - I didn't know what to say. It felt like nothing I could say would do it justice, and that I had a lot to think about first. [Link] |
| Gore Gore Girl Doctor of the Erotic Arts 7238 Posts 1/09 | Posted - Oct 12 2009 : 11:04AM [Link] |
| BlackSix All-Star Member pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world 12377 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Oct 13 2009 : 12:47AM [Link] |
| Robert Member My past is a foreign country. Most things are different there, including word usage. 503 Posts 12/06 | Posted - Oct 13 2009 : 11:34AM American Desire This version was released in 2002 (original VHS released in 1981) and is still available (purchase, rent, exchange) from Excalibur. I think that same Caballero release is available from XRent [Link] |
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