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Barbara Broadcast (Blu-Ray + 2 DVD Collectors Edition) (Video-X-Pix)


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TonyC
Comstock Films

2523 Posts
8/03
Posted - Oct 3 2003 : 10:21AM
Image my delight when I heard my wife calling from the other room, "Wait, don't start it without me!" I had Barbara Broadcast in the deck, and after our surprisingly pleasant experience with Misty, she was as eager as I to enjoy another film from the golden age of porn.

We're both born New Yorkers, so the openning sequence of Park Ave, in the 70s was more than enough to put us in a charitable frame of mind as the film began to unfold. But it didn't take long for the film to start to drag.

Though ambitiously produced, Broadcast had none of the wit, pace, or charm that made Misty fun to watch. Even with the nicely trimmed 70's twat (which I really like) rendered as only film can render pussy, I found the sex scenes a snooze, and by the "mysterious man in the office" sex scene we were both bored. I asked my wife "You wanna see if Willlie Gets a Brand New Thing is any better?"she blurted out "Yes!" as if I'd asked her if she wanted to blow Kianu Reeves."

So much for the golden age :-(

T.C.

Mythsong
Member

306 Posts
8/02
Posted - Oct 3 2003 : 10:31PM
There are a lot of bad Golden Age movies - just like there are a lot of bad modern day ones. But what can be said about them is that the good ones are, on the whole, better. (With respect to the aspects in Misty Beethoven that you liked.)

Edited by - Mythsong on 10/3/2003 10:31:16 PM

skronker
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Scopophiliac
9780 Posts
9/02
Posted - Oct 4 2003 : 3:37AM
The director is around quite a bit. What a classic.
sdc
Member

236 Posts
4/03
Posted - Oct 4 2003 : 6:48AM
I'm a big fan of Radley Metzger, the director, but was also disapointed by Barbara Broadcast . It looks as though he had given up on hardcore by the time he got to this one. The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann and Naked Came The Stranger are much better - witty and engaging throughout. Unfortunately the dvd versions of these leave a lot to be desired; both are cut, both are fullscreen and both look pretty ragged. It's unfortunate that Barbara Broadcast , which is really little more than a series of vignettes, has by far the best picture quality of the four VCA Metzger/Paris releases.

Incidentally, anyone interested in either Radley Metzger or the Golden Age of adult movies (in fact, anyone interested in erotic films in general) should have a look at Synapse Films release of The Image . This one is pretty harrowing - being a very literal adaptation of Jean De Berg's (sic) S&M novel - but is a wonderful example of the heights an adult film can achieve. It does contain hardcore footage albeit less than we would generally expect from an adult film. It should also be noted that the presentation is absolutely stunning and puts to shame the treatment afforded to the classics by the adult industry itself.

SDC




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