Pleasure (2021, Ninja Thyberg)

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EthanEdwards Member 39 Posts 2/19	Posted - Nov 7 2021 : 10:04AM Has anybody seen the Swedish film "Pleasure" yet and what did you think? It premiered at Sundance at the beginning of this year. It's a feature remake of Ninja Thyberg's own 2013 short film. An art house film about the state of today's porn and also includes roles and cameos for real porn stars, directors and agents like Evelyn Clair, Dana DeArmond, Kendra Spade, Abella Danger, Alex Brauna, Mark Spiegler and many others. Trailer Topic Moved by - flash on Nov 7 2021 [Link]
snufish Member 580 Posts 4/14	Posted - Nov 7 2021 : 3:50PM EthanEdwards wrote: Has anybody seen the Swedish film "Pleasure" yet Click to expand No, I haven't seen it. It says coming soon. The last part is cringe. The first part shows her at customs? do porn studios allow non citizens to film porn? Be well Edited by - snufish on 11/7/2021 4:05:17 PM [Link]
Flash Golden Age Classic 11018 Posts 5/01	Posted - Nov 7 2021 : 4:48PM The original 2013 short film is available on Amazon Prime. The feature has been picked up by Neon in America for a 2022 release, reportedly in its full explicit version. Edited by - flash on 11/7/2021 4:50:06 PM [Link]
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WillCle216 Senior Member I like porn and the Golden Age of Porn 1947 Posts 9/21	Posted - Nov 7 2021 : 6:16PM snufish wrote: EthanEdwards wrote: Has anybody seen the Swedish film "Pleasure" yet Click to expand No, I haven't seen it. It says coming soon. The last part is cringe. The first part shows her at customs? do porn studios allow non citizens to film porn? Be well Edited by - snufish on 11/7/2021 4:05:17 PM Click to expand what do you mean? [Link]

WillCle216 Senior Member I like porn and the Golden Age of Porn 1947 Posts 9/21	Posted - Nov 7 2021 : 6:20PM I haven't seen it yet but it looks good. I'll check it when it comes out [Link]
BlackSix All-Star Member pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world 12377 Posts 9/07	Posted - Nov 7 2021 : 8:25PM snufish wrote: The first part shows her at customs? do porn studios allow non citizens to film porn? Be well Click to expand Sure, lots of European, Canadian and to a lesser degree Japanese performers come to the US to shoot without becoming US citizens. [Link]
snufish Member 580 Posts 4/14	Posted - Nov 13 2021 : 7:58PM Here's an article about it https://www.xbiz.com/news/260172/we-were-duped-adult-industry-figures-react-to-ninja-thybergs-pleasu BlackSix wrote: Sure, lots of European, Canadian and to a lesser degree Japanese performers come to the US to shoot without becoming US citizens. Click to expand This requires a work permit. Who pays for these permits? Why did the girl in the movie tell immigration she was here for pleasure? she would've shown them her work permit. Be well Edited by - snufish on 11/13/2021 8:07:00 PM [Link]
T0MBOne Senior Member 1200 Posts 5/08	Posted - Nov 15 2021 : 9:46AM ^^^^^^---Weird stuff pops up on Amazon Prime. Our features group might be interested in something called Acting Out (1980) The full title is Real Amateurs Acting Out Their Desires for the Camera Look for R Bolla and other porn stars helping the amateurs acting out their fantasies on film. tb [Link]
WillCle216 Senior Member I like porn and the Golden Age of Porn 1947 Posts 9/21	Posted - Mar 11 2022 : 3:00AM snufish wrote: Here's an article about it https://www.xbiz.com/news/260172/we-were-duped-adult-industry-figures-react-to-ninja-thybergs-pleasu BlackSix wrote: Sure, lots of European, Canadian and to a lesser degree Japanese performers come to the US to shoot without becoming US citizens. Click to expand This requires a work permit. Who pays for these permits? Why did the girl in the movie tell immigration she was here for pleasure? she would've shown them her work permit. Be well Edited by - snufish on 11/13/2021 8:07:00 PM Click to expand Co-Star Evelyn Claire on How Ninja Thyberg's 'Pleasure' is a 'Good Film for the Industry [Link]
WillCle216 Senior Member I like porn and the Golden Age of Porn 1947 Posts 9/21	Posted - Mar 11 2022 : 3:17AM Just finished watching this movie and I have to agree with Evelyn Claire. It doesn't put the porn industry in a bad light or just focus on the unethical side of porn. It shows the reality of the industry and what female stars have to put up within the industry to become a star. It shows that studios and agents can be cold and unethical. Zelda Morrison is a break-out star in this movie and I can see here having a future in Hollywood. Also, the one rough scene with the unethical studio is just stories women have told about FacialAbuse.com [Link]
BlackSix All-Star Member pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world 12377 Posts 9/07	Posted - Mar 11 2022 : 4:26AM T0MBOne wrote: ^^^^^^---Weird stuff pops up on Amazon Prime. Our features group might be interested in something called Acting Out (1980) The full title is Real Amateurs Acting Out Their Desires for the Camera Look for R Bolla and other porn stars helping the amateurs acting out their fantasies on film. tb Click to expand Not available in Canada unfortunately, sounds interesting. [Link]
WillCle216 Senior Member I like porn and the Golden Age of Porn 1947 Posts 9/21	Posted - Mar 11 2022 : 6:05AM It's not officially out in America yet but you can find it if you look for it. Edited by - WillCle216 on 3/11/2022 6:06:11 AM [Link]
WillCle216 Senior Member I like porn and the Golden Age of Porn 1947 Posts 9/21	Posted - Mar 11 2022 : 8:20PM 'Pleasure' Finally Gets US Opening Date, New Trailer [Link]
WillCle216 Senior Member I like porn and the Golden Age of Porn 1947 Posts 9/21	Posted - Mar 23 2022 : 7:23PM Pleasure on Blu-ray June 21 [Link]

WillCle216 Senior Member I like porn and the Golden Age of Porn 1947 Posts 9/21	Posted - Apr 8 2022 : 2:31PM [Tweet is no longer available] [Link]
Alizee Member Natural beauty + NFT collector 906 Posts 11/21	Posted - Apr 8 2022 : 4:20PM Haven't seen it yet. Will probably wait for the blu-ray release. [Link]
Alizee Member Natural beauty + NFT collector 906 Posts 11/21	Posted - Jun 17 2022 : 12:19AM I've finally seen the movie. Bella (Sofia) is a great actress, super cute and overall stunning looking movie. But if this is realistic then show me a list of new girls who jump straight to princess Donna levels of hardcore. Evelyn has never done such a scene and she's been doing porn for half a decade. It's certainly not expected of girls. As a metaphor girls feeling pressure to do stuff to be successful okay. But how is that different to any other job? There's always pressure from competition who do more and work harder. Obviously they chose this to have a shocking effect. If they'd just use anal or interracial, which is a more realistic stepping stone with sometimes years buildup, then it'd be a bit boring for this movie. Same with the first interracial, straight to double anal lol. Final sex scene with Evelyn (if it was real) might've been her most extreme scene in her career haha. It's an enjoyable movie to watch. Cute: Edited by - Alizee on 6/17/2022 12:29:12 AM [Link]
Alizee Member Natural beauty + NFT collector 906 Posts 11/21	Posted - Jun 17 2022 : 11:33AM Expected a bigger role for Evelyn in this. Her whole script would easily fit on the back of a beer coaster. "It looks like she has a creamy situation going on" "It also kind of smells, she probably has a yeast infection" (Afterwards in the car) "(Sorry?) What for?" [Link]
WillCle216 Senior Member I like porn and the Golden Age of Porn 1947 Posts 9/21	Posted - Jun 18 2022 : 1:17PM ^^ The most unrealistic thing in the movie was her doing double anal IR for free. I also think the ending could have been more open-ended. [Link]
Secret Guy Senior Member Stay Beautiful 2409 Posts 10/17	Posted - Jun 21 2022 : 8:24PM ^ I think the ending was ambiguous. Did she get out of the car to leave the industry behind or just to get away from Ava. It's left up to the viewers imagination. All an all, a great movie. Very well shot/directed, and the acting from the performers did a good job. [Link]
misspornUSA Senior Member I ♥ the male gaze (and Palestine). 8737 Posts 11/13	Posted - Jun 21 2022 : 10:38PM For me the film was fine, a 3 out of 5 star movie that in a few days I'll likely have forgotten about seeing. On an aesthetic and technical level it was a bit more melodramatic at times than I would have liked, and at those points in the film I found myself yearning for the cold distant style of Starz's The Girlfriend Experience. I and my partner both found the last porn scene very hot, which was likely not the director's intention . The ending choice of our protagonist led me to believe that the film was intended as an anti-industry statement, and the critical support this film has received indicates to me that the movie is perceived as anti-industry, since I doubt that critics would applaud it otherwise. I also fully expect SWERFs to embrace and promote the film once they get wind of it and give it a watch. However, I suspect that not many people will see the movie and it won't have much of an impact. [Link]
misspornUSA Senior Member I ♥ the male gaze (and Palestine). 8737 Posts 11/13	Posted - Jun 21 2022 : 11:20PM WillCle216 wrote: [Tweet is no longer available] Click to expand Is Evelyn the only talent to appear in the film who publicly supports it? [Link]
Secret Guy Senior Member Stay Beautiful 2409 Posts 10/17	Posted - Jun 22 2022 : 1:51PM ^ The film did an exceptional job of what goes on in the industry, even though we don't want to believe it. Ninja Thyberg doesn't waste time to show the audience of how empty it feels on a porn set, compared to the final product we the viewers see. And there seems to be little qualms from the people who work in the industry who took part in the movie. Evelyn Claire herself practically said it was 99% accurate, apart from doing a scene for free. [Link]
WillCle216 Senior Member I like porn and the Golden Age of Porn 1947 Posts 9/21	Posted - Jun 22 2022 : 2:17PM Secret Guy wrote: ^ The film did an exceptional job of what goes on in the industry, even though we don't want to believe it. Ninja Thyberg doesn't waste time to show the audience of how empty it feels on a porn set, compared to the final product we the viewers see. And there seems to be little qualms from the people who work in the industry who took part in the movie. Evelyn Claire herself practically said it was 99% accurate, apart from doing a scene for free. Click to expand Like I said I thought it was ok and showed some of the unethical practices of the industry but also showed some ethical ones too. Other than Blacked.com doing a free scene that scene did show consent and stars choosing their partner, the kink.com scene with Aiden Starr also showed consent and BD/SM. I just wish we had couple more scenes like this and maybe show her doing a Feature movie, where she has to practice lines for the role. Also, why didn't they get another female director like Joanna Angel for a scene like that? Small hands was in the movie, they couldn't Joanne? I think performers have a problem with it because they know everybody's experience in porn is different and this really only shows one side. I give it 3 and a half stars, it's good but has it's problems and worth a rental Edited by - WillCle216 on 6/22/2022 9:52:38 PM [Link]

misspornUSA Senior Member I ♥ the male gaze (and Palestine). 8737 Posts 11/13	Posted - Jun 22 2022 : 3:39PM ^^According to an article linked to by snufish, some of the participants in the film didn't care for the final product. snufish wrote: Here's an article about it https://www.xbiz.com/news/260172/we-were-duped-adult-industry-figures-react-to-ninja-thybergs-pleasu Click to expand Evelyn dismissed their criticisms and supports the film, but I'm curious to know if she's the only one. I don't tend to follow pornstars on social media, but I looked at the Twitter pages of a couple of the pornstars in the film and they haven't mentioned Pleasure at all. [Link]
Alizee Member Natural beauty + NFT collector 906 Posts 11/21	Posted - Jun 22 2022 : 7:47PM ^ Seems like everyone else is ignoring the film. Would also expect some reactions from pornstars who have seen it but weren't in the film but no. [Link]
misspornUSA Senior Member I ♥ the male gaze (and Palestine). 8737 Posts 11/13	Posted - Jun 22 2022 : 11:16PM ^Hmm. One possible explanation is that the performers who've seen Pleasure aren't fans, but they don't want to generate publicity for the film by saying anything. [Link]
WillCle216 Senior Member I like porn and the Golden Age of Porn 1947 Posts 9/21	Posted - Jul 10 2022 : 12:51PM I guess not all reviewers liked it Pleasure Blu-ray Review [Link]
WillCle216 Senior Member I like porn and the Golden Age of Porn 1947 Posts 9/21	Posted - May 29 2023 : 6:17PM [Tweet is no longer available] [Link]