All have fantastic cast lists, but the sex is just too detached, and the male performers 'wooden' - if you pardon the expression.

I'm just not sure where the eroticism comes from.

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I love the idea of stylized sex, but I would like to see it realized without the detachment. Is it possible? "The Fashionistas" did that.

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Would anyone say the Tanya Hyde titles are noticably better than the others?

There was a sort of master of ceremonies in Cabaret Bizarre, and he was annoying, as well as cheesy. I just don't understand how you go so far wrong with Alicia, Jane Darling, Donna Marie, and Sandra De Marco all in one movie.

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House of Shame had some good moments. I really thought it was going to be a feature not an episodic.

The problem is, you are whacking -- there's action going on, and your eyes/brain/cock are zeroed in. But then there's an edit, and you're lost. I'm so used to gonzo where you do indeed plow through 2 hours of video to find the 37 seconds where a girl's face lights up like a meteor shower and the cameraman has the wit to keep her face in the frame with the pelvic action (or what have you), and then I just loop that shit and I'm gone daddy gone. I'm a connoisseur of sexual joy. I keep a little tea cup handy to collect all the tears of Sodom.

I mean, there's a lot of fun stuff in these ... but they are not even as strokable as the most mundane RLD joints. Yet, they are much prettier to look at. But, gosh, are they "actorly." I keep thinking back to Michael Ninn and Andrew Blake. The scenes are arousing, they just don't cut to the bone ...

Hardball often rocks my world. #'s 6 and 20 especially.

I think I have to consider Harmony titles as a little diversion to my usual viewing. And not expect the same rush. Maybe it's good for me.

Edited by - skronker on 8/2/2005 8:44:42 PM

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Besides Wasteland , I have seen all of the Tanya Hyde titles for Private's Pirate line. While they were a whole lot better than anything Kovi has churned out for that line, I still didn't really like them all the way. How ever much I wanted to like them, I always failed to really connect with them, mainly because of the two reasons you have pointed out:

1) A post-production style -- often combined with/based on certain stylistics of mise-en-scène, especially lightning -- which really pushed me away from enjoying the spectacle of performance.

2) A sense of distancing "theatraliteit" (I am not sure there is an English word for this) which permeates almost all the scenes and the performances. While some of the sex acts were quite out there, there was hardly any sense of 'rupture' of any kind. It all seemed like smooth, slick surfaces to me, like the latex costumes that many performers were wearing.
I guess I like to get under the skin.

That being said, I have never seen any better within this genre.
(What about Christoph Clark?)
Does his stuff count?



jimbo733 said:
“She sounds pretty and indecisive. Brilliant for porn then.”

Edited by - Walter Burns on 8/3/2005 12:40:49 AM

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The Slam It series seems to be more consistently gonzo feeling, but with a lot of care taken to the production values.

And the Fuck Me series is also gonzo-feeling. The newest one, Lauren Phoenix Fuck Me, is perhaps the hardest and most 'real' feeling sex Harmony has released yet.

And Skronker, thank you for the kind assessment for Tales from the Crack. Ironically, one of the owners of Harmony and their general manager told me that they loved it too! I was so honored that they told me they liked it before they heard I had been on set.
I hope you like Vault of Whores as much.

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The movies are slick and stylized but include lots of hard sex (unlike regular feature films). The detachment actually feels authentic, since it's very similar to seeing folks fuck in a sex club, etc.

It's also refreshing to see some real women fucking on camera, rather than bubblegum-snapping mall rats (whom I love, too).

For non-Harmony titles, I'm quite pleased with The Ass Collector, Fashionistas and Tales from the Crack. I'm really looking forward to the next episode of Tales from the Crack coming out next month or so.

Kudos to the directors, talent, and distributors who dare put this sort of entertainment out. We need more of this.

I'm really looking forward to the Lauren Phoenix Fuck Me title, too.

Edited by - cv on 8/3/2005 1:07:33 AM

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Can't wait for "Vault of Whores."

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i was wondering if the us version has got the scene on the chair with the red rope uncut or cut :)

Cube

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On one hand, the cast, action, and camerawork are good, but on the other hand, the passion is missing. The overall experience is one of artistic sex that kills the jerk-off fervor of the viewer -- it is too cold.

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these people spend some money on production & it shows!!!!!

i especially went gaga over the the motocross scene.....seein the guys slammin it while still wearing the boots & biking gear pushed! me! over! the! edge!

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Also, are there any plans to release through Evil Angel some of Tanya's older, harder-to-get films like WORLD WITHOUT MEN or WASTELAND?

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