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Cygnus5
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Posted - Jun 8 2002 : 2:53PM
More questions from newbieland:

Recently I screened the mainstream Joel Schumacher film 8MM . What has always intrigued me about the story is how Nick Cage's PI character probes the depths of the Hollywood porn underground. In the film, Cage, with the aid of Mr. Phoenix's pornstore employee as a guide, visits underground, non-authorized "porn shops" that one can only find if he or she "knows the right people."

Much like looking for a drug connection.

Now, I live in Los Angeles, and I don't doubt such establishments exist. But I certainly have no knowledge of such.

Before becoming somewhat familiar with the genre, I had always assumed that porn was an anything-goes proposition. That is, other than child pornography, I thought just about anything was permissible and is under the protection of the First Amendment.

Having had my eyes opened a bit of late, I can sort of imagine what kinds of images and activities might be too "over the edge" even for the porn establishment.

But to the extent portrayed in 8MM ?

Given that "snuff films" are the stuff of urban legend, what kind of porn would be so off the beaten track and so extreme that it can only be found in underground establishments that don't officially exist?

What's left that hasn't been shown already and isn't available online?

I tried asking this question in a previous post, but it faded quickly.

So, the short version of this question would be: What's not permitted in porn? (I mean, there are enema videos available, and material that should appeal to just about any fetish. What's left besides that which is illegal for the obvious reasons?)

Thank you.

BIGmike
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Posted - Jun 8 2002 : 3:02PM
That movie 8mm was a great movie, though most of the film is fake, I hope, and not inspired by anything true.

If there's something you want, no matter what it is, legal or illegal, there will probably be someone who can have it arranged.


---BIGmike, over and out!---

Cygnus5
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Posted - Jun 8 2002 : 3:24PM
You may be correct about the stretching of truth in 8MM . But what would be illegal--other than the obvious taboo stuff (minors, murders)? For example, would scatalogical imagery be illegal? Or by extrapolating from the Schumacher film, I would have to assume extreme torture is not permissible (and by extreme, I would take that as far as dismemberment). If one is not committing a patently illegal act on tape or film, can't anything be shown legally?

Thanks for your input.

BIGmike
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Posted - Jun 8 2002 : 3:31PM
For example, would scatalogical imagery be illegal?

Illegal, no.
Hard to find, yes.

There are places you can find whatever you may want.

Some, don't ask me which, mostly Euro studios have that content in their releases.

---BIGmike, over and out!---

YogaGrrl
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Posted - Jun 8 2002 : 7:54PM
There is a federal obscenity law which prohibits the types of images shown in crush movies.
 
Planet Sex
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Posted - Jun 8 2002 : 11:12PM
Snuff films DO exist, but not in a mass-market quantity. They´re not an urban legend, but there´s nothing like an undercover snuff ring or something. If it did, the FBI would have found out a long time ago.

tricia_devereaux
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Posted - Jun 9 2002 : 1:26AM
I've never legitimately seen any videos or info of the snuff variety.

As for other stuff, there's more than a few things that 99% of the regular porn studios don't make, or at least won't distribute into regular porn stores.
Some of these things include fisting, enemas, golden showers, scat, etc
Of course, these things DO exist, but the obsenity law is SO vague, and the government gladly keeps it vague in the hopes that someday they will be able to bust a porn company for distributing something too hard into a very conservative town.

Something that even I have difficulty finding in the US are tapes that have sex and bondage happening at the same time to someone.
They are considerably easier to find in Europe.

Planet Sex
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Posted - Jun 9 2002 : 5:57AM
The company I work for, in Brazil, also distributes (and produces) some golden shower/bestiality flicks. Those movies CAN be sold in Brazil; problem is, it´s a small niche, and scat movies have a limited appeal on the rental market.
Joey Starr
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Posted - Jun 9 2002 : 6:52AM
Are those available on DVD?

I'm a big Golden Showers fan

Planet Sex
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Posted - Jun 9 2002 : 9:32AM
Yep. I´ll check the titles.
Joey Starr
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Posted - Jun 9 2002 : 11:04AM
Cygnus5
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Posted - Jun 9 2002 : 4:55PM
Does the Supreme Court's infamous 1973 "community standards" ruling still stand? And if it does, does the ruling mandate that certain titles are not legal for sale in certain communities? What about the simple possession of such titles?

In other words, can one not legally sell Fetish Film's intense Peeing #14: Extreme Close-Ups DVD in, say, Ohio--even though it is available online?

For some reason, I was under the impression that the 1973 ruling has since been superceded.

As for fisting, why would that be viewed as "obscene," but not penile/vaginal insertion shots? What makes one image "objectionable," but not the other? For example, in Liquid Gold 2 , one of the performers inserts four fingers into her vagina repeatedly, with all the associated "squishy" sounds coming through clearly. Why, then, would a fifth finger being inserted suddenly be considered "objectionable"?

There seems to be no rhyme nor reason to the legal statutes. It all seems so arbitrary.

Which lends credence to the view that the various legislatures have rendered their statutes intentionally vague, with a view to shutting down a porn studio that pushes the limits by distributing its wares in certain communities.

Confusing. A person living in Dayton, Ohio, probably can't legally find a copy of Peeing #14 at a brick-and-mortar establishment in his or her town--but the title is easily obtainable online.

Planet Sex
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Posted - Jun 9 2002 : 11:25PM
That´s easier.

www.cdpoint.com.br

tricia_devereaux
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Posted - Jun 10 2002 : 3:02AM
Community standards is still what the courts go by for obsenity trials.

For internet retailers, there are some that don't ship product (or some of their harder product) to certain areas that have been considered problematic or possibly high risk for being busted.

Joey Starr
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Posted - Jun 10 2002 : 7:00AM
Planet Sex,

Couldn't find them, I went through all the adult DVD titles on that site and only found one or two that could be Brazilian, no idea if they include watersports.

Could you please give us the watersports/golden shower titles and confirm they are carried by the site you mention?

Thanks!

Joey

Edited by - joey starr on Jun 10 2002

 
Planet Sex
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Posted - Jun 10 2002 : 7:39AM
I have to dig thru my archives, but I can remember one called AS MOLHADINHAS.

ThighMaster
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Posted - Jun 12 2002 : 12:10AM
They make bestiality DVDs ? Are they produced well, with soundtrack, lighting, and hot chicks? Any titles? Thanks.

BTW: I agree, "8mm" was a great movie. Nicolas Cage is one of my favorite actors.

Planet Sex
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Posted - Jun 12 2002 : 12:40AM
Of course not. In terms of production values, bestiality movies are among the lowest of the low. They don´t even care about editing, it´s just a bunch of disconnected jump cuts.
Cygnus5
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Posted - Jun 12 2002 : 1:57AM
Then it appears as if at least one limit has been established here. If bestiality imagery is prohibited, then who prohibits it? The courts? Or just the "court" of social consensus?

Another way of putting it: If one has to "know the right people" in order to locate certain kinds of material, does that de facto mean said material is possibly illegal?

Just what laws are on the books? And are these laws established by the local legislative bodies or by the U.S. congress? (If so, this sounds like a sort of establishment-driven anarchy.)

Also, if a few vendors, online or otherwise, do not ship certain product to supposed "problem areas" in this country, do they somehow cookie their Websites so as not to display certain titles?

Since I am in Southern California, then, I would assume I get to see a different set of pages at DVD Empire from someone logging on from, say, Arkansas. That would make for some really complicated software, no?

This is a terribly fascinating subject.

What is forbidden? Either by unspoken rule of conscience or by specific statutes?




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