Give it some time before throwing in an additional comment. At your location is it evening, but it's midafternoon or earlier here, and in other time zones it's sleepy time.

Remember, this is a forum, not a chat room. You will get some answers.

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laura angel .

I hope you don't get offended by my response but I am just baffled beyond belief. I know everyone is entitled to his own special taste. But the reason I got hooked on Private was the enormous choice of naturally endowed sluts. Especially during 97-2001. Wanda curtis, Amanda Steele, Julia Taylor, Cassandra Wild, Grety..... too many to mention.

If you have been locked in solitary maybe you missed Private's latest "natural" bombshell, Michelle Wild. She might be able to cure that silicone affliction.

If you still need that silicone fix try Jodie Moore. Private star with additives.

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2, Pierre Woodman took the Private films to the new highs, raising the bar very high. After he left, Private's films have not been just as good, you can tell the difference between a Woodman movie compared to any one else. Woodman thrived o using hot fresh first timers in his films, but that is not the case with current directors, just pick any 3 or 4 films of Private and compare the cast list, they look very much the same. That's why, I personally don't care for their product very much these days.

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I am a big fan of the Private starlets of the mid 90's to the early 2002 era. Girls like Nikky Andersson, Cassandra Wild, Sophie Evans, Wanda Curtis, Olga Martinez, Claudia Ricci, Lynn Stone, Julia Taylor, Rita Faltoyano, Michelle Wild, Lea De Mae, etc... Most of these girls were brought in the porn business by PW himself.

There is still lots of great actress in Private movies but you can see them in other productions that are better in quality. The best example would be Lucy Lee, Lenka/Natalie, Alyssa, Jane Durling, etc... The non Private movies of these actress are much more better then what you can find in recently produced Private discs.

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It was the very first movie I saw that had any ass to mouth. I was pretty shocked by that level of nastiness, but I liked what I saw.

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Ric Williams
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Welcome to the forum. It's always a pleasure to see another studio rep/head posting and joining in our little family.

DenverDon

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But then, I ain't saying anything I haven't said already.

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Mr. Williams, thank you for letting us know what is going on with your company and welcome to the forum! I think you will find ADT a great place to learn what porn fans from around the world are most interested in, altho don't be too discouraged if all you see concerns double anal.

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Look at Adamo. After releasing his first videos for Private I found his new style very good. But if you seen more of them then his special lightning, the black and white repeats, etc. which stands for his style are just boring. The girls are very pretty, they do anal and dp, but the sex is lame. Same with most of the other Private directors.

I hope that Skeeter will bring them back again to the road of good Gonzo. But for the moment I prefer companies like Evil Angel and RLD, especially Christoph Clark (his latest videos are all fantastic).

I also was a big fan of Woodman, but since his change to Hustler his videos are also lame and boring. IMHO he couldn't should good gonzo. The sex in his Hustler videos is stereotypic and without any heat. Look at Superfuckers. In his Private days every volume has one scene called "Wild Camera". This was the highlight of the series. In Hustler Superfuckers the "Wild Camera" is gone, instead you see 2 photo shootings, which are totally unnecessary.

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I preferred the older stuff - Lady in Spain/ Virgin Treasures etc but times move on I suppose and so have I.

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Do/Did Private make any discs that would be considered gonzo , other than Castings and Superfuckers ? Most of their output seems to be features , which is great for me , but will probably end up alienating most of the posters to this forum ( regardless of how well done they are ) . Seeing the 'young girls do filthy things' US version of Euro girls isn't what floats my boat so I'll leave those to others . But you've all gotta admit that ADT posters are hardly representative of porn viewers in general . Each company appears to focus on its own share of the market , and Private does as well in features as most . Having said that , it would be nice to see more true passion in the sex scenes .

Maybe Private should offer Laura Angel a directing contract , to scoop her up from the arms of Metro . She's a big favourite of mine too , and it would be nice to see her in more Private releases . I wish Dorcel would hire her again , Salieri too , but that's another story ....

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I thought the Tatiana series was quite good as was a few other from that period (I think That$ Life I and II was around then) but for me things started to go downhill around 1995-96 after which the output becomes a bit mixed in my view, in many cases losing much of the early charm and its european feel replacing it with a more global corporate veneer

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John Prescott , a second rate boxer but only a third rate Deputy Prime Minister .

Addendum - Margaret Thatcher and Anne Widdecombe have never to my knowledge engaged in the nasty together . All imaginings of such activity should be conducted within quick dashing distance of a toilet . This health warning was brought to you by Lee INC .

PS : Nobody knows what the hell I'm talking about .... probably .

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Gladiator just isn't my thing. It's from Adamo and therefore the main focus is on the production value, not on the sex.

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I really miss the talking in the sex scenes in the recent private titles, before he left private P Woodman seemed to move away from any dilogue when any shagging was going on, just dubbed moaning and groaning.

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Good luck with it all. Looking forward to the journey home.

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I have to both agree and disagree with some of the thoughts posted here regarding Private. While I do like to see some new girls, I also really like seeing particular faces again and again and again.

After all, as p_ramezap and balabala stated so well, the Woodman era brought us stars who became huge also sold many a DVD on their name value alone, Sylvia Saint, Monique Covet, Cassandra Wilde, Laura Angel, Sophie Evans and so on, just look at the Private Life of series to see that quality stars will sell, and sell well.

There are quite a few companies out there that seem to have lots of "fresh new faces" in their product, but on examination of their front and back boxcovers, the faces might be new but often don't look so fresh, and honestly a quote from our good friend Mike Quasar comes to mind when he spoke of his former employer basically putting anyone with a pulse in their features. (and I'm not referring to either Q-man's old or current employers with my above comments).

I have to say that I also overall enjoy Adamo's work, but it works well as a counterpoint to Woodman for me, while I don't like Ninn's stuff at all, and Kovi varies from workmanlike and acceptable in his Black Label productions to a total waste of time and talent in the Fetish Machine series. Honestly I canot fathom why a company like Private would keep pushing out that trash where the main "fetish" theme simply seemed to be stupid-looking makeup to spoil every otherwise-gorgeous woman in every production.

The Reality series was something I bought a couple of, but quickly became apparrent that the value simply was not and is not there at the same price point as other Private features, or product from other companies. If the Reality seies (or whatever the Private Magazine-format series morphs to next) cost, say 75% of what a regular Private disc cost, then it may well be worthwhile.

Back to "star power" for a second, there are several newer performers who are easily "Private material" to be the newest Laura Angels and Silvia Saints. Some that come to mind who have already appeared in Private productions are Sandra Ring/Iron, Black Widow, and also Katja Kassin who has only been in one Private DVD so far. My point here is that while new faces are always good to see, that established stars will keep those of us who like to see our favorites buying (and your "Private Life of.." sales figures should show).

On a different tangent, I bought a bunch of Private magazines recently for the first time in years, and there are some serious content/quality problems with them compared to a few years ago. Since this thread is about DVDs I won't go any further into it, but if you have a feedback email you could supply for some constructive comments I'd welcome it.

Back to the topic at hand, and to finish up, I've always been one of Private's biggest fans on these boards, but in the last year I've found myself buying many more DVDs from other companies than Private, which was never the case before now. It's heartening to see some interaction here from Private, which has been lacking since Roger disappeared a couple of years ago.

Oh yes, and as Marker said, we're still waiting on a Private Life of Eva Black/Mercedies

cheers,

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Firstly, in Australia, the thing that is killing everyone's interest in Private is the shoddy production of the DVD's. For example, the Private Life Of... line here is a joke, because be it Calvista, or Axis, or Adultshop, or whichever shoddy operator is producing the films locally, they are only selling one of the two discs at a stupidly high price. Go to some of the not-so-technically-legal operators and you find while the price is better, thepicture quality and extras range pales in comparison to the imported Euro/US product. My copy of THE BRIDE IN BLACK is just appalling. A waste of $AU 60.00. There is a light pulse on the disc and the vendor I bought it from insisted there wasn't a problem with it. These DVD's are transferred from a PAL video, and boy it shows. They are inferior product. Worse still, the company producing them has put an import imbargo on them, so that some other vendors that were importing the US versions and selling them at reasonable cost are now prevented from doing so. So, the choice is the 'neutered' versions we have. And frankly, as a man who values the money he spends on porn, I either want a Private original, or nothing.

Then comes the other problem: Mr Ric Williams, you may claim you're a publicly listed company and as such cannot depict acts such as double-anal, yet do you realise Private films are some of the most commonly banned films in Australia? Many of Woodman's CASTINGS and recently THE WILD CIRCLE have received Refused-Classification-Ratings. Friends I know who have bought from the US, Private titles which otherwise have been classified as legal films here, have had their copies of such films confiscated, especially those with 'fetish' in the title or fetishy looking covers. This isn't Private's problem of course, who can predict Australia's irrational censors, but (a) obviously there is content in your films which does push the envelope enough to get the film banned, at least by some people's standards (I haven't seen an RLD or ZT or PXP title get banned yet) and (b) that import imbargo is putting a lot of the hardcore porn fans, the guys that spend a lot of money on porn, off buying your products. Oh sure, they still sell to couples and people who don't know better, but those of us who do, and can't be bothered playing the lottery with Aussie Customs, it just makes us not want to watch Private.

Now, technicalities aside, I am going to put my hand up and say Kovi is one of the most maligned directors around, and I'm not sure why. I saw his NO JOB NO BLOW recently, (the US version a friend sent me) and it was bloody excellent. The vignettes worked well, the sex was hot (oh Maya Gold, what a score, she looks much better here than in EURO GIRLS NEVER SAY NO 2) and the aesthetic worked. Now I agree he often misfires - DOMINATRIX CHESS GAMBIT didn't hold up to inspection, and FETISH TV should have been much better given the cast and idea - but I don't understand the claims of Kovi being nothing more than a face make-up director. I admit most of my porn bought is gonzo, and I am grateful Kovi gives us something a little different. Sure, I'd prefer Tanya Hyde was still around, and I'm not sure Susie Medusa Gottardi is the answer as the future of Fetish Machine, but I do think Kovi does focus on the sex - admittedly a pantomimic, stylised version - and as much as Michelle Wild made his films good, I think having him as a director did her a favour as well.

The Reality line really is filler material it seems. Sort of what the Private XXX lines were. I have little time for either Adamo or Woodman actually. Thring and Hyde were Private for me when I liked them. Why couldn't more of Private have mimicked the first scene in the Academy with Lexington Steele, Rumica and Sylvia Saint? Great costumes, enthusiastic sex, atmospheric lighting. Thring also coordinated a sweet end-of-film orgy...but he went downhill, and Hyde disappeared. Then Jean Yves Le Castel brought his Matador game to town and it really went off with a bang at time - 5, 6, 7 and 10 were all fine porn flicks - but he got bad really quickly.

Mr Williams, the recycling of Private scenes into Private Best Of... is just cluttering the shelves which stuff which should be new but isn't. In this sense, Private is suffering from '2-Pac-itis'. It's irritating. You look like a company that has run out of ideas and it saddens me, because there's really no reason you shouldn't be producing fine, fine, hot, nasty films which make everyone who believes gonzo is the only place where hot sex still exists, sit up and say, 'Oh, the illusion of the narrative porn film still has some bang in it.' Yet, I look at your new films and I think - nope, they're coasting now, just happy to pick up the porn casual buyers and ignoring the discerning viewers. The popularity of your Private Life Of... lines - a great idea but essentially just a better organised 'Best Of' series - should attest to your basking-in-old-glory ways.

I am getting tired of gonzo, I admit. Those interested in shooting good sex often sacrifice the illusion of 'the story', making porn essentially 'reality TV'. Yet if feature films and the 'soap opera' porn films which Private used to do well are this bad, gonzo is all we have left for excitement. Private is, I believe, the one company that can change that, and when you decide to discipline your film-producing and produce a coherent, exciting vision, let me know.

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Edited by - Ultrasiet on 11/14/2003 3:37:20 AM

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