Celina Jaitly, the new Goddess...... 448 Posts 8/04
Posted - Nov 19 2004 : 7:29PM
For he's very ignorant when it comes to the porn industry and all that's involved with it. Therefore, he asks you the following (probably simple) questions.....
1) Most Adult vids/dvds I know are rated 'XXX'. What does officially imply? 2) I heard that there are 'XXXX' videos/dvds on this forum. What does that mean? And what does it take for a flick to be rated 'X' or 'XX'? 3) Same question for the 'R' rating. 4) Which institution is behind all this ratings? 5) What differs 'gonzo' from 'regular' porn? 6) (Opinion)How relevant is the Hot D'Or as opposed to the AVN awards in the porn industry? 7) (Just curious) Surely there were American movies being filmed in Western Europe. Have they ever shot one in Holland?
X and all variations of X don't mean nothing. AFAIR it means the title is not rated by the MPAA, and does not get a rating category. X was used like a "arbitrary unit", and somebody then thought XXX is much nastier than X alone. R is a rating by the MPAA. All this applies to the USA; UK, AUS, CDN may use other or similar ratings, and isn't there a new standard (NC-17) which replaced R? You should find more about this at the rame FAQ.Gonzo is a style of filming. The camera operator/director takes an active role in filming, openly - i.e. the viewer can notice/see/hear it - interacting with the cast. Nowadays it is often used synonymous to wall-to-wall sex.
The term gonzo itself comes from Portuguese and describes something wild and unexpected. The term was later used to describe a certain form of journalism (Hunter S. Thompson as an example) and probably came through this media-related usage into porn.
Isn't the Hot d'Or dead for a few years already? AFAIK German producers thought of it as too francocentistic. And there was even a little scandal about this IIRC.
In the USA, movies are rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. Here's their rating page. As you can see, there is no official X rating. X actually came into use to signify an unrated movie; the XXX was just marketing hype by early promoters when adult films were still shown in 'regular' theaters.
I can't speak to the Hot D'Or but I believe Buttman shot a scene with Zara Whites, Silver Forrest and Rocco in Holland. I don't know about an American company shooting an entire movie there, though.
Actually X was an official rating however unlike ratings like R, PG and G the MPAA didn't copyright it so adult film producers could self apply it. Eventually the MPAA did away with the X and now use the copyrighted NC-17 in it's place.
I remember when they used X ratings. Dems were the days of walk-ins and drive-ins, when theatre operators showed movies worth watchin, and wore a decent set a balls!
Edited by - Endless Loop on 11/20/2004 12:52:02 AM
I might be wrong but I believe the XXX thing comes from beer. In England hundreds of years ago the strength of a beer was marked on the end of the cask by branding it with X's so you had X, XX and XXX strength. Note, you can still buy products such as Batemans XXXB and Castlemaine XXXX so the link is still there. I haven't actually checked this out and it was seceral years ago I read about it but I'm almost certain this is where the XXX as a sign of strength comes from.
Some European countries still refer to porn as X-Rated, I think the reference to beer strengths is correct, but XXX was coined in the US for porn use and adopted by the industry. In the UK they used to rate any film for over 18 as X - but later changed this to 18 - Porn is now rated as R18 and subject to censorship.
