In addition to "The L Word" and "Big Love" and such, I surfed through the documentary section and came across this little gem:
Inside Deep Throat
I got it, mostly out of a sense of curiosity, but I ended up really enjoying it. In addition to the legal battles "Deep Throat" had to go through, there was quite a bit of information about the "Sexual Revolution" of the 70's, which is a subject I always enjoy hearing about. There was an endearing elderly woman, speaking to a news camera (clip inside the movie) and she said "I liked it. I wanted to see
a dirty picture and that's what I saw. But I want the right to see that picture.
I don't want somebody telling me that I can't see a dirty picture." I loved that quote.
The director of the movie (which I actually did see, many many years ago) says that he was hoping at some point the XRated movie industry and the regular movie industry would merge and work together.
Yea, that'll never happen. It's a nice dream, and let's face it -- it would be good in some ways if sex were more accessible to more people without having to hide or go to 'the wrong side of town' to find movies (or, I guess now...it's mostly on the internet huh..).
But in other ways? It'll never happen because the porn industry will not let it happen. Are you kidding? A very big part of the appeal of pornography is that it's dirty and forbidden. If it were mainstream, the participants would not make near the money that they do, nor would they have the notoriety that they do. They'd be forced to have plotlines. And just like every thing else, regulation would kick in, and it the good porn would only be available - again - in a dirty and forbidden place.
It's a nice ideal to have though -- to want people to feel the freedom that *you* want to feel where your sexuality is concerned. I know that while I feel a great deal of freedom in my own, I always reach for and crave more. Even me -- little miss open and honest -- yea, there are some things that occur to me, come to me, fascinate me... that I just don't write about or talk about. Not that I can't. Not that I shouldn't. I just don't.
The movie was good, though, and I highly recommend it if you're interested in that sort of thing.
From Netflix, I also got Thinking XXX
This was a documentary about the making of a photo book that pictures porn stars in their street clothes, and naked. I got it mostly because Nina Hartley is in it, and I like her very much (her instructional videos, especially her guide to Oral Sex and the guide to Anal Sex. They contain actual sex scenes as well as instruction and they are wonderful.) I was pleasantly impressed by it, and it turned out to be a very good watch.
Again, porn interests me. Not just actually watching it, but the psychology that is involved in both the people who act in it and the people who produce it and the people who buy it. It's interesting to hear the stories and I was very happy to see that he not only shot the young stars...but the middle aged stars and some older stars as well. The concept of the book is very cool.
What's in from Netflix right now? Bliss, Season 1 and the first disk of Swingtown Season 1, which may or may not be good. It's a good concept. We'll see if it carries through.
And yes, there are some normal shows in my queue, too. I've seen the first two seasons of Weeds, and the first season of "How I Met Your Mother". So I'm not completely wrapped up in sex.
Not right now anyway.
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