06-24-2011, 09:09 AM
It's a Documentary about the porn convention in Las Vegas called AVN. The director of the Doc was simultaneously shooting an art book about all the participants at the convention. The subtitle to the picture was "An R-rated look at an X-rated event" or something like that. So, it's a documentary about a photographer making a book about the people at a porn convention. Oddly, it came off a little narcissistic.
I liked it because it was a well done documentary and I seem to be in a documentary frame of mind. I liked it because it showed a photographer at work and it showed me how he goes about doing his business. It also displayed some of the great photography from the book.
It also made me sad. I always get the feeling that porn actors would prefer to be doing something else if they were making the same amount of money. I could be wrong and I probably am but that's the reaction I get from porn. I also had mixed feelings about the director/photographer. I wish it were less about him and how he had to work and all his struggles. He also lied to one of the porn stars because he thought it important for his book that he got a picture of one of them crying, so he tricked he into one more photo shoot by saying his cameras hadn't worked during the last shoots.
Why did I watch this film? It was on my Netflix instant queue and I was curious and I had ten minutes to kill before my dinner came out of the oven. I eventually watched the whole thing. That's my excuse. I'm sticking with it.
I liked it because it was a well done documentary and I seem to be in a documentary frame of mind. I liked it because it showed a photographer at work and it showed me how he goes about doing his business. It also displayed some of the great photography from the book.
It also made me sad. I always get the feeling that porn actors would prefer to be doing something else if they were making the same amount of money. I could be wrong and I probably am but that's the reaction I get from porn. I also had mixed feelings about the director/photographer. I wish it were less about him and how he had to work and all his struggles. He also lied to one of the porn stars because he thought it important for his book that he got a picture of one of them crying, so he tricked he into one more photo shoot by saying his cameras hadn't worked during the last shoots.
Why did I watch this film? It was on my Netflix instant queue and I was curious and I had ten minutes to kill before my dinner came out of the oven. I eventually watched the whole thing. That's my excuse. I'm sticking with it.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit
