1987 Porn documentary on channel4?
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:53 pm
Can anyone remember a Channel 4 documentary about home-made super-8 soft porn films of the '50s-'60s which aired during one of the bank-holiday weekends of 1987? It was a funny, hour-long programme about an Andy-Warhol-esque group of amateur filmmakers, and memories of it keep haunting me - I'd really like to get hold of the programme and see it again.
For me the occasion was special because that weekend I filmed my very first amateur video project - not a porno film, alas! - with a small amateur cast, nil budget and a rented VHS camera. I did virtually nothing except eat, sleep and film during the whole 3 days, and so to sit down during a break in filming and see this documentary was oddly synchronous and eye-opening.
In particular, it had one extremely clever sequence I'll never forget and for which I would gladly part with money to see again - an antique porn flick consisting purely of old "dirty postcards" animated very cleverly to a lively, jazzy musical track. It was sheer genius although it only lasted about a minute as I recall, it was a hilarious mini-masterpiece, almost Monty Pythonesque and way ahead of its time. I wish I'd recorded it.
Any info or leads to finding a copy on VHS would be much appreciated. Thanks.
For me the occasion was special because that weekend I filmed my very first amateur video project - not a porno film, alas! - with a small amateur cast, nil budget and a rented VHS camera. I did virtually nothing except eat, sleep and film during the whole 3 days, and so to sit down during a break in filming and see this documentary was oddly synchronous and eye-opening.
In particular, it had one extremely clever sequence I'll never forget and for which I would gladly part with money to see again - an antique porn flick consisting purely of old "dirty postcards" animated very cleverly to a lively, jazzy musical track. It was sheer genius although it only lasted about a minute as I recall, it was a hilarious mini-masterpiece, almost Monty Pythonesque and way ahead of its time. I wish I'd recorded it.
Any info or leads to finding a copy on VHS would be much appreciated. Thanks.