IanEye wrote:Hi Fat Lady,
are you familiar with John 'ButtMan' Stagliano or John Leslie?
Yes. Although I've not seen Stagliano's movies, I know them by reputation. I've seen at least a of few of Leslie's, Curse of the Catwoman and Chameleons: Not a Sequel coming most readily to mind.
As far as I'm concerned, the best porn I've seen, in terms of being an actually good film with interesting characters, decent acting, and cinematic style, is Layout, directed by the porn world's closest thing to a non-porn auteur, Paul Thomas. I call it the Nashville of porn. It really is Altmanesque, and I've seen enough porn parodies to know that Thomas has a rep for being a true film geek, so it's not a stretch to imagine he had Nashville in mind. There's some fairly brutal scenes in it that I won't watch, but for the characters, they make sense. That's the great thing about Layout in general: all of the sex scenes make sense. Have you seen it?
I'd also say that nearly any feature with Chloe is worth watching. She's a good enough actress-actress that she could've made it in mainstream -- far better than Jenna or any of them that try to go legit. Chloe is a force of nature. And every scene is about satisfying *her*, not the viewer. If the viewer likes it, so be it.
Sorry to be so effusive in a forum such as this -- I used to blog on the subject, actually, and I do wish more people would see what at least I think of as "good porn" so more of it would get made. It's probably inappropriate, though, so again, apologies.
(I also don't think watching porn is anything to be ashamed of, and I wish more people felt that way.)
IanEye wrote:But in the end, if it is 'wall to wall' that you are into, have you heard of the 'Waist Watcher' series?
Heh, appropriate for my moniker. I haven't seen that many in the wall to wall genre -- mainly what's called "alt" porn, I guess. I don't know that I like it, but at least there's a lot less silicone.
IanEye wrote:Happy Thanksgiving!
Same to you -- and everyone!