The Pornographer details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
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| Starring: | Jean-Pierre Leaud, jean-Pierre Leaud, Dominique Blanc, Andre Marcon, Jeremie Renier |
| Director: | Bertrand Bonello |
| Genres: | Drama - Comedy, Crime, World Cinema - French |
| Studio: | LACE GROUP |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Pornographer |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 50 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 23 Sep 2002 |
| Main languages: | French |
| Subtitles: | English |
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Cold and Distant Film
By Clucky from Cardiff, Wales , 10 Mar 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
If you are expecting a film full of wild sex and gratuitous nudity then think again. Whilst there is one fairly graphic scene (which resulted in the 'money shot' by cut by British censors), the central plot focuses on an aged director who has to return to the porn industry for financial reasons. However, he discovers that things have changed in modern porn films and that money rather than story or style dictates the final product. Dismayed by this perceived emptiness around him, he begins to withdraw from those close to him and he begins to contemplate his role in life.
The pace of the film is slow and with the central character steeped most of the time in depression, it?s not the easiest of films to watch. For this type of film to work you need to feel something for the characters but it is so unrelentingly cold at times you just become to detached to care. I recommend this is only for fans of European cinema.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(49)Highly rewarding drama of the search of that elusive purpose in life.
By Shinko (25 reviews) from South Wales , 09 Oct 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
I wonder how many people rent/own this film on the basis that it's French Extremity pigeon-holing will bring about explicit sex?
As a huge French cinema fan, I'd heard only good thing about this film, and sure enough, it didn't disappoint! The slow pace fits perfectly with the emotions of the protagonist - a has-been porn director struggling to find meaning in the age of modernism and to find a place in the re-launch of the genre he loves - yet seems so alienated from.
The story is about family and looking for purpose, not directly about sex! Maybe the title was concocted to sell more copies, but if you're looking for a typical well-crafted drama of French modernism, I strongly recommend this film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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photo (uhm) pornographer ages
By juradino (811 reviews) from London , 17 Jul 2012Film about making films, this time pornographic. There is lot of echoes of 1970s (Leaud was in Day for Night and Renier looks like Paul Cook with Michael York touch). It's main character is 50 trying to make comeback after 20 years of being kept by his second wife presumably having left business after his son's runaway and first wife's suicide. Beautifully shot reflective drama in which hard core sex scenes are played by real porn stars (but there is little time given to them). Surprisingly captivating, and Leaud looks his real life age somehow which gives another realistic dimension.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Not as explicit as the trailer makes out but rather a thoughtful, well-wrought drama.
By a customer , 10 May 2011Ignore all the reviews from people who moan that 'There's no sex in this film. It's rubbish' and listen to someone who didn't just get it out because it had the word pornographer in the title.
Ok so it might not be the cheeriest of films but I actually quite enjoyed it. There were moments of really beautiful photography in it and some of the themes it dealt with - disaffected youth, finding your way in the world - are done very well.
There is some sex in it but it's not exactly going to rock your world if that's what you are looking for.
Jean-Pierre Leaud gives a great performance (I only really know him from the Antoine Doinel films of Francois Truffaut) and the rest of the cast support him well.
I wouldn't say I'd watch it again necessarily but I'm glad I took the time out to watch it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Confused
By blackpoolmatt (12 reviews) from Manchester , 16 Feb 2009The most amusing aspect of this strange film is that 'd'accord' and 'ça va' are constantly translated in the subtitles as 'oké.'
I had the uneasy feeling throughout that this film is supposed to be a comedy; I also wasn't sure whether the film was a film about pornography, art, ageing, or the generational divide. It doesn't really work on any of these counts.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A real good film
By a customer from Slough , 27 Jan 2009A real hardcore film, I m joking. Well two or three scenes are really uncensored. Ideal for non family adult person. Licking the girls thing was so amazing. OMG. cant get out my hand out of my trousers. A real real real sex.- Was this review helpful to you?
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