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Babylon Blue : An Illustrated History of Adult Cinema 1960-1998(Creation Cinema Collection) Paperback – April 1, 1999

by David Flint (Author)
2.4 2.4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
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Babylon Blue examines the '60s roots of global modern-day erotic cinema - from naturist films to the "nudie-cuties" of Russ Meyer - through to various incarnations of Euro-porn and hardcore, charting the rise, decline and resurrection of the genre since the early '70s. Finally, author David Flint chronicles the so-called New Porn Generation - the New Wave of adult movies, as epitomized by the sophisticated films of Andrew Blake, Michael Ninn and the Dark Brothers. Visually loaded with daring illustrations, Babylon Blue is the last word on sex cinema, featuring profiles of key directors, producers and performers, and detailed critiques of the finest adult movies of all time. The book contains interviews with sexploitation producer David Friedman, screenwriter Antonio Passolini, director Lindsay Honey and porn actress/producer Jane Hamilton.

??Table of Contents

??Introduction
Early Days
An Interview with David F. Friedman
Beyond Deep Throat
The Golden Age
Euro Porn
Fortress Britain
An Interview with Lindsay Honey
Decline and Fall
An Interview with Jane Hamilton
New Porn Generation
An Interview with Antonio Passolini
Index?

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  1. Print length
    256 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Creation Books
  4. Publication date
    April 1, 1999
  5. Dimensions
    6.75 x 0.5 x 9.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1840680024
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1840680027
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Book of the Month: Here, in intricate and quite literally anal detail, is the history and background to all the major hardcore films of the last four decades. Every key porn star and director gets a lengthy entry, so to speak: John Holmes, Mary Millington, Traci Lords, Jenna Jameson, Ben Dover, the woman from the Oxo ads and Leslie Philips.Flint avoids mere titillation in favour of hard details. A moist 9/10. -- Loaded

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Creation Books; 1st edition (April 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1840680024
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1840680027
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 0.5 x 9.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    2.4 2.4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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A. Copp
2.0 out of 5 stars Skin flick book never gets under the skin
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2000
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Author David Flint makes it clear that he likes adult movies and has a vast amount of knowledge regarding them. This book cronicals the rise of the adult film and mentions all the movers and shakers who brought it to life.
But that is about all there is. He never spend enought time exploring the people, the times or even really the movies themselves to make this anything more than an advanced filmography of adult cinema.
He mentions in the preface that he does not intent this to be a comprehensive book, but the omissions keep it from becoming anything more than an interesting read.
Also his writing skills leave a little to be desired with the term GRUBBY being used to describe anything he finds distateful over and over again. He also has the habit of promising information later that never arrives (Such as exploring how AIDS has affected the industry during the nineties).
An okay book to begin with, but I would suggest a subscription to Michelle Clifford's METASEX fanzine for the real education on these films.
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mylife-mywork
3.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff for the people who looking for classic film
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 1999
I think it's contain a lot of name and people who are in That kind of business. But it's not really detail in depth. The bio of the people and the interview was good. The graphic is bad. Dont's expect about the explict picture. It's about porn but not porn stuff.
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Gerard Guidoni
1.0 out of 5 stars a long list
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2003
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That's about all this books is, a very long list of adult titles and perfromers, a filmography, if you will. Not much detail or background provided on any of the films or performers. It's rather dry and hard to get through, despite it being fairly light.
But the big kicker was several statements I found that were obviously wrong, just general knowledge things-not even specifically related to adult film. It seems that this publisher doesn't employ a fact-checker or a proofreader. Additionally, the author is British and apparantly doesn't have a very good grasp on American law as it applies to obscenity and adult films.
Finally, although the book is entitled "an illustrated history of adult cinema" the illustrations are mostly video box covers and very few of those or the other photos have any sort of caption which makes them rather disjointed from the accompanying text.
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David Mills
4.0 out of 5 stars Dated but still interesting
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2014
This book was written/published in 1998, thus making it rather dated for the subject under discussion. Still, it's relevant, as the author gives a good, objective view of the x-rated film industry foreign (here the U.S. and continental Europe) and domestic (the U.K.). He gives a perhaps too-brief historic backgrounder to the "blue movie," but goes deeper as the 20th century progresses. His information on censorship in the U.K. is good, as is his chapter on Euro-porn and the growth of the pornographic film in the U.S. He is correct in giving the "golden age" of porn the years c. 1972-84: VCRs weren't an instant success (though demand for porno fueled public demand for them) and x-rated theatres (popular in the 70s) were still relevant until the mid-80s. Author Flint is correct in describing AIDs in the industry. While it infected several and killed some performers, it didn't overtly affect the milieu: only a few quit because of it. Even now, the industry resists the forced use of condoms in its films (though there has been some voluntary use). Flint makes brief mention of DVDs and the Internet, two factors that have had major effect on adult content, but which were fledgling when the book was written. All told, a good, readable reference regarding a phenomenen that only expands with technology.
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