An Amateur Porno Set Off a Federal Witch Hunt
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An Amateur Porno Set Off a Federal Witch Hunt
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#2The beginning talks about how likable the guy is.
Greatly discusses the legal trouble his film caused.
The ends with him agreeing how the film sucks and maybe the prosecutor was right! (EDIT: he says this as a joke, apparently this needs to be pointed out?)
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I get it. That’s a good story and he absolutely does come off as a likable guy.
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#3The '70s seem to have been an interesting time: https://longreads.com/2019/04/29/what-i-learned-from-doing-a... . Link is all text and presumably SFW, but caveat emptor.
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#4The '70s seem to have been an interesting time: https://longreads.com/2019/04/29/what-i-learned-from-doing-a... . Link is all text and presumably SFW, but caveat emptor.
I remember in an interview, Henry Miller contended that in the time before there was lot of media portrayals of sex that people actually engaged in sex more.
It seems like the 70s were something of the time when the media began honestly representing the social undercurrent of sex. But that representation was perhaps part of it going away.
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#5Seems like maybe the writers of Boogie Nights were aware of this fiasco...
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#6The '70s seem to have been an interesting time: https://longreads.com/2019/04/29/what-i-learned-from-doing-a... . Link is all text and presumably SFW, but caveat emptor.
I remember in an interview, Henry Miller contended that in the time before there was lot of media portrayals of sex that people actually engaged in sex more. It seems like the 70s were something of the time when the media began honestly representing the social undercurrent of sex. But that representation was perhaps part of it going away.
I think when something is pervasive but hidden, there's an urgent need as members of a social species to find out and become part of it. When it's discussed so openly, there's no fear of being out of the loop, just a decision of whether you think it's worth pursuing or not.
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#7The beginning talks about how likable the guy is. Greatly discusses the legal trouble his film caused. The ends with him agreeing how the film sucks and maybe the prosecutor was right! (EDIT: he says this as a joke, apparently this needs to be pointed out?) ... I get it. That’s a good story and he absolutely does come off as a likable guy.
For people who haven't read the article this is extremely misleading:
> The ends with him agreeing how the film sucks and maybe the prosecutor was right!
He says that, only as a joke that it's so bad it should've been illegal. While in reality a great mis-justice was done to the man, and he was railroaded into accepting a plea-deal due to the gravity of the unfair charges.
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#8The '70s seem to have been an interesting time: https://longreads.com/2019/04/29/what-i-learned-from-doing-a... . Link is all text and presumably SFW, but caveat emptor.
I remember in an interview, Henry Miller contended that in the time before there was lot of media portrayals of sex that people actually engaged in sex more. It seems like the 70s were something of the time when the media began honestly representing the social undercurrent of sex. But that representation was perhaps part of it going away.
There was a sexual comedy that came out some years ago that said the openness of sex led to an increase in social acceptance of more things out the norm. The main characters however complain that they missed out because they grew up in the 80s when HIV hit which led to a massive backlash and obvious public health scare. The characters are all friends and they eventually plan a party based on what they think they missed out on. The theory makes a little more sense to me.
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#9The beginning talks about how likable the guy is. Greatly discusses the legal trouble his film caused. The ends with him agreeing how the film sucks and maybe the prosecutor was right! (EDIT: he says this as a joke, apparently this needs to be pointed out?) ... I get it. That’s a good story and he absolutely does come off as a likable guy.
For people who haven't read the article this is extremely misleading: > The ends with him agreeing how the film sucks and maybe the prosecutor was right! He says that, only as a joke that it's so bad it should've been illegal. While in reality a great mis-justice was done to the man, and he was railroaded into accepting a plea-deal due to the gravity of the unfair charges.
Yea, that’s the point. I don’t remember saying “don’t read the article”. He makes a joke about his previous work and that’s a likable thing to do.
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#10What's "amateur" about that? It seems that the word appears only in the title.
Edit: he had a $25k budget at least (over $150k adjusted for inflation) and while it was his first movie he hired professional performers and the intention was the commercial exhibition of the film in movie theaters (as it did happen).