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An Essay on Pornography (1973) watch uncut

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A pseudo-documentary about the making of an 8mm porn film in Australia. Director Chris Cary provided a moralising prologue and epilogue to the film, with the rest of the material presenting, and considering, the thoughts and experiences of people involved in making the porn show. Helen Mason plays herself, auditioning for a role in the porn film because she’s unemployed and she hopes that the part may lead to other acting opportunities, like Jane Fonda in Klute.

The History of Pornography watch uncut

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Perhaps the boldest of the early sex documentaries, The History of Pornography is a comprehensive view of graphic depictions of sex in art and literature from ancient times onward.

Pornography in Hollywood (1972) watch uncut

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The story of Pornography in Hollywood right from the people who live it: the owner of a topless/bottomless bar, a homosexual church, the movie-makers, the bookstore owners and patrons, and the actresses, actors and couples.

J.B.1 (1975) watch uncut

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A castle on a island: while television broadcasts ridiculous images of the presidential campaign, three characters – a couple and a visitor – exchange radical views on France, cinema, censorship and the proletarian world revolution.

Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge (1989) watch uncut

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A camera crew follows Helmut Newton, the fashion and ad photographer whose images of tall, blond, big-breasted women are part of the iconography of twentieth-century erotic fantasy. He’s on the go from L.A., to Paris, to Monte-Carlo, to Berlin, where he was a youth until he escaped from the Nazis in 1936. We see him on shoots, interviewing models, and discussing his work.

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (2020) watch uncut

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Women were clearly at the core of legendary photographer Helmut Newton’s work. The stars of his iconic portraits and fashion editorials – from Catherine Deneuve to Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling to Isabella Rossellini – finally give their own interpretation of the life and work of this controversial genius. A portrait by the portrayed. Provocative, unconventional, subversive, his depiction of women still sparks the question: were they subjects or objects?

Brutes and Savages (1978) watch uncut

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Fascinated by forbidden rituals and ceremonies, world explorer Arthur Davis takes a crew with hidden cameras to Africa and South America to secretly record the beauty and horror of the “law of the jungle”. BRUTES AND SAVAGES is the filmed document of his death-defying adventures. Shocking, brutal and repulsive, this film mixes bizarre authentic footage with incredibly exploitive (and often hilarious) “re-enactments” of his findings. Animal sacrifices, bizarre tribal ceremonies, mating rituals and even brain surgery.

Hollywood’s World of Flesh (1963) watch uncut

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Hilariously bogus “documentary on the film capital of the world” inspired by the Italian mondo movie genre. A look at adult book stores, grindhouses, strip joints, “Figure Model Photography Studios” and midnight pool parties. This is more cynical sexploitation from director Lee Frost and producer Bob Cresse, the loveable hucksters.

Mondo Inferno (1964) watch uncut

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“Mondo Inferno”- This shockumentary takes us on visits to a restaurant that serves up delicious dog meat dishes, mud-wrestling clubs, a chastity belt store. We get to see bizarre funeral rites, snake charmers, bloodsuckers and a hidden-camera expose into the local baby selling and slave markets!

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