After Porn Ends
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After Porn Ends is an American documentary that was released in 2012.
Background
Documentary filmmaker Bryce Wagoner, a graduate of East Carolina University[1], interviewed several former porn stars about their lives after leaving industry. Wagoner got the inspiration for the documentary from a part-time job during her film education: During a voice-over and motion capture break for the video game WWE "Smackdown vs. Raw", a group watched porn movies and one of them asked what the actors did with their lives after their time in the scene.[2] In a separate blog post, she explained that the scene was about sexual acts with vegetables.[3]
The questions in the fast-paced interview scenes revolve around four core questions: How do you find your way into this film business? Why do you stop and possibly start again? How can a secure existence or family be built and thus private life and career be separated? How do porn actors differ from other employees?[4] Asia Carrera, among others, reports that Mensa International would link to all member websites, but in her case made an exception, since it is a pornographic website.[5]
Reception
The film received mostly negative reviews.
Beyond being twenty minutes too long, "After Porn Ends" is an utterly grim and depressing documentary. What begins as a look behind the fantasy of pornography instantly turns in to a ninety minute excuse to look down at all forms of pornographic stars, even those wise enough to leave it all behind and look for something more. A patronizing and utterly depressing look at the pornographic industry, "After Porn Ends" sets itself up as a look at the fantasy bringers who ended up being humans when the camera stops rolling, and then transforms in to a ninety minute excuse to look down at folks who once made millions out of having sex on film, especially those smart enough to retire and look for other greener pastures.
— cinema-crazed.com[6]
Ultimately, it's a poorly made, sloppily researched and rather disinteresting documentary and, depressingly, far from the only one of its kind out there.
— Letterboxed[7]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an average rating of 2.9 out of five possible stars,[8] on the Dutch side moviemeter.nl it got 2.2 out of five possible stars.[9]
Sequel
A sequel, After Porn Ends 2, was released in March 2017.[10] The industry actors involved included Janine Lindemulder, Lisa Ann, Chasey Lain, Tabitha Stevens and Herschel Savage.
References
- ^ Melissa Phillips (2012-12-04). "After porn ends". theeastcarolinian.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|day=,|month=, and|deadurl=(help) - ^ "'After Porn Ends': Solving the Complicated Mystery of What Happens - BroBible.com". web.archive.org. 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ Bryce Wagoner (2012-09-24). "Can You Take the Porn Out of a Porn Star?". thewrap.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|day=,|month=, and|deadurl=(help) - ^ "'After Porn Ends' Documentary Reveals The Dark Side Of The Industry And Life After Porn (VIDEO) – HuffPost". huffingtonpost.com. 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|day=,|month=, and|deadurl=(help) - ^ Noah Berlatsky (2012-09-13). "Ex Porn Stars Are the 99 Percent". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|day=,|month=, and|deadurl=(help) - ^ Felix Vasquez (2013-02-15). "After Porn Ends (2010)". cinema-crazed.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|day=,|month=, and|deadurl=(help) - ^ Steve G. (2013-02-14). "A ?½ review of After Porn Ends (2012)". letterboxd.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|day=,|month=, and|deadurl=(help) - ^ "After Porn Ends". rottentomatoes.com. 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|day=,|month=, and|deadurl=(help) - ^ "After Porn Ends (2010)". moviemeter.nl. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|day=,|month=, and|deadurl=(help) - ^ Sean Wist (2017-01-20). "Exclusive: Find out what comes next in the trailer for After Porn Ends 2". joblo.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
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External links
Category:2010s documentary films Category:2012 films Category:American documentary films Category:American films Category:Documentary films about pornography Category:Netflix