Aphrodesia's Diary
| Aphrodesia's Diary | |
|---|---|
 Original movie poster | |
| Directed by | Radley Metzger ("Henry Paris", uncredited) Gérard Kikoïne (as "Gerard Kikoine") |
| Written by | Finley Walker |
| Produced by | Serge Lincoln |
| Starring | Dominique Saint Claire Kevin James Lisa Cintrice Joanna Storm Vanessa del Rio Morgane Desiree Cousteau |
| Cinematography | Gérard Loubeau (as "Gerard Loubeau") |
| Edited by | Jason Hyatt |
| Music by | Jane Glenn |
| Distributed by | Audubon Films; Caballero Control Corporation (CCC) |
Release date | 1983 (US) |
Running time | 85 minutes (US) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Aphrodesia's Diary is a 1983 American adult erotic film directed by Radley Metzger (as "Henry Paris", uncredited) and Gérard Kikoïne (as "Gerard Kikoine").[1][2][3]
The film was released during the Golden Age of Porn (inaugurated by the 1969 release of Andy Warhol's Blue Movie) in the United States, at a time of "porno chic",[4][5] in which adult erotic films were just beginning to be widely released, publicly discussed by celebrities (like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope)[6] and taken seriously by film critics (like Roger Ebert).[7][8]
Premise
Adrianne is reading her diary in her hotel room, and begins to recall some of the adventures that she wrote in it, including her experiences with a young horse trainer, a man who offered her a lot of money to appear in an erotic film, the gambler who persuaded her to be a liberated woman, and more.[1]
Cast
- Dominique Saint Claire ... Adrianne (as Arlene Manhatten)
- Kevin James ... Jeff
- Lisa Cintrice ... Susie
- Joanna Storm ... Mrs. Triad
- Vanessa del Rio ... Therapist
- Morgane ... Alice (as Marianne Flowers)
- Desiree Cousteau ... Cassandra - The Erotic Spirit
See also
References
- ^ a b Staff (2019). "Aphrodesia's Diary (1983)". IMDB. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ Bentley, Toni (June 2014). "The Legend of Henry Paris". Playboy. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ^ Bentley, Toni (June 2014). "The Legend of Henry Paris" (PDF). ToniBentley.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ^ Blumenthal, Ralph (January 21, 1973). "Porno chic; 'Hard-core' grows fashionable-and very profitable". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ Porno Chic (Jahsonic.com)
- ^ Corliss, Richard (March 29, 2005). "That Old Feeling: When Porno Was Chic". Time. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (June 13, 1973). "The Devil In Miss Jones - Film Review". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (November 24, 1976). "Alice in Wonderland:An X-Rated Musical Fantasy". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
Further reading
- Cook, David A. (2002). History of the American cinema. Vol. 9. University of California Press. pp. 274–275. ISBN 0-520-23265-8.
- Heffernan, Kevin, "A social poetics of pornography", Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Volume 15, Issue 3, December 1994, pp. 77–83. doi:10.1080/10509209409361441.
- Lehman, Peter, Pornography: film and culture, Rutgers depth of field series, Rutgers University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8135-3871-8.
- Williams, Linda, Hard core: power, pleasure, and the "frenzy of the visible", University of California Press, 1999, ISBN 0-520-21943-0.
