In 1997, Louis Theroux made a documentary about the world of male porn performers in Los Angeles. 15 years later, he returns to find a business struggling with the deluge of free porn on the internet. Louis revisits some of the original programme's contributors as well as meeting the latest crop of porn performers dreaming of porn stardom.
Acting
Louis's committed awkwardness as performance art
Direction
Massot lets silence do the brutal work
Writing
Louis's questions that nobody else would dare ask
Director
Jason Massot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed right before OnlyFans fundamentally rewired adult entertainment economics, making this documentary an accidental time capsule of 'the before times.'
The 1997 original made stars of several subjects; this return knowingly trades on that exposure, raising uncomfortable questions about documentary ethics Louis never fully addresses.
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