A '70s erotic drama where breaking free means breaking into porn — with your new boyfriend.
Karen plays a woman that is maintained by her black lover. He allows her no freedom and demands that she be available whenever he desires her. Karen finally realizes that this is not the life she wants. but she doesn't know how to break away from it. While at the beach she meets Richard, who is a porn star. He explains that there is no difference between them except he is paid for what he does and he still has his independence. They hit it off immediately. Richard's words give Karen the courage to break away from her controlled life and go into the porn business. As fate would have it, her first on screen job turns out to be with her star struck lover, Richard!
Production
Micro-budget '70s New York location shooting.
Writing
Bizarrely self-aware porn-star philosophizing.
Director
Richard Mailer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Richard Mailer allegedly cast himself as the porn star mentor figure, making this an accidental self-insert fantasy.
This sits in the fascinating 1974 window between 'Deep Throat' mainstreaming porn and hardcore taking over — the softcore 'message film' was already dying.
US
