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Pornography

2009 1h 53m Mystery & Thriller List
29% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 23% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
A writer and an adult film star discover supernatural forces while searching for a porn star.

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Critics Reviews

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Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Despite marvelously moody visuals and a tantalizing setup, Pornography: A Thriller finally puzzles more than it pleases. Rated: 2.5/5 Apr 16, 2010 Full Review Michelle Orange Village Voice Ambitiously layered and almost completely incoherent. Apr 14, 2010 Full Review S. James Snyder Time Out Taken independently, these chapters probe the thorny porn star-viewer exchange, but Kittredge can't connect the dots into a worthy climax. In other words: all foreplay, no full release. Rated: 2/5 Apr 14, 2010 Full Review Maitland McDonagh Miss FlickChick Writer-director David Kittredge's spooky, ambitious thriller about the mysterious fate of a gay porn star is equal parts David Lynch, The Fluffer and 8mm. Apr 23, 2010 Full Review Matthew Nestel Boxoffice Magazine Rated: 0.5/5 Apr 16, 2010 Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Frustratingly elliptical and slightly convoluted, but unconventionally and intriguingly structured enough to maintain suspense amidst its tangled web of blurred realities. Rated: 7.45/10 Apr 14, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Pornography: A Thriller in an ambitious failure. A single story told in three parts without a real driving force behind it, the film is never able to put the pieces together adequately on screen for the story to make any logical sense. The filmmakers were trying for dream logic, to be fair, so to say they flubbed the editing or the writing is not entirely fair. However, when the mystery takes place over three different time periods and the sole intent of the film is to confuse the viewer, it's not smart; it's frustrating. This would have been a much more interesting film if any of the individual stories had been fleshed out to cover the entire running time (the rise and fall of Mark Anton; the gay porn historian; the actor/writer/director creating his version of what happened to Anton). The actors do all they can with the material even if very little makes sense and the overall story is impossible to piece together. And, lets be honest: a movie about the gay porn industry and named "Pornography" is expected to be, well, titillating. The film never really achieves that, either. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member I really enjoyed this movie. Although the story line, gay porno stars who disappear, may not appeal to everyone; I found the movie to be interesting, artistic and freshly appealing. Montgomery did an excellent job portraying Michael Castigan and I really enjoyed his performance. I also liked the fact that the gay men were not portrayed in the typical manner as a bunch of limped wristed, hip swagging, lisp talking fags. Instead, they were wonderfully acted as intelligent, artistic, handsome men who happen to be attracted to other men. It was refreshing and I loved the movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Pornography: A Thriller in an ambitious failure. A single story told in three parts without a real driving force behind it, the film is never able to put the pieces together adequately on screen for the story to make any logical sense. The filmmakers were trying for dream logic, to be fair, so to say they flubbed the editing or the writing is not entirely fair. However, when the mystery takes place over three different time periods and the sole intent of the film is to confuse the viewer, it's not smart; it's frustrating. This would have been a much more interesting film if any of the individual stories had been fleshed out to cover the entire running time (the rise and fall of Mark Anton; the gay porn historian; the actor/writer/director creating his version of what happened to Anton). The actors do all they can with the material even if very little makes sense and the overall story is impossible to piece together. And, lets be honest: a movie about the gay porn industry and named "Pornography" is expected to be, well, titillating. The film never really achieves that, either. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member It got me hooked up .. but in the end I didn't get it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member In less amateurish hands, I sense this could have been more than the intriguing, visually interesting mess it is. I love Lynchian puzzles like this, but not when they collapse in on themselves from narrative incomprehensibility. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member "Smile for the camera." Why do we watch and what do we really want to see? For the characters in this film, their lives take on a twisted inevitability, where time has no meaning and their existence is in question. The viewer is the key to their survival. The plot is insubstantial. Do they give us what we really want to see? That's all that really matters. It's inevitable. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A writer and an adult film star discover supernatural forces while searching for a porn star.
Director
David Kittredge
Producer
Sean Abley
Screenwriter
David Kittredge
Production Co
Triple Fire
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 2, 2017
Runtime
1h 53m
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