Only in the 70's could you start out your porn flick with a bloody, wrist sliting suicide in a bathtub while depressing music plays and get it to play in actual theaters. I would think that back then you would have to be a true masturbation wizard to time your orgasm to the perfect scenes and not wind up orgasming to some depressing scene or whatnot. Even if that might be viewed as a hindrance today the upside is that you get an actual story to become invested in and real characters. So while the brainless masses of cavemen producers and their junkie whore "actresses?" continue to shit out disposable jerk-off garbage anyone who can appreciate the melding of cinema and sex is forced to look back to a time when there was at least a sliver of art involved. Downer ending? Check! Real looking human beings? Check! Actual actors? Check! If you can't at least appreciate this film you're probably a moron. I saw this recently on a double bill with DEEP THROAT and while the two films were made around the same time and were both directed by Gerard Damiano they really couldn't be further apart in themes and tone. THROAT is basically a hardcore comedy which is certainly more fun to watch but this one is something deeper and obviously a better made film if not one the greatest films in the predominately shit-filled cesspool that is adult cinema.
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