Labor Of Love

Pick this one up now, and learn about the film behind the film.
Vinegar Syndrome has rescued some interesting films in their short history. Some films that I thought would never see the light of day, and some films that I always hoped would get a better transfer by a company that truly cares. Now they've unearthed a documentary that every adult should see at least once, because it humanizes what a lot of people take for granted as the adult film industry in its' day to day form. "A Labor Of Love" is that documentary, and let's see what really happens behind the scenes of an adult film.

Directors Robert Flaxman and Daniel Goldman tried to make an X-rated movie. In Chicago. In the winter. They failed. What DID happen was this documentary, a true movie about a movie being filmed. In 1975, the directors and crew gathered together in Chicago to create a film to be titled "The Last Affair." They were filming in winter for the simple reason of the money not being available to them until that point. The filming is taking place at a friend's...

Behind the scenes of an independent '70s film
Back when movies about movies were rare this revealing documentary received a limited release. The Last Affair, an art film concerning a childless couple's attempts to secure a baby by way of surrogacy was being filmed in Chicago and Robert Flaxman and Daniel Goldman had carte blanch to document the process. The financial backers requested that first time feature director Henri Charr include explicit sex scene as a way to increase the marketibality of the project. This was during the porn chic era of the mid seventies when films such as The Opening of Misty Beethoven, Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones were all the rage.

A Labor of Love explores the trials and tribulations of an earnest but inexperienced troupe of actors and crew members as they attempted to create a serious film that just happened to include sex. We are introduced to several aspiring thespians who express their confidence, fears and cattiness over filming the explicit scenes. There is drama,...



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