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Good filmmaking is not always good pornmaking
September 08, 2004
| We’ve been having a debate in the office today about editing. The piece in question features a solo girl masturbation scene coupled with a boy/girl scene that depicts a fantasy the girl is having while she masturbates. My boss, who has worked in mainstream film for many years, maintains that there should be a lot of intercutting between the two scenes, for effect. As a porn watcher who likes to concentrate on one scene at a time, I know that intercutting breaks up the masturbatory rhythm of things. So we’re arguing about this point. I know I am right, but I also acknowledge that playing out a scene or vignette does not usually a good film make. The thing is - porn is not film like that, it must speak to base desires, capture and enhance them. Kinda like slapstick comedy or gory horror.* *To be fair, I’ll footnote this idea - it comes from Linda Williams’ seminal book “Hard Core.” |
Posted by Dacia at September 8, 2004 01:24 PM
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