Can be filed under the theme of "Cautionary Tale".
This is what happens when you're up in the wee hours of the morning, channel surfing, and this shows up on your local cable channel.
There is no romanticizing the porn industry here. Can't even compare it to Boogie Nights, because this film goes where Boogie Nights did not -- the dark, bleak and seedy world of "mopes" -- men who are in low level porn. I had to look the word up.
It's a compelling watch. You find that you can't take your eyes off the screen. You will find yourself saying out loud, "what in the actual hell is happening here?" And then you google and you realize, to your absolute horror, that this film is based on a true story. You feel the doom and despair descend upon you, and if you can, you turn it off as it is now 7 am in your apartment and you cannot watch how this ends. Because you've googled and you know how this ends.
Clearly this film did not get a wide theatrical release, due to the subject matter. And as others have said better than me, this film opens the door on the true dark side of porn, where mopes are paid a scant $40 for each "scene". Throw in a mentally unstable man and man, there is your descent into madness and a dark ending to end all dark endings.
This film horrified me. It will stay with me for a very long time. This is not a comedy. You have been warned.
This is what happens when you're up in the wee hours of the morning, channel surfing, and this shows up on your local cable channel.
There is no romanticizing the porn industry here. Can't even compare it to Boogie Nights, because this film goes where Boogie Nights did not -- the dark, bleak and seedy world of "mopes" -- men who are in low level porn. I had to look the word up.
It's a compelling watch. You find that you can't take your eyes off the screen. You will find yourself saying out loud, "what in the actual hell is happening here?" And then you google and you realize, to your absolute horror, that this film is based on a true story. You feel the doom and despair descend upon you, and if you can, you turn it off as it is now 7 am in your apartment and you cannot watch how this ends. Because you've googled and you know how this ends.
Clearly this film did not get a wide theatrical release, due to the subject matter. And as others have said better than me, this film opens the door on the true dark side of porn, where mopes are paid a scant $40 for each "scene". Throw in a mentally unstable man and man, there is your descent into madness and a dark ending to end all dark endings.
This film horrified me. It will stay with me for a very long time. This is not a comedy. You have been warned.