Black Venus (1983)
Commit to the gratuity, Claude!
5 September 2022
There cannot be a spoilers mention for this film as there's really not much to it. The first scene tells you what the backstory is. A sculptor is madly in love with a black girl named Venus, who becomes his muse and soon, leaves him penniless. That's the most amount of plot and character development you'll ever see.

This is an erotica. There's plenty of nudity and some softcore level humping in the film but what bothers the most is when the narrator, a wealthy art collector finally takes home the Black Venus, filmmaker Claude Mulot seems to have had cold feet and lets his female lead "stay moral", thereby even if our narrator owns the Black Venus, he does not own the muse. This kind of poetic justice seems rather odd for a film with gratuitous sex. It's kinda like asking "What's another sex scene in an erotica?"

There's literally nothing else for you to look forward to. The acting is third-class, the production design seems to have been borrowed from Merchant-Ivory and it's as if the production always never had enough lights. Every shot feels dark and gloomy, and hence is apt for nighttime viewing only. Given its subject matter, that's a good choice. Cinemax, with its modern filmmaking techniques and better looking girls, is a better choice for you boys.

I'd give this 4/10 mainly because it lacks sex scenes where it was most necessary. You've got to close the arc, Claude!!
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