- Hardcover: 112 pages
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson (10 May 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0500542880
- ISBN-13: 978-0500542880
- Product Dimensions: 29.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,260,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'Porno people have changed. In the yard of the house on Dolorosa Drive, during a break in filming, Chloe, Artie and Lola stood there naked, discussing a new rollercoaster ride called Desperado. They were all smoking. I came across many a good little smoker in pornoland. What with the risks they run already, who cares about smoking? Then it was butts out and back to work. And I do mean work. Porno is a proletarian form. And porno people are a hard-grafting, ill-paid fraternity who, by and large, look out for each other and help each other through. They pay their rent with the death of feelings' - from the Introduction by Martin Amis"
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Pornoland is a strange parallel world where pornographic films are churned out on a daily basis. Photographs by de Luigi and text by Martin Armis are your guides through this land, filled with actors capable of extraordinary performances (although not the kind that win Oscars) and directors who make an entire film in just one day.
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Luckily I did not buy this book as a gift for someone, because it was not as described (new). It was damaged in so many ways. After this experience I decided only to buy from Amazon directly in the future.
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An Adventure Book!
30 Oct 2004
Format:Paperback
PORNOLAND is not what you would imagine from the title: this is not a down-and-dirty expose of the seamy exploitation of pornography. This book is a running commentary on the world of making Porn movies, an industry that has flourished since the first movie camera was made (and indeed, in etchings and drawings that date back centuries in time!). Photographer Stefano de Luigi has traveled to Los Angeles, Milan, Budapest, Prague, Tokyo, and Dortmund and captured the process involved of making low budget, negligibly scripted, one-movie-per-day pornography flicks: his photographs are more about color and atmosphere on set than they are about the actors at work. The impact of this voyeuristic journey is made more solid by the accompanying writings of Martin Amis (whose novels such as the current 'Yellow Dog' continue to be best sellers).
There are no moments of revelation and certainly no judgments made. Instead this is one of those photography books that is satisfied to inform without editorial comment. And the adventures described are worth the ride! Grady Harp, October 2004
There are no moments of revelation and certainly no judgments made. Instead this is one of those photography books that is satisfied to inform without editorial comment. And the adventures described are worth the ride! Grady Harp, October 2004
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Pornoland
8 Sep 2005
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The photos are beautiful and aproach the subject - pornography industry - with a sensible touch, as well as display this universe on a rather unusual way. The images are at the same time poetical and documental ( which means that we can figure out real people behind porn icons). The presentation text, by Martin Amis, whom I think, do not need a formal presentation since he is one of the best known contemporary british writers, also focuses the people and their motivations beyond the characters they play in the media / product they sell.Photographer de Luigi has a very accurate aesthetic sense as much as is good enough to catch his subject avoiding deja vu, posing and vulgarity.
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