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Babylon Blue: Illustrated History of Erotic Cinema (Creation Cinema) Paperback – Illustrated, 23 Mar 1999

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  • Paperback: 188 pages
  • Publisher: Creation Books; illustrated edition edition (23 Mar. 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1840680024
  • ISBN-13: 978-1840680027
  • Product Dimensions: 24.5 x 17.1 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,610,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Book of the Month: Here, in intricate and quite literally anal detail, is the history and background to all the major hardcore films of the last four decades. Every key porn star and director gets a lengthy entry, so to speak: John Holmes, Mary Millington, Traci Lords, Jenna Jameson, Ben Dover, the woman from the Oxo ads and Leslie Philips....Flint avoids mere titillation in favour of hard details. A moist 9/10.' -- Loaded

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2.0 out of 5 stars"Geeks Guide"
By A Customer on 23 Jun. 2003
Format: Paperback
To be brutally honest - unless you're a porn afficianado, a connoisseur of porn - forget this book.
Basically it's a very dry account of the history of adult movies. It's perhaps "reasonably" authoritative, but it's rather impersonal and not particularly gripping.
Somewhat of a disappointment.
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Amazon.com: HASH(0x98fc81f8) out of 5 stars 5 reviews
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HASH(0x98fd3bd0) out of 5 stars a long list 30 Jun. 2003
By Gerard Guidoni - Published on Amazon.com
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That's about all this books is, a very long list of adult titles and perfromers, a filmography, if you will. Not much detail or background provided on any of the films or performers. It's rather dry and hard to get through, despite it being fairly light.
But the big kicker was several statements I found that were obviously wrong, just general knowledge things-not even specifically related to adult film. It seems that this publisher doesn't employ a fact-checker or a proofreader. Additionally, the author is British and apparantly doesn't have a very good grasp on American law as it applies to obscenity and adult films.
Finally, although the book is entitled "an illustrated history of adult cinema" the illustrations are mostly video box covers and very few of those or the other photos have any sort of caption which makes them rather disjointed from the accompanying text.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x98fd3fd8) out of 5 stars Skin flick book never gets under the skin 14 Jun. 2000
By A. Copp - Published on Amazon.com
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Author David Flint makes it clear that he likes adult movies and has a vast amount of knowledge regarding them. This book cronicals the rise of the adult film and mentions all the movers and shakers who brought it to life.
But that is about all there is. He never spend enought time exploring the people, the times or even really the movies themselves to make this anything more than an advanced filmography of adult cinema.
He mentions in the preface that he does not intent this to be a comprehensive book, but the omissions keep it from becoming anything more than an interesting read.
Also his writing skills leave a little to be desired with the term GRUBBY being used to describe anything he finds distateful over and over again. He also has the habit of promising information later that never arrives (Such as exploring how AIDS has affected the industry during the nineties).
An okay book to begin with, but I would suggest a subscription to Michelle Clifford's METASEX fanzine for the real education on these films.
HASH(0x98fd3de0) out of 5 stars Dated but still interesting 10 Jan. 2014
By David Mills - Published on Amazon.com
Format: Paperback
This book was written/published in 1998, thus making it rather dated for the subject under discussion. Still, it's relevant, as the author gives a good, objective view of the x-rated film industry foreign (here the U.S. and continental Europe) and domestic (the U.K.). He gives a perhaps too-brief historic backgrounder to the "blue movie," but goes deeper as the 20th century progresses. His information on censorship in the U.K. is good, as is his chapter on Euro-porn and the growth of the pornographic film in the U.S. He is correct in giving the "golden age" of porn the years c. 1972-84: VCRs weren't an instant success (though demand for porno fueled public demand for them) and x-rated theatres (popular in the 70s) were still relevant until the mid-80s. Author Flint is correct in describing AIDs in the industry. While it infected several and killed some performers, it didn't overtly affect the milieu: only a few quit because of it. Even now, the industry resists the forced use of condoms in its films (though there has been some voluntary use). Flint makes brief mention of DVDs and the Internet, two factors that have had major effect on adult content, but which were fledgling when the book was written. All told, a good, readable reference regarding a phenomenen that only expands with technology.
8 of 12 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x98fd53d8) out of 5 stars Good if You Must Known Adult Cinema History 7 July 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format: Paperback
The cover of this book is perhaps the best part. The text itself makes a very interesting reading for all those interested in the subject; and it's the only book I could find that has substantive materials. It covers American as well as foreign adult film industries.
But I don't like the writing that much. I can't say exactly why. I wish the writing had been clearer and the presentation a little more compact.
Still, a high recommendation to all adult film lovers. ;-)
8 of 18 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x98fd5828) out of 5 stars Good stuff for the people who looking for classic film 27 Oct. 1999
By mylife-mywork - Published on Amazon.com
Format: Paperback
I think it's contain a lot of name and people who are in That kind of business. But it's not really detail in depth. The bio of the people and the interview was good. The graphic is bad. Dont's expect about the explict picture. It's about porn but not porn stuff.
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