Porno & Libertà
Directed by:
Carmine AmorosoScreenplay:
Carmine AmorosoCinematography:
Paolo FerrariComposer:
Fabrizio FornaciPlots(1)
Porn to Be Free is a film documentary about the generation who fought against puritanism and censorship to defend freedom of speech and sexual freedom. From Italy, Denmark and France through to California, the film follows a group of rebels who started a battle against censorship through pornography. Together they shook the church, the politics and the institutions. Through uncensored exclusive footage and archive material, the film explores the story and the fights of a group of pioneers: from film director and porn pioneer, Lasse Braun, to Riccardo Schicchi, master of transgression such as the election of porn star Cicciolina in the Italian Parliament. The documentary features numerous other protagonists such as feminist porn director Giuliana Gamba, author Lidia Ravera and a short animation by Charlie Hebdo's veteran Siné. Through their utopia and shocking dreams, they made the world a freer place and paved the way for forward-thinking debates today, such as neo-feminism, or the LGBT rights movement. (Accent Film Entertainment)
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Porn to Be Free is a rather turgid documentary that ostentatiously shows how open its creators are and is not afraid to show pornographic scenes, though it fails to make a reasonable statement because of that. The theme of porn as a tool of politics and subversive provocation against the establishment, like film itself,primarily exhibits turgidness. The filmmakers gathered a number of prominent people from the industry, ideologues, activists and porn actors, but in the interviews, unfortunately, they do not lead them to the essence of the matter or challenge them, but rather only agree with them, even though a counter-view obviously offers itself. Most of the documentary is peculiarly focused on Cicciolina, but it doesn’t let her speak for herself until the very end and, furthermore, only in a completely unconstructive manner. It’s impossible to shake the impression that the most interesting of the interviews remained on the cutting-room floor. If not, the interviews were a waste of time and opportunity.
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