4/10
Ferrara's First Is More Interesting Than Good.
2 November 2019
Abel Ferrara's first film got the deluxe treatment via Vinegar Syndrome's Blu-ray and it's worth a watch if your a fan of Ferrara. Basically a set of scenes, linked by a narrator who is reading/reminiscing of letters from her absent lover. As porn it's serviceable, nothing remarkable for the era with largely unknown performers, many friends of the director and Ferrara himself in one scene. It's more interesting as a Ferrara film, being his first one. What it may lack as porn it makes up for in ambition. Ferrara attempts a few different style but sets up many themes that he would explore and dissect in later films throughout his career. So while it may not be a triumph, it's still worth a watch.
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