9 to 5: Days In Porn

Year: 2008

Grade: B+

Country: Germany

Director: Hoffmann

Review

documentary about the adult film industry. one of the central figures is an ex-porn star who beame a doctor and helps regulate the industry from an std point of view. other figures include producers, talent, a manager, and directors. the overriding sense you get is, like the title indicates, most of them think of it as just a job. it’s a business and they have to do what they have to do to continue to earn money. it’s unique in that it addresses the entire industry and does so in a fairly even-handed way. unlike the frontline documentary which just focused on the european sex trade or “body without soul” which looked at eastern european gay porn and how it preys on young men or the ron jeremy documentary which focused on one person, this film looks at domestic and international industries and more or less tells it like it is from many perspectives. apparently there is more than one version out there, the one i saw was 115 minutes long, the shorter version edited out the scenes from prague.

Watched on TV