For The Love Of Pleasure .txt
This was the 130th post made to abdec. It was posted by Rocker on July 22, 2004.
I have included Rocker's and Burp's original NFO files.
Produced in 1979. English. Run time of 1:30:11. DVD size of 3730.348032 MB
This is a homemade NTSC DVD produced from an original VHS tape.
Burp posted a more complete version, also a homemade NTSC DVD produced from an combination of sources, on Aug 20, 2010. It is 11:59 longer than the Rocker version.
CxL reposted Rocker's version on Aug 21, 2010
IAFD Data
http://www.iafd.com/title.asp?title=For+the+Love+of+Pleasure&year=1979
For the Love of Pleasure (1979)
Also Known As: Lust (German version, Videorama)
Studio (Distributor): Essex (Essex Video / Electric Hollywood)
Compilation: No
Director: Edwin Durrell (as Edwin S. Brown)
Minutes: 71
All-Girl: No
All-Male: No
Actresses
Annette Haven
Dorothy Lemay
Kyoto Sun [BJOnly Facial]
Lysa Thatcher
Phaedra Grant
Monique Cardin (as Samantha)
Serena [Facial]
Sharon Kane [Facial]
Susan Nero
Veri Knotty [MastOnly]
Actors
Blair Harris
Jamie Gillis
John Seeman
Comments
Scene Breakdowns
Scene 1. Susan Nero, Jamie Gillis
Scene 2. Annette Haven, Jamie Gillis
Scene 3. Annette Haven, Monique Cardin, Jamie Gillis
Scene 4. Annette Haven, Monique Cardin
Scene 5. Lysa Thatcher, Jamie Gillis
Scene 6. Kyoto Sun, Jamie Gillis
Scene 7. Veri Knotty
Scene 8. Serena, Blair Harris
Scene 9. Dorothy Lemay, Phaedra Grant, Serena, Sharon Kane, Blair Harris, Jamie Gillis, John Seeman
Denaniel posted the following about this movie on Vintage Erotica Forum on Aug 14, 2012. In the second paragraph he is talking about the Burp version posted to a.b.d.e.c. He also posted an AVI version.
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Here is the extended version running 85 min., which includes footage that was cut from some later video releases (in Lysa Thatcher's and Veri Knotty's scenes), and also includes extra footage from the German video release (Annette in Hong Kong). The restored footage and German additions are explained in my notes below.
This is a fan edit posted to usenet a while ago, with a few minor improvements. The fan edit was made from several tape sources, presumably using the best available footage from each source, spliced together into a "restored" version of the original film. These tape sources have better picture quality than the commercial DVD (which generally looks awful), but a couple of short sections during Veri Knotty's scene were especially bad (missing from the better quality tapes) so I replaced them with footage from the DVD, which was noticeably better only in those two short bits.
The audio in this version is also better than on the DVD. The DVD has an annoying low hum throughout the movie, and the dialogue is sometimes faint. But the volume level is inconsistent in this version, rising or falling whenever the image shifts visibly from one source to another. This is only slightly annoying IMO, and not nearly as bad as the DVD's constant low humming.
I hope there are master tapes in good condition and that someone will eventually make a proper restoration of this film, the way that Distribpix is doing with the Henry Paris films. But until that happens, this is the best version of the film currently available AFAIK, and it will have to do for now.
Download
MP4/x264 -- 1.06 GB -- 01:25:26* -- 704x528 -- English audio (+ a little German)
Two download options
1. Single click at 1fichier
http://afxqqw.1fichier.com
password: Denaniel
The single .rar file includes 3% recovery data.
2. Four smaller files at rapidshare
Code:
https://www.rapidshare.com/files/4193799144/4LuvOfPlzr-85min.part1.rar
https://www.rapidshare.com/files/2881659511/4LuvOfPlzr-85min.part2.rar
https://www.rapidshare.com/files/2737293174/4LuvOfPlzr-85min.part3.rar
https://www.rapidshare.com/files/3157993894/4LuvOfPlzr-85min.part4.rar
password: DenanielThe smaller .rar files include 2% recovery data.
*after cutting and pasting, for some unknown reason the rejoined vid shows a slightly longer running time in both VLC Player and Media Player Classic (01:27:44), but the actual runtime is two minutes less, and the film stops playing at 01:25:26
My notes
There are two extra scenes in this version when compared to the iafd listing, which appears in Ace's post above:
Scene 1. Susan Nero, Jamie Gillis
Scene 2. Annette Haven, Jamie Gillis
Scene 3. Annette Haven, Monique Cardin, Jamie Gillis
Scene 4. Annette Haven, Monique Cardin
Scene 5. Lysa Thatcher, Jamie Gillis
Scene 6. Annette Haven, unknown Chinese girl #1
Scene 7. Annette Haven, unknown Chinese girl #2
Scene 8. Kyoto Sun, Jamie Gillis
Scene 9. Veri Knotty
Scene 10. Serena, Blair Harris
Scene 11. Dorothy Lemay, Phaedra Grant, Serena, Sharon Kane, Blair Harris, Jamie Gillis, John Seeman
BTW, Phaedra Grant is uncredited, but I recognized her as the frizzy-haired redhead (not Dorothy Lemay, whose hair is straight) in the orgy. By process of elimination, Phaedra must have been credited as H. Ming (everyone else is accounted for).
The German additions
At the very beginning of this version, there is a brief non-sex scene taken from the German tape, which shows Annette meeting her Chinese girlfriend on the streets of Hong Kong. We see a fat Chinese guy in a white beret following them. This footage seems out of place, but we will return to the same setting in Scenes 6 & 7, and then it will begin to make sense (sort of). The Hong Kong footage is presented as Annette entertaining Jamie with a story, and it fits in right after Jamie has been pacing around acting silly and seeming a little giddy and bored. It is followed by the Kyoto Sun bj with Chinese flute music (pun not intended), so the Chinese footage does kinda sorta fit.
The original source of this footage is a mystery. Some of it was clearly shot on location in Hong Kong, in the streets and on a boat in the harbor. Did the producer/director shoot these scenes and then decide not to use them? (And somehow the German distributor got hold of the footage and added it back?) Or did this footage come from another unreleased film or some unfinished project? If anyone knows more, please leave a reply below.
The cut footage that is restored
As mentioned earlier in the thread, there apparently were cuts to Lysa Thatcher's scene, but none of the versions I've watched were missing any footage that appears in this one -- including molly4's vhs-rip (reposted by Ace) and the TVX dvd. The schoolgirl/virgin bits, children singing nursery rhymes as background music, and the blood spots on the sheets are all there. Maybe there was additional footage in the original that does not appear in any of these versions. Anyone know for sure?
As I mentioned above, there are two short bits of footage in Veri Knotty's scene that I added back from the DVD. These bits do not appear in the molly4 rip reposted by Ace. They are basically closeups of the banana insertion, and run about 35 seconds at 01:08:05 and 53 seconds at 01:08:55 (You'll notice the image quality is worse during those segments. The original bits in the fan edit were even worse than that.)
The plus side is that the raunchy dance routine by Veri Knotty is quite funny and entertaining, and now we get to see the whole thing. Veri used to work as a dancer at the sex shows in Times Square, and her experience really comes out in this scene. The scene is also funny because of Jamie's facial expressions as he reacts to her moves -- especially when she ties her labia in a knot (her trademark.) It's also memorable because of the contrast between Kyoto Sun's long, langorous bj with slow Chinese flute music, intercut or sometimes in the very same frame with Veri Knotty's amazing solo raucous rock n' roll dance routine. The two are skillfully edited together in an odd sort of split personality -- two sides of Simon's personality, perhaps; his competing desires thrust upon him simultaneously as his attention is drawn back and forth continuously.
Other thoughts
Jamie and Annette really shine in this flick, and their acting skills are clearly far above most other pornstars (of any era). It helps that they have a good script, and this movie is really a cut above most adult films, even above most films from the golden age of porn.
The sex scenes are not consistently hot, but some of them are smokin'. The standout for me was Monique Cardin, who is ultra sexy in and out of her fur coat, and casually sucking on her white string of pearls. Watch what happens to that string of pearls throughout Monique's two scenes. If you watch closely, you might be surprised at how well it's put to use.
Part of what makes Monique's scenes so good is the music. Classic striptease music, jazzy and provocative, it fits the classy-yet-raunchy spirit of her character, whom Jamie calls "one classy broad". In fact, the music and soundtrack of this movie are really impressive and were clearly well thought out. The sinister tone of a lot of the background music makes for an eerie feeling, which keeps us wondering what's about to happen. Something feels not quite right, and that suspenseful disconcerting feeling leads right up to the surprise ending, when suddenly it all makes sense. (Some of you will see it coming, but I don't want to spoil the surprise for others).
In a prelude to the final orgy, we see Serena and Blair Harris having sex on the big round bed as Jamie half-heartedly eats from a bag of Oreo cookies. The way he barely even looks at the two lovers right next to him -- and casually dumps the bag of cookies onto the bed -- shows us how lifeless and jaded he has become. Serena is smiling and practically beaming, getting well fucked by Blair just a few feet away from Jamie, and yet Jamie is not interested. There is a look in Serena's eyes when she smiles at Jamie that says so much, partly because she and Jamie were lovers in real life. There is palpable chemistry between them even though his character is practically ignoring her.
This includes one of Dorothy Lemay's earliest appearances, and she's not the only one looking very young. Watching the film again in this much clearer, sharper version, I was struck by how young Sharon Kane looks also. She's still in her long hair phase (Rapunzel incarnate) and her face has that sweet freshness of youth. Ahh, to be back in 1978 and sharing a big round bed with Dorothy and Sharon!
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