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Summary: Penetrating but not Deep
Review: Interesting read, not many revelations about the adult industry that aren't already well known, just didn't delve as deep into the subjects, the persons, as I would like. Gittler teases the reader into thinking we will get an inner knowledge into the psyche of the folks who...well, lay their wares out for the world to see for a living. He does scratch the surface, maybe a degree deeper than a paper cut, but there was plenty of room left to go a lot deeper. Not to lay harsh judgements on Gittler, perhaps he worked with exactly what he was given...which falls in line with the fact that for everything these porn stars are willing to expose in public, there's that much more they hide in private. Interesting dichotomy here, while the book attempts to dispell myths/double standards of the industry, it still embraces them: good biz for men if they can maintain the gig (glorified Jon Dough), cautionary tale for women who consider entering the business...
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Summary: A Serious Waste of Our Forest's Resouces
Review: Mediocre, immature photographer/"writer" puts together a coffee table book about the skin movie business...This book makes for a frustrating read in that Gittler only skims the surface of the people and industry he's writing about. There's simply nothing here...save your money.
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Summary: Good Book to Barrow
Review: Mr. Ian Gittler's observation take the reader on a trip into a world that many of us will never experience. He's very non-judgemental but gives very interesting ways of describing his interaction with the people of the porn industry. The book is not clinical, philosophical, preached or defensive. Can a person ever make a coffee table book of hardcore pornography? Not in 2002. Read it and put it high on your book shelf, not to be read or viewed by people not mature enough to understand what Mr. Gitter observed is not always sexual. If you own it, read it, but don't put on your coffee table. Better yet, barrow it from someone and return it to them so they can deal with it.
Porn is the sex show, clean and polished. The performers are not so clean and polished.
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Summary: Lush documentary photographs, an objective portrayal.
Review: Read the Rolling stone article and was surprised to receive a beautiful coffee table book with so many great photographs. One that sticks in my mind is a shot of a beautiful, fresh-faced young woman before her first shoot, holding up proof of age for a producer's camera. I wanted to grab her by the shoulders and say, "don't do it!"
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Summary: I Liked It
Review: Sure, this is an interesting and entertaining story. I couldn't tell where fact ended and fiction began. I was disappointed, being someone who has been both in front of and behind the camera in the adult film world, because it read more like a Hollywood-style script proposal. Again, I did like the book, but it was a big let down because it read like every other book written about this industry as it played to all the "hot buttons" and stereotypes. I was surprised by a little-know book titled Cut Throat Business because it depicts the real inner workings of this industry. So if you by this book, I also recommend that you by the other too, you won't be disappointed and you'll get a broader picture of this intriguing industry.
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Summary: A book about the author exorcising his sexual demons
Review: The concept of a coffee table book about these stars and showing their beauty was a great idea, the reason I bought it. But, there are too few pictures and far too many pictures of the porn star that the author has a crush on. The pictures are poor, where is the beauty? where is the art in this? The narrative is about him too much and how he wants to analyze the star's lives that leads them to the industry. He then spends too much time discussing his past and hangups. Great idea, poor execution. It still is a wonderful idea to have a coffee table photograph book of these stars, who will do it correctly?
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Summary: Self serving to the author
Review: This book just seems very self-serving to Ian Gittler. It seems that this book is a case of I will go and have wild fun and than write about how bad it is. He had wild sex with one of the hot porn stars of the moment who had some bad problems with life in general and the porn business as a whole but he does not care because you get wild monkey sex with a star. She kills herself and he feels bad. I didn't like the book, not the beginning and certainly not the end.
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Summary: An excellent look into the porn industry!
Review: This book was better than expected. Any true lover of porn will appreciate not only the photos, but the text as well. Beautiful black & white photos of famous porn stars mixed with text detailing the photographer's experiences with his models. Very insightful and real!
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Summary: Fascinating Read
Review: Very well written, but extremely sad. I'd give it a high but cautious recommendation, because it is such a tragic story.
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Summary: Pseudo-Sensitive Yet Ingrayiatingly Macho
Review: Where does Gittler get off (well, we know THAT part after the book) thinking he can possibly understand and therefore report on such a complex industry. The photographs are standard fare, nothing beautiful and nothing provocative. His text neither adds nor detracts, I have read saucier and more sensitive exploits in Rolling Stone.
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