Yet another film with The Pornographer in it's title, this one also rated R, which like it's previous one, made six years prior, which was more sleazy, here is a better and rather interesting little film, that' needs more word of mouth. De good, dead, solid, perfect play a socially inept loner, who strikes out with a few women, after being encouraged by a prostitute he sees on a regular basis. It's painful to witness his rejected advances, in an all too commonly real scene, while his office acquaintances score all too easily. To get himself off, he has to feed his sex habit, other ways, through pornography, his closet, a bulk library of pornos. A sickening proportion, in fact. The pornographer is a painfully real tale, one of the most painful of it's type, of a lonely soul, who so many others, needs a girlfriend, so bad, we're sad witnesses to his hungry addiction where his sexual needs must come from other sources. A real pretty woman, sweet next door type, who's just moved to L.A, budding actress, of course, this big ray of sunshine, walks into his life. For De good, it's instant attraction. Having just recently taken up, making his own pornos, influenced by the store clerk that's seen him at open conflict with De good, prior, on account of the crap quality of XXX pics, he's been hiring, he sees this as a chance to fall in love and help her. They do make a nice couple too. It's just what Paul (De good) needs, after previously getting into a feud with two beefcakes, father and son, on the account of asking the pretty young daughter out, where he had misjudged her age, where in no way, did she look as young as fifteen. Craig Wasson, a greedy, heartless and sly porn distributor, nicely played, I must say, becomes Paul's manager, where later, again, fate really deals Paul a bad hand. Not only that, but he's given a cold stare by that underage girl who returns to the park. In one sense, The Pornographer is quite an amazing film, where you have to look under the surface to see it's beauty, an all too painfully real, if at times uneasy account of loneliness, with those all too painfully situations of constant rejection, where you keep coming up against a brick wall. It was sad how Paul's fate ensued, that saw him doing time for his troubles, while sleazy Wasson just gets away with it, laughing all the way to the bank. Primarily Wasson is the best performer here, but don't dare look overlook De good's great performance too. Something very tasty and different, don't evade this one. You'll be somewhat surprised of the movie's effect it will have on you, and some of the messages it channels out. Recommend this highly. Just don't pick up the wrong 'Pornographer' tape.
Review of The Pornographer
