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'Aphrodesia's Diary' is a 1983 American adult erotic film directed by Radley Metzger (as "Henry Paris", uncredited) and Grard Kikone (as "Gerard Kikoine").

The film was released during the Golden Age of Porn (inaugurated by the 1969 release of Andy Warhol 'Blue Movie') in the United States, at a time of "porno chic",[http://www.jahsonic.com/PornoChic.html Porno Chic (Jahsonic.com)] in which adult erotic films were just beginning to be widely released, publicly discussed by celebrities (like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope) and taken seriously by film critics (like Roger Ebert).

Premise



Adrianne is reading her diary in her hotel room, and begins to recall some of the adventures that she wrote in it, including her experiences with a young horse trainer, a man who offered her a lot of money to appear in an erotic film, the gambler who persuaded her to be a liberated woman, and more.

Cast



* Dominique Saint Claire as Adrianne (as Arlene Manhatten)

* Kevin James as Jeff

* Lisa Cintrice as Susie

* Joanna Storm as Mrs. Triad

* Vanessa del Rio as Therapist

* Morgane as Alice (as Marianne Flowers)

* Desiree Cousteau as Cassandra - The Erotic Spirit

Notes



According to one film reviewer, Radley Metzger's films, including those made during the Golden Age of Porn (19691984), are noted for their "lavish design, witty screenplays, and a penchant for the unusual camera angle". Another reviewer noted that his films were "highly artistic  and often cerebral ... and often featured gorgeous cinematography". Film and audio works by Metzger have been added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.

See also



* Andy Warhol filmography

* Erotic art

* Erotic films in the United States

* Erotic photography

* List of American films of 1983

* Sex in film

* Unsimulated sex

References



Further reading



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* Heffernan, Kevin, "A social poetics of pornography", 'Quarterly Review of Film and Video', Volume 15, Issue 3, December 1994, pp. 7783. .

* Lehman, Peter, 'Pornography: film and culture', Rutgers depth of field series, Rutgers University Press, 2006, .

* Williams, Linda, 'Hard core: power, pleasure, and the "frenzy of the visible"', University of California Press, 1999, .


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