- Paperback: 452 pages
- Publisher: Authorhouse (Jun 1 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 158721184X
- ISBN-13: 978-1587211843
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 12.9 x 2.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,301,921 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Not a bad book, but a bit long winded,
By A Customer
This review is from: Skinflicks: The Inside Story of the X-Rated Video Industry (Paperback)
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.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Historically boring,
By A Customer
This review is from: Skinflicks: The Inside Story of the X-Rated Video Industry (Paperback)
For such an interesting subject, Mr. David Jennings makes it seem sooooo boring. Researching the sex industry, the book is helpful in establishing a historical time line. I found myself reading though the text thinking, "There are other things I could be doing." I was not drawn in at all.I will rate it moderately because I received this book along with another book on the same subject that I found almost addictive. Where I could put down Mr. Jennings book, I could not put down the other. Although I finished reading both books yesterday, I have not thought about Skinflicks on an intellectual level.
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3.4 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews) 32 of 45 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Historically boring,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Skinflicks: The Inside Story of the X-Rated Video Industry (Paperback)
For such an interesting subject, Mr. David Jennings makes it seem sooooo boring. Researching the sex industry, the book is helpful in establishing a historical time line. I found myself reading though the text thinking, "There are other things I could be doing." I was not drawn in at all.I will rate it moderately because I received this book along with another book on the same subject that I found almost addictive. Where I could put down Mr. Jennings book, I could not put down the other. Although I finished reading both books yesterday, I have not thought about Skinflicks on an intellectual level. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting read but in another way,
By Mikhail Goloubev "mick_rus" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Skinflicks: The Inside Story of the X-Rated Video Industry (Paperback)
Well, let me start from the fact that I'm not an American citizen, I live in Russia. With the wide spread of the Internet acquiring classic movies became an easy thing to do if you really wish to. After getting some of them in AVI form I started purchasing official DVDs, discovered favorite actors and actresses (for instance, Jerry Butler, John Leslie, Ron Jeremy, one and only Lisa DeLeeuw, Christy Canyon, Desiree Cousteau) - and finally found out that some of those people came around to write memoirs about their life. For starters, to me adult videos of the Golden Age are not just sex films as they are - women there look natural (no silicone queens), movies have interesting plots, and actors don't stare into the camera every 5 seconds. So here started the reading. Some books turned out to be informative, some extremely boring dealing with unsolved parental/personal issues. But this particular book stands out to me. The narration actually is so boring that I could have put it down after 10 pages - BUT I read this book to the very end for educational issues. First, there's still a bit of information on women from the glory days of the 70ies and 80ies Golden Age of Porn - here finally I found the proof that Lisa DeLeeuw never died of AIDS or drugs and probably hid herself well enough like infamous Bambi Woods ("Debbie Does Dallas") did years before. Second - and most important - for a non-American English-learning person the book is great as it is full of so-called 'American slang', i.e. idiomatic expressions, which are very helpful for my personal wide knowledge of specific stylized English. Still the book content itself is mostly unworthy from the historical point of view.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
a great read,
By J. Mclemore - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Skinflicks: The Inside Story of the X-Rated Video Industry (Paperback)
I do not understand why this book is not being given more 5 star reviews. I was captivated from the first page finally a book about the x industry from someone who is not an actor or actress bitching about how terrible it is to be a porn star. Mr. Jennings lived it all and tells it like it is.I highlu recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about the x rated industry.
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