Dirty Books, Full movie (1993)

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Description: Amanda’s bookstore isn’t making any money, so her lawyer advices her start selling pornography instead. Her husband Todd, a struggling writer, objects at first, until he meets famous porn star Samantha Zanora who wants him to help her write a script.
Scene Breakdowns
Scene 1. Ashlyn Gere, Jonathan Morgan
Scene 2. Tiffany Million
Scene 3. Eva Allen, Peter North
Scene 4. Ashlyn Gere, Mike Horner
Scene 5. Ona Z, Mike Horner
Scene 6. Ashlyn Gere, Kelly O'Dell
Scene 7. Ashlyn Gere, Kelly O'Dell, Mike Horner
Review
The pompous yet insipid prior (and sole) review posted here demands a rebuttal, and I'm glad to oblige.

Ashlyn Gere's "Dirty Books" is a quality vintage production from VCA Platinum, which holds up extremely well 30 years later. The talented screenwriter Rodger Jacobs contributed an extremely functional script -not pretentious like so much of the so-called "award-winning" (via payola) porn of its day but quite clearly giving female characters agency for a change, not just submissive roles.

Starting with Gere, the movie presents her right from the first scene as a Rosalind Russell (right to the '40s shoulder pads) strong-willed woman, having her way and self-reliant. She not only holds her own with her snotty lawyer Jonathan Morgan, but instantly seduces him while also taking his advice. Completely in-charge.

And the clientele of the newly revamped store begins with Tiffany Million, not a bunch of cliche sleazy guys or dirty old men. She also takes charge, is shy but still acts on her interest in porn in a very hot masturbation solo scene in the store's private room.

Finally, Ona Zee, in a smooth, very convincing performance, plays the porn star role again with strength, suggesting more of a self-made character a la real-life role models like Candida Royalle, rather than a plastically beautiful bimbo. Horner, perfectly cast as a casper milquetoast husband (Gere is the family breadwinner), falls for Ona and yet also gets a significant career boost via her contacts.

I can understand how a prude could react to the movie's Pollyannish approach to the world of porn, but to overlook the video's consistently positive message, including a still mighty relevant (in these dark days of America turning toward extreme right-wing rule where the Supremes will certainly turn to outlawing porn later on in their social re-engineering agenda, in effect bringing back those days of the '50s when dirty book shops were (other than mail-order) the sole source of porn for the interested consumer) message of opening up to sexual freedom, is proof of narrow-mindedness.

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