Though “Pleasure” has been (some say wrongfully) hailed as an authentic portrayal of the porn industry, discerning viewers have other options for films made with the full consent of the participating talent. As Ninja Thyberg’s fictional look at a young girl’s ruthless rise to fame in LA’s porn industry was released by Neon last week, two considerably more legitimate documentaries took a bow, playing theaters in New York and Los Angeles.
“Kamikaze Hearts” and “Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life” may be 30 years apart, but these brutally honest portrayals of two charismatic queer porn stars are indelibly linked by blood, sweat, and other fluids.
Through candid portrayals of two mega-stars of their days, both films offer a rough and raw look at the joys and defeats of a life in the adult industry. While they could hardly be deemed positive depictions of sex work and porn, at least...
“Kamikaze Hearts” and “Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life” may be 30 years apart, but these brutally honest portrayals of two charismatic queer porn stars are indelibly linked by blood, sweat, and other fluids.
Through candid portrayals of two mega-stars of their days, both films offer a rough and raw look at the joys and defeats of a life in the adult industry. While they could hardly be deemed positive depictions of sex work and porn, at least...
- 5/21/2022
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Award-winning Israeli director Tomer Heymann is touring the United States in support of his latest documentary, Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, a film that has earned praise in newspapers as geographically disparate as The New York Times and Israel’s Haaretz.
There was talk of Agassi, the subject of the film, joining Heymann for the U.S. theatrical opening. But work obligations have kept him for the time being in Tel Aviv, where he currently makes a living in a rather more mundane field than the gay porn that formerly brought him notoriety.
The film doesn’t manifest a prurient interest in Agassi’s career in adult entertainment, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t explicit. Within roughly the first two minutes of the documentary, Agassi has pulled out his, uh, equipment, matter-of-factly preparing for a live sex show. Heymann tells Deadline an uncensored depiction of Agassi’s work...
There was talk of Agassi, the subject of the film, joining Heymann for the U.S. theatrical opening. But work obligations have kept him for the time being in Tel Aviv, where he currently makes a living in a rather more mundane field than the gay porn that formerly brought him notoriety.
The film doesn’t manifest a prurient interest in Agassi’s career in adult entertainment, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t explicit. Within roughly the first two minutes of the documentary, Agassi has pulled out his, uh, equipment, matter-of-factly preparing for a live sex show. Heymann tells Deadline an uncensored depiction of Agassi’s work...
- 5/18/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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