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Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 11:49 AM Jan 2014

Anyone see Lovelace?

Apparently it tanked at the Box Office, on Netflix already. I am not much of a porn user, but watched the film because,

1. I wanted to see if Amanda's boobs are as pretty naked as they are clothed*

2. I was in college when DT was released

3. While I don't view much porn, I enjoy following the culture - I've seen several documentaries and peruse all of the DU porn wars. I have a similar relationship with pro wrestling. I haven't watched a bout since Dick The Bruiser and Vern Gagne bestrode the Earth, but enjoy documentaries.

I tend to believe Linda's side of the story, but the movie was superficial and added nothing to what's already been revealed. Not sure why they made it.












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Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
1. I haven't seen the movie, but I'm just not that interested in the subject
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 12:03 PM
Jan 2014

As far as believing Linda, I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle between her story and her ex-husband's as is often the case. I don't believe she was forced into porn. There's been too many who disputed her story.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
7. Well, I do know Chuck Traynor was a piece of human garbage. No one will ever convince me otherwise.
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 08:34 PM
Feb 2014

He may not have forced his wife to perform at gunpoint, but he was certainly a controlling, abusive asshole at best.

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
9. I agree
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 11:07 PM
Feb 2014

I think he was also her pimp at one point and I'm fairly sure whatever profits she made from porn fueled his drug habit.

libodem

(19,288 posts)
2. I read or watched something
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 12:07 PM
Jan 2014

Years ago about her life.(Like 15 or 20 years ago) It seemed pretty tragic. She was misused by the man she lived with or married even in real life. What stuck with me was the beating. Why? WHY did they do that? She had trouble with broken veins in her legs the rest of her life.

This may not be accurate but I remember it as several men would come over, they would beat her, then all screw her.That is why I hate to hear this stuff or think about it or be exposed to our porn wars. It sticks in your mind because it is violent and about sex.

I hope the point of the movie is run for your life and don't treat anyone like shit.

Upton

(9,709 posts)
3. I found this interesting...
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 02:18 PM
Jan 2014

Apparently in 1980, Linda Marchiano (Lovelace) published a book named Ordeal..

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/aug/22/lovelace-review
The film is based on this book, but its publicity material states more broadly that it is taken from her life story as well as that of Catherine MacKinnon, one of the feminist writers with whom Linda came to be associated in the 1980s. Oddly, however, the film does not dramatise Linda Marchiano's association with the feminist movement, or her later complaint that feminists had themselves used her name and her personal pain for their own career purposes.


Mackinnon?..Figures. The anti porn crowd using Marchiano to further their own agenda? Who would have ever thunk it?

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Blue_Adept

(6,384 posts)
5. It certainly didn't do well theatrically...
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 03:44 PM
Jan 2014

But that's largely because distribution was very minimal; over the four weeks it was actually playing in theaters, it had 118 screens total. Which is very, very small considering you often have several big films playing at 3000+ screens each.

I haven't seen this yet but it's on my to-see list.

If you're a fan of Seyfried, totally check out Chloe;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloe_(film)

Atom Egoyan makes some fantastic films. Been a fan of his since Sweet Hereafter and Exotica. Chloe pairs Seyfried with Julianne Moore, which is fantastic.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
8. "Sweet Hereafter" was rather good if a bit slow. Of course, as usual, the book was better.
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 08:38 PM
Feb 2014

And no, unfortunately I haven't seen any other Egoyan films.

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