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The term "Golden Age of Porn", or "porno chic", refers to a 15-year period (1969-1984) in commercial American pornography, through which sexually specific films skilled optimistic consideration from mainstream cinemas, movie critics, and most of the people.[1][2] This American period, which had subsequently unfold internationally,[3] and that started earlier than the legalization of pornography in Denmark on July 1, 1969,[4] began on June 12, 1969,[5] with the theatrical launch of the movie Blue Movie directed by Andy Warhol,[6][7][8] and, somewhat later, with the release of the 1970 film Mona produced by Bill Osco.[9][10] These movies were the first grownup erotic movies depicting express intercourse to receive large theatrical release within the United States.[6][7][8][9] Both influenced the making of movies equivalent to 1972's Deep Throat starring Linda Lovelace and directed by Gerard Damiano,[11] Behind the Green Door starring Marilyn Chambers and directed by the Mitchell brothers,[12] 1973's The Devil in Miss Jones additionally by Damiano, and 1976's The Opening of Misty Beethoven by Radley Metzger, the "crown jewel" of the Golden Age, in response to award-winning creator Toni Bentley.[13][14]. According to Andy Warhol, his Blue Movie film was a serious influence in the making of Last Tango in Paris, an internationally controversial erotic drama movie, starring Marlon Brando, and released a couple of years after Blue Movie was proven in theaters.[8] |
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