History of the Blue Movie

A History of the Blue Movie is an historically significant movie.

Explicit in nature, the film features Alex de Renzy's private collection of hardcore stag movies, burlesque film clips, famous strippers & pinups, peep show footage and rare vintage erotica from the earliest days of the motion pictures - up to the classics adult films of the 70's.

While the film is erotic & many watch it for it's pure, or rather impure entertainment value, the film's intentions not so clear. The film's status is often debated: Is it a documentary, or a quasi-documentary?

Made in the 70's, when the public showing of such adult films was in the major markets, A History of the Blue Movie is often viewed as using a message of 'social redemption' simply to get past the censors. With no real plot, and no doubt a marketing push, the film was considred, at the time, an "authentic documentary" and as such, rated as One the Year's Best by the New York Times:

'Blue Movie' is a model of it's type, informative, honest, titillating.

However, as the review continues, it muddies the waters:

It gives the audience what it paid to see. Candy Barr is surely the most beautiful performer in the history of the Blue Movie.

Obviously, the reviewer was well entertained. And perhaps even the review's lable of "authentic documentary" was used to get by the paper's censors as well...

But as I said, the movie stands as historically relevant, for it's place in time. A time when American's wanted their smut on the big screen, when producers did as well, and their were games afoot to make sure movies could titillate as well as be shown. And it's a damn fine collection of vintage erotica too.

Get the DVD, or download to watch, and let me know what you think it is.