As a catchy inventory of dirty movies, THE STORY OF X squeezes in a lot of material. Although it might be better titled: "The Story of R, Leading to Some X," this well-researched Playboy production hits the highlights of an industry that has always operated under a Puritannical cloud of
suspicion, while providing guilty pleasure for admitted devotees and hypocrites alike.
Genially hosted by Buck Henry, THE STORY OF X lets us sample forbidden fruit that is as old as the movies themselves. In fact, it's even older--Eadweard James Muybridge (1830-1904), the photographic innovator whose experiments led to the discovery of motion pictures, shot test footage of nude
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Released:
1997
Rated:
NR
Length:
82 mins