Indecent Exposure

Indecent Exposure (1981)

*** (out of 4)

Antonio (Richard Bolla) is a photographer who uses his position to bang any new girl that comes into the business but when his friend (Eric Edwards) comes into town he isn't against sharing.

INDECENT EXPOSURE comes from director Gary Graver who is best known for his role as a cinematographer. He worked with everyone from Orson Welles to Al Adamson and made a name for himself thanks to his camera but he also directed over a hundred adult films and this one here is considered among the best. I will say that the story itself was rather plot-less and pointless but the film did have a couple things going for it that made it worth watching.

The cast is one thing and especially with Bolla, aka Robert Kerman, in the lead role. A lot of people are going to best know him from the various Italian horror films that he made but more times than not he was always a supporting player. This film here pretty much has him in the lead and I thought he turned in a good and rather funny performance. Edwards was also good in his role and we also got the likes of Veronica Hart, Georgina Spelvin and Arcadia Lake.

What really made the movie was the cinematography. I know people don't go into adult movies just for the camerawork but what's on display here is extremely good. The film was rather creative in the various ways that the sex scenes were shot and I must admit that it was rather refreshing seeing someone at least trying to be creative and original. The editing was also much better than you'd normally get from a hardcore picture.

The sex scenes are all mostly routine but good and for the most part the film remains entertaining throughout.

As not remembering much about this movie I vidie'd so many years ago, it was a passable adult flick that actually worked better as a buddy movie. The one striking moment I recall, thanks to the trailer, was a naked nubile woman running through the house with a strap on dildo. I recall the theme of the movie about two long time mates reunited, who go off on a model shot with some female acquaintances, the less sexually satisfied Jesse St James, a attractive lone photographer, whose been missing out on a lot of stuff, sexually. If I can remember, she falls for Edwards who's got his own marital problems, where at the suggestion of friend, Bolla, takes off with him, where this trip does prove to be interesting, to say the least. We've got some hot 20 something phillies in smaller roles to compensate some. Things get a little weird near the end, involving an older group of people who invite our mains back to their house, where some really weird going ons ensue, which proved a nice touch to this quite, not overly, erotic film.

A relatively big-budget "Porno Chic" porno feature, "Indecent Exposure" plays like a real film, with decent acting and many of the cliches of rom-coms of an earlier era -the sort of 1960s male chauvinist romps. Presence of femme porn royalty Veronica Hart, Jesie St. James and guest star Georgina Spelvin helps balance the equation though it is the story of buddies R. Bolla and Eric Edwards that dominates the old-fashioned humor.

Format of a road movie, with the quartet of stars traveling around New York state to photograph young models for a layout, provides the look of an on-location film, and glamorous costuming, styling, makeup, etc., makes it easy to watch. Bolla's hammy overacting and the sniggering approach to sex comedy are big detriments, while Hart and Jesie are dependably fine actresses. The sex scenes are Old School, running about four minutes long rather than today's "sex is all" half-hour each durations.

It's meant as a feel-good movie, with the sexist approach sugar-coated by Spelvin as a grand dame manipulating the other characters into better behavior for a fake happy ending.