A mumbling private detective with compulsive eating problem stumbles upon a crime ring's plan to rob a bank.A mumbling private detective with compulsive eating problem stumbles upon a crime ring's plan to rob a bank.A mumbling private detective with compulsive eating problem stumbles upon a crime ring's plan to rob a bank.
Ric Lutze
- Jefferson Figg
- (as Jon Wynne)
Rene Bond
- Hilda McTash
- (as Alicia Tyler)
Clara Bower
- Sylvia
- (uncredited)
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Amusing porn, way better than its peers
PRIVATE PRIVATE rises above the pack of mediocre hardcore porn efforts cranked out at the beginning of the '70s, because the filmmakers actually tried. I enjoyed it and recommend it to genre fans.
Ric Lutze toplines as private investigator Jefferson Figg, who comically is constantly seen eating fruit (apples or bananas), even during his sex scenes. Awkward opening has his real-life love Rene Bond (here flat chested, pre-augmentation surgery) as a femme fatale trying to kill Figg, who had killed her hubby in self-defense.
Plot has a mystery woman named Lester (!) masterminding a $70,000 bank robbery, with Figg caught up in it, sort of a takeoff on (just the title) the Don Knotts comedy HOW TO FRAME A FIGG. The anonymous pornmakers keep making fun of the necessity to digress for a lengthy explicit sex scene, as the cast members keep complaining (in character): "Hurry Up!" or "We don't have time for this". Picture runs 68 minutes in its extant DVD-R version on Vol. 19 of Something Weird's Dragon Art Theatre series, significantly longer than most.
That tongue-in-cheek tone is maintained throughout, covering the longueurs of over-extended sex bouts between Lutze and Bond, an ineffectual crime henchman named Barney, his moll named Sylvia (who looks like Sandy Dempsey), the mysterious Lester (who Lutze of course doesn't recognize, thinking he's looking for a male kingpin due to that name), a familiar porn vet cast as a dimwitted cop, and a beautiful oriental girl.
Finale awkwardly ends up in Figg's cluttered office, where the camera pans over to "THE END IS NEAR" written on the wall. Undoubtedly a goof, but adding almost a positive foreshadowing effect, is that we see "THE END" portion of this writing in the very first scene of the film.
Cast is enthusiastic, mixing the dollops of plot recitation with okay improvised dialog. Biggest shock for me was the original musical score, an effective though repetitive accompaniment by a small jazz combo spotlighting a Jarrett-influenced pianist and a flautist. It has a live bite, sounding almost as if it were played live during the filming (a la Silent Era technique or even some Warhol productions). At one point a ballad with lyrics "Jefferson Figg, lookin' behind you" is sung with the group. This is quite a contrast to the 99.99% of these films that either pirate music from actual LPs or use boring Muzak or library music for their scores.
Visually there is some attempt at composition, though the bank robbery occurs off screen due to no-budget restrictions (we only see a moll don a gas mask and enter a Savings Bank). One meeting between Barney and Lester is elaborately staged at a huge, empty football stadium, and their sex scene also takes place outdoors, a welcome departure from the claustrophobic nature of these movies.
Ric Lutze toplines as private investigator Jefferson Figg, who comically is constantly seen eating fruit (apples or bananas), even during his sex scenes. Awkward opening has his real-life love Rene Bond (here flat chested, pre-augmentation surgery) as a femme fatale trying to kill Figg, who had killed her hubby in self-defense.
Plot has a mystery woman named Lester (!) masterminding a $70,000 bank robbery, with Figg caught up in it, sort of a takeoff on (just the title) the Don Knotts comedy HOW TO FRAME A FIGG. The anonymous pornmakers keep making fun of the necessity to digress for a lengthy explicit sex scene, as the cast members keep complaining (in character): "Hurry Up!" or "We don't have time for this". Picture runs 68 minutes in its extant DVD-R version on Vol. 19 of Something Weird's Dragon Art Theatre series, significantly longer than most.
That tongue-in-cheek tone is maintained throughout, covering the longueurs of over-extended sex bouts between Lutze and Bond, an ineffectual crime henchman named Barney, his moll named Sylvia (who looks like Sandy Dempsey), the mysterious Lester (who Lutze of course doesn't recognize, thinking he's looking for a male kingpin due to that name), a familiar porn vet cast as a dimwitted cop, and a beautiful oriental girl.
Finale awkwardly ends up in Figg's cluttered office, where the camera pans over to "THE END IS NEAR" written on the wall. Undoubtedly a goof, but adding almost a positive foreshadowing effect, is that we see "THE END" portion of this writing in the very first scene of the film.
Cast is enthusiastic, mixing the dollops of plot recitation with okay improvised dialog. Biggest shock for me was the original musical score, an effective though repetitive accompaniment by a small jazz combo spotlighting a Jarrett-influenced pianist and a flautist. It has a live bite, sounding almost as if it were played live during the filming (a la Silent Era technique or even some Warhol productions). At one point a ballad with lyrics "Jefferson Figg, lookin' behind you" is sung with the group. This is quite a contrast to the 99.99% of these films that either pirate music from actual LPs or use boring Muzak or library music for their scores.
Visually there is some attempt at composition, though the bank robbery occurs off screen due to no-budget restrictions (we only see a moll don a gas mask and enter a Savings Bank). One meeting between Barney and Lester is elaborately staged at a huge, empty football stadium, and their sex scene also takes place outdoors, a welcome departure from the claustrophobic nature of these movies.
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