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Other films depicting 70's porn style?

posted 13 years ago by bryggreen
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Other than this film, Hardcore and say Boogie Nights, what other films are there out there that depict what life was like on say 42nd Street in New York or how life was in general in the porn industry during that time?

It doesn't need to show any hardcore footage for that matter but just the overall vibe and atmosphere of what it was like to live in that shady world. I have no idea why I'm intrigued but I am. They can even be documentaries. Anyone have a good list?

[–] Movie_Buff_2 13 years ago

I would recommend Taxi Driver. Very good flick.

[–] angelogabe 12 years ago

I'd recommend 52 Pick-Up with Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret. It was filmed and released in 1986 but shows the sex industry as being a dark and sleazy underworld not unlike the one depicted in Hardcore.

As it was in the beginning,
So shall it be in the end,
That bullsh*t is bullsh*t,
It just goes by different names.

[–] yatzo376 11 years ago

Great movie!

There were a lot of real 80s porn stars in that flick.

John glover was a great villain.

[–] codfish1978 12 years ago

The Children of Times Square (80s kids in Times Square)
Hustling (lots of gritty 70s Times Square)
The Exterminator (not too much T.S., but lots of late 70s nasty NYC)

[–] henrimaine 8 years ago

Vice Squad (1982). Not nearly as good as Taxi Driver or Hardcore, but it's about the same world and from around the same time.