NOW YOU TOO CAN ENJOY THE SMUT YR PARENTS USED TO WATCH

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ITEM: The NYT has written a profile on Vinegar Syndrome, a company whose mission is to catalog, restore and help release old X-rated films for the home video and theatrical markets:

The company ... plans to introduce a new generation to lost and forgotten films from what’s considered the golden age of American hard-core filmmaking, roughly 1969 to 1986.

“Yes, the films are X-rated,” Mr. Emerson said. “But many of them are interesting and fascinating once you get into them. These films are time capsules.”

Evidently there’s now a lucrative market for restored classic X-rated films. I’m not too surprised. From the 80s glut of direct-to-video to modern “reality porn”, adult videos have mostly lost any sense of aesthetic. You do have a few outfits now like X-Art, Passion HD and a few others that put an emphasis on aesthetics. But they’re the exception to the rule – and it’s still a digital video aesthetic as opposed to celluloid film (and there is a difference, yes).

And of course, there’s always the retro factor.

Anyway, Vinegar Syndrome is planning a bunch of releases on DVD, and even a Netflix-style site for streaming.

Adults only,

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