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A Labor of Love

1976 • 1h10m Documentary

Rating

3.5/10

Popularity

1

In 1975, Chicago filmmakers Flaxman and Goldman got carte blanche to film the shooting of a local film called THE LAST AFFAIR. Neither AFFAIR's director (who envisioned the film as "a combination of Fellini and Bergman") nor its cast (which included then-unknowns Betty Thomas and Ron Dean) had ever worked in the industry before. Made in the classic cinema-verité style of Drew and Leacock, A LABOR OF LOVE is a revealing and often hilarious exposé of the hidden side of adult film: onscreen partners despise each other offscreen, male performers can't "get wood," an actress has her period, Ivory Liquid is substituted for semen, and the director declares, "I really dislike every minute of this!" (Gene Siskel Film Center)

Details

Director

Robert Flaxman

Daniel Goldman

Cast

Anna Welsh

Robin T. Ruthledge

Joel Cohn

Release date

1/1/1976

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

2