USA, 1982
74m
35mm film, colour, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American pornographic science fiction film directed by Stephen Sayadian using the pseudonym Rinse Dream. Lead actress “Pia Snow” later changed her name to the more familiar Michelle Bauer.
Premise
In the aftermath of a nuclear war, most of the surviving population find sex physically impossible and are branded Sex Negatives. The few Sex Positives, those who still find sex pleasurable and possible, are forced on penalty of death to perform in special bars and clubs like Cafe Flesh for the edification of the frustrated masses. Lana has managed to pass herself off as a Negative to avoid the compulsory performances, but as she starts to drift away from the man she loves, she starts to question her decision.
Credits
Crew
Director: Rinse Dream [real name: Stephen Sayadian]
© MCMLXXXII [1982] Caribbean Films
Carribean Films presents
Producers: Rinse Dream [real name: Stephen Sayadian], F.X. Pope [real name: Francis Delia]
Screenplay: Herbert W. Day [real name: Jerry Stahl], Rinse Dream [real name: Stephen Sayadian]
Script Supervisor: Ruben Masters
Director of Photography: F.X. Pope [real name: Francis Delia]
Editor: Sidney Katz
Music/Music Composed and Performed by: Mitchell Froom
Sound: Irene Styles
Costumes Designed by: Polly Ester
Hair and Makeup by: Peter Magaraci
Special Stage Effects Created by: Paul Berthell
Production Designer: Paul Berthell
Cast
Andrew Nicols
Paul McGibboney
Pia Snow [real name: Michelle Bauer]
Marie Sharp
Darcy Nychols [real name: Tantala Ray]
Joey Lennon
Neil Podorecki
Robert Dennis [real name: Dennis Edwards] (the enforcer)
Kevin Jay [real name: Kevin James] (Johnny Rico)
Dondi Bastone (Spike)
Pez D. Spencer [real name: Paul Berthell] (Mr Joy)
Hilly Waters (Ace)
Autumn True (vamp #1)
Elizabeth Anastasia (vamp #2)
Polly Ester (enforcer #2)
Michael Cola (man with bird)
Starbuck [real name: Ken Starbuck], Erica Nile, Angel Selby, D’Elliot Marcussi, Kim Collier, Jeff Conner, Becky Savage, Sue Ravan, Terri Copeland (stage performers)
Alternative Titles
Café Porno
Links
Sequels
Cafe Flesh 2 (1997)
Cafe Flesh 3 (2003)
Extracts included in
Un siècle de plaisir – Voyage à travers l’histoire du hard (1996)
X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time (2015)
References
Periodicals
- Adult Video News vol.1 no.2 (March 1983) p.6 – review (“I want one with a story!” by Paul Fishbein and I.L. Slifkin)
- Flesh and Blood no.7 (Autumn 1996) pp.34-35 – review
Books
- 100 Cult Films by Ernest Mathijs & Xavier Mendik pp.42-43 – review by EM [Ernest Mathijs]
- Celluloid Mavericks: A History of American Independent Cinema by Greg Merritt pp.295-296 – review
- Cult Movies 3: 50 More of the Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird and the Wonderful – review (by Danny Peary)
- Elliot’s Guide to Films on Video by John Elliot p.116 – credits, review
- Hard Core: Power, Pleasure and the “Frenzy of the Visible” by Linda Williams p.151 – note
- Horror and Science Fiction Films III by Donald C. Willis p.40 – credits
- The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide by Stephen Jones p.101 – credits, review
- Nuclear Movies: A Filmography by Mick Broderick p.93 – credits
- Omni’s Screen Flights/Screen Fantasies: The Future According to Science Fiction Cinema – production notes (Cafe Flesh: Midnight Hit for a Pornographic Age by Jerry Stahl)
- The Psychotronic Video Guide to Film by Michael J. Weldon p.86 – review
- TLA Film, Video and DVD Guide 2002-2003: The Discerning Film Lover’s Guide edited by David Bleiler p.93 – review
- TLA Video and DVD Guide 2004: The Discerning Film Lover’s Guide edited by David Bleiler p.94 – review
- The X-Rated Videotape Guide Volume I p.70 – credits, review (by Robert H. Rimmer)
Other sources
- Sex, Shocks and Sadism by Todd Tjersland p.19 – credits, review
- Video Search of Miami Catalogue September 1991 p.6 – note
