Naughty Realism: The Britishness of British Hardcore
Date
2014-07Author
Abstract
This article offers a history of and a context for videos and DVDs rated as
R18 in the United Kingdom. These contain hardcore pornographic material
(albeit subject to certain restrictions) and are allowed to be sold only in licensed
sex shops. As well as explaining changes in legislation and in censorship
practices that allowed the sale of hardcore pornography at R18 after 2000,
it explores whether British-produced R18s have a distinctive approach, style
and ideology, and tentatively suggests that they share a carnivalesque style of ‘naughty realism’ which is similar to that found in British sexploitation films of the 1970s. The article concludes by describing and analysing the films of two British porn ‘auteurs’, Lindsay Honey (‘Ben Dover’) and Anna Arrowsmith (‘Anna Span’), and reflecting on the potential obsolesence of the R18 in the age of online pornography.
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Citation : Hunter, I.Q. (2014) Naughty Realism: The Britishness of British Hardcore. Journal of British Cinema and Television 11 (2-3), pp. 152-171
ISSN : 1743-4521
Research Group : Cinema and Television History Research Centre
Research Institute : Cinema and Television History Institute (CATHI)
Peer Reviewed : Yes
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