The read
It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
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)
Ratings
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Daniel GoldmanDirector
- Robert FlaxmanDirector
Cast
- Anna WelshHerself - Production Manager
- Robin T. RuthledgeHimself - Cameraman
- Joel CohnHimself - Runner
- Larry HovdeHimself - Grip
- Henri CharrDirector of The Last Affair
- Mark LynchHimself - Grip
- Craig SummerHimself - Gaffer
- Charles ZeilerHimself - Soundman
- Debbie DanHerself - Star Actress
- William Derl-DavisHimself - Acting Coach
- Leslie PellerHimself - Make-up Man
- Sissel HansenHerself - Script Girl / Hooker