Product Details

• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, Live, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Umgd - Vivendi Enter
• VHS Release Date: May 19, 1993
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000007QUB
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #406,008 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Roman Polanski not really involved, January 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Confession of a Blue Movie Star [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm guessing that most people who come across this video will have found it because of Roman Polanski's name. On the sleeve of the video it credits Polanski as writer, director, and narrator. Sadly, when you actually watch the video you discover that Polanski had nothing at all to do with it. The "narration" with which Polanski is credited consists of approximately 30 seconds of a filmed Polanski interview (which appears to be archival footage from about 1970)...the other 80 minutes of the video have no trace of him whatsoever. Unlike the video sleeve, the video itself doesn't even pretend to be written or directed by Polanski: on-screen writing/directing credits are given to other people. Polanski's name and image were clearly slapped on this piece of garbage in a vein attempt to give it some chance of selling. I'm surprised Polanski hasn't sued.

As for the content of the video: It's an awful pseudo-documentary about the decay of the porn film business. It has the fake feel of something like "Spinal Tap", but without humor. There's nothing so embarrassing as watching bad actors pretending to be giving spontaneous, unrehearsed interviews. Every moment of it was painful and dull to watch.

When I stumbled across this video I thought I had found a lesser-known Polanski project, possibly an unpublicized gem. I have written this review with hopes that others like me won't make the same mistake.