Cut Throat Business: I Am Having the Last Word [Paperback]

C. Bridge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2003 | ISBN-10: 1410785149 | ISBN-13: 978-1410785145

So many books are coming out about the porn industry but not one like this, a true story, an autobiography that are not trying to cash in on her last moments of fame, she never had one though she will tell you in a conversational way in the same street wise and gritty way as the industry is what goes on in today’s porn Mecca, San Fernando Valley.

You will find out how much the actors/actress are making as of today, how this on the fringe industry can't really make money unless they bootleg one or two competitors products and what will happen if you get caught with the fingers in the cookie jar.

This book also tells about backstabbing bosses, drugs, booze, extortion, and so much more but last of course the sex. This book is written by an editor that turned her back on the industry. There will be revealed how much it costs to make a DVD from shooting the scene to the actual cost of creating the sleeve and duplication; about the different 'legitimate' filmmakers involved, and where blank videos that use to have content of Disney's movies such as "Mulan" and many others come from.

This is a secretive and many times dangerous industry and this book will give a different and 'sober' look into the industry that so many others have written about when they were under the influence, this one is from an unknown editor that slammed the door in their faces by revealing everything.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

"You can be shocked as you experience this raw and unbiased view into the world that we are all fascinated with, but are forced to keep in the dark due to our Puritan social norms."

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Authorhouse (August 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1410785149
• ISBN-13: 978-1410785145
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,023,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars SO BAD IT HURTS, October 23, 2004

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Mike (Grand Forks, ND United States) - See all my reviews
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I totally agree with S.K.'s review, and have a hard time figuring what book the good reviews were from. I tried to read it, but could only get about half way through it. It seems like they printed the original unedited manuscript. I can overlook a few typo's, but this filled with either no editing or really bad editing that it became too much of a chore to continue reading. After skimming chapters in the last half of the book I found that it just continues to read like a first draft manuscript. I finally gave up trying to read this manuscript about half way through the book......Aside from that this isn't really about the creative side of the industry, but rather about the packaging and distribution aspect of the adult film industry. It would be like reading about the rigors of a corporate mail room to get a picture of what the coporation is really like. It would basically be viewing the corporation from the bottom looking up. If you're interested in the behind the scenes look and the perspectives of those involved with the actual filming of adult films, then this is definately not the book you're looking for.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save Your Money!!!, October 25, 2004

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prfb (Elkins, WV USA) - See all my reviews

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(Negative stars not permitted, unfortunately...)

Believe the bad reviews written here by burned customers. The positive reviews must be written either by the author or people indebted to her.

This is an AWFUL "book" -- and I use the term loosely. I would have thought that a worse book about the porn industry than Luke Ford's could not have been written , but I would have been wrong.

This, uh, OBJECT is definitely on my list of all-time worst books *ever* published. In fact, the general appearance of the book indicates it may be a vanity press affair -- odd type face, double-spaced lines (!!!), lack of standard publishing info, etc.

It is a sub-literate effort. Badly spelled, with poor grammar and syntax, each plodding 5th-grade declarative sentence piled onto the last one in an endless tedious progression. It is PAINFUL to read!

Apart from being atrociously written, the overall story also manages to be somehow both boring and trivial. It's not even good gossip, just the settling personal grudges by someone who is, maybe, not the sharpest pencil in the box. So-and-so is mean; somebody else is a drunk; another guy is an OK guy. Pow! Zap! Dull! Pointless! And as someone has already pointed out, this screed is only very VERY tenuously related to anything at all to do with the adult film industry.

You'll be annoyed at the incompetence and aimlessness of this effort, and I guarantee will learn nothing significant. Save your money - sooner or later somebody will write a decent book about adult movies.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT Companion to ANY Book in this Genre!!, August 4, 2004

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David Myers "David611" (Redondo Beach, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cut Throat Business: I Am Having the Last Word (Paperback)

I just finished reading this book for the second time, and, I have to admit, I liked it better, much better, the second time around. You see, I originally read the first edition and was put off by the poor writing style that some of the reviews have noted. Then, on the insistence of a friend, I shelled out some coin for the second edition and settled down for what turned out to be quite a good read. Yes, the current second edition is well written and properly edited. I don't know if the first edition was released by mistake, before the editor had finished the job or if the second edition was sent back to the editor after some of the comments below. Either way, the results are great and the book now has a life of it's own. In any event, my point is that this book is a great compliment to round out any book you buy about this industry. It tells the story of ordinary people in the not so ordinary world of adult film. It's not about hype or glam or the attempted legitimization of this industry. It is, however, all about the happenings down in the trenches of the world of porn and it makes no excuses for what takes place. It is what it is!

So, I say to you, ignore the older reviews of the first edition of this book as they are absolutely obsolete and do no relate to the current edition. I think the author does a good job at describing the type of people she worked with and the actual happenings inside an adult film studio. No, it does not detail the set up for shooting scenes, contain explicitly detailed sex scenes (something I think some of the reviews were looking for and didn't find, and that's what put them off), or have X-Rated photos inside to "stimulate" more than just your mind. It does, however, tell a compelling story that really gets beneath the varnish and exposes the core of an industry that is truly operating on the fringes of legality in every sense of the word. I liked the fact that the author tells us about the industry as seen through her eyes, not the eyes of a ghostwriter or rose-colored glasses. She takes us along with her on her journey through the inner-workings of a morally corrupt industry and shows us the real people behind the scenes. In some ways this is akin to reading a daily journal or diary as it seems to have taken the highlights from her experiences and dispenses with the mundane filler.

To sum it up, I was pleasantly surprised by this book and I think you will be too, so be certain to pick up a copy (second edition) and judge for yourself.