Product Details

• Directors: Cécile Babiole, Michel Reilhac
• Writers: Michel Reilhac, Chris Nortier, Pascal Greggory, Sébastien Marnier
• Producers: Michel Reilhac
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Strand Releasing
• DVD Release Date: August 19, 2003
• Run Time: 69 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000B1OFD
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,201 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Good Old Naughty Days (Polissons et Galipettes)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

This astonishing, scintillating collection from the silent era, most of which are from the 1920s, are genuine, legitimate and by today's hardcore standards, amazingly charming, pornographic short films that leave nothing to the imagination. From predictable fantasy scenarios - monk spies on, then joins naughty nuns; teacher must spank naughty schoolgirls - to more esoteric fare (homosexuality and animal ecstasy, to name just two), vintage porn has never been more accessible...or attainable. The 12 shorts in The Good Old Naughty Days were primarily designed to be shown in the waiting rooms of brothels, amusing patrons - and no doubt giving them some ideas - as they awaited their girl. They also reveal production standards far in advance of comparable films being made elsewhere at the time, as well as an inventive and often humorous array of diverse couplings. These films were usually created in a haphazard fashion in an afternoon with friends and local prostitutes lending a hand for a few cents. All of them requested to remain anonymous, which makes it impossible to identify who really acted or directed them. For this reason, it is rather delightful to watch these "actors" often having to readjust their wigs and fake moustaches in the middle of their scenes so as not to be recognized unmasked. It is nevertheless touching to see how fresh and naïve these films look in comparison with today's X-rated film productions. Considering the age of these films, it is miraculous that they have been rediscovered and restored. These films are a part of our heritage and certainly a part of the secret history of cinema. In their own amusing way, these images involve us in a very direct, physical and intimate relationship with the good old days. These films have been restored by the Archives of the Centre National de la Cinématographie (The National Center for Cinematography in France). "THE GOOD OLD NAUGHTY DAYS" was produced, directed and compiled by Michel Reilhac. Silent and Black & White

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91 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD, July 2, 2004

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This review is from: The Good Old Naughty Days (Polissons et Galipettes) (DVD)

As far as pornography goes, this is probably the oldest collection that you can get your hands on. This film took home a cannes film festival award a few years back because it is definately an awesome "documentary" of sorts.
The odd thing is, you can watch this movie from two angles. the first angle can be to watch this as a pornography film, and for that it offers almost everything you'll see in modern day adult flicks, and it is not devoid of anything to the imagination. It is downright hardcore in some places. You can also watch this film from a historical perspective, like on the back of the dvd case it reads "before there was sound there was pornography". It is very intersting to see that as far as porn goes, there is nothing new in modern day porn that hasn't been done before.
I would rate this dvd higher but it does seem a bit short (around 12 scenes), and some of the shorts are blurred together without much differention to when they were made between the title cards. But it is still worth repeated viewings, especially for a hillarious Animated short that predates but is reminiscent of warner brothers cartoons (ex. a man wakes up on a beach and accidentaly shoots his private off, but then it jumps back out from behind a rock and they join back together again)It is the last short on the dvd and is worth the money if just for that.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great collection. If only there was more!, December 26, 2008

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Zelie Nic (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Good Old Naughty Days (Polissons et Galipettes) (DVD)

This film is highly erotic and historical. I purchased it with that curiosity of the old at the forefront of my reasoning... it was a afascinating look into life a hundred years ago. The oldest film in this collection dates back to 1905!

The people who made this collection were good enough to provide some historical background; information such as some of these films were made using legitimate films' sets and costumes. Plus, that famous directors made soem of these pornographic films, albeit anonymously.

I don't typically purchase pornography (because the computer's there if I REALLY needed it) but this is just... I don't know. I was so intriqued to see these early films. I think my interest in this collection has more to do with my interest in early film than anything else. I was surprised by how much homoeroticism is here. Plus, the cartoon... wow. I'm sure there's been a good bit of talk abotu that cartoon.

I guess it's true what "they" say, that new inventions (film, phone, the internet) are driven by sex.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I thought I invented that!, March 18, 2009

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This review is from: The Good Old Naughty Days (Polissons et Galipettes) (DVD)

This cd is several short clips of movies from the "good old days". Although it is a little chopped up in places, I found that I really enjoyed watching it. You can look at it as pornographic or as a glimps into the past. My first thought was" I didn't know they did THAT back then". But I guess what they do on film has been done since the beginning of time. I found it to be good humorus entertainment but you have to hide it from the kids.