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The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry Hardcover – February 15, 2005

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 640 pages
  • Publisher: It Books; y First edition edition (February 15, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060096594
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060096595
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.7 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsSex or no sex . . . This is a fascinating read!
By Angel Orona Rodriguez on December 5, 2005
Format: Hardcover
The irony here is that this expansive exploration on the porn industry -- from inception (The Nudie Cuties) to a current billion-dollar industry -- isn't nearly as titillating as you would expect. It is . . . intriguing, amusing, enraging and often heartbreaking. Yet it concludes on a particularly life-affirming note involving a "rebirth", both the literal and figurative sense. You hear it from the mouths all those involved in the porn industry -- Everyone from porn stars to undercover feds to a guy who helped build peep show booths. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough . . . Not just for those interested in behind-the-scenes glimpes of the porn biz . . . But for those just as interested in observing people's alternate attempts at obtaining the ever elusive American Dream. If I had one qualm about this book . . . Its that it had to end . . . Even though (as previously mentioned) it does so on a particularly touching note.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent and very addictive read.
By Michael A. LeBlanc on March 8, 2005
Format: Hardcover
Legs McNeil has done it again. I must also mention Jennifer Osbourne as well.

I could not put this book down once I started reading it. I managed to make it last four days although, I could have devoured it in a day. I just hate finishing a good book. I wanted to keep reading.

I enjoyed the book very much.

I have a few minor complaints though...The 90's were raced through (as mentioned by others). It should have been up to present day. I mean there was another pretty major AIDS outbreak in the adult industry last year and it's not even mentioned. And I agree the online and pay-per-view adult industry should have been written about as well. This is an important part of the history of the modern Porn biz. And finally, Jenna Jameson should have at least been mentioned (her photo is in the book though). She is one of the biggest female adult stars ever.

Oh well, maybe a follow volume up will clear this up. I can only dream of a second volume with more cool stories and info.

All in all though, I highly recommend this book.

Very well done!
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5.0 out of 5 starsUnparalleled access to first person accounts of the adult film industry
By Jessica Lux on January 4, 2006
Format: Hardcover
Despite weighing in at a hefty 620 pages, McNeil's book is a breeze to read through. This tome is organized into short chapters on specific subjects, spanning time from 1950 up to 1998. The Other Hollywood takes on every aspect of the porn business, starting with the (really tame and probably boring) Nudie Cuties of the 1950's, through Deep Throat as the explosive entrance of adult film in the full length feature world, the early stars like Linda Lovelace and Marilyn Chambers, the mafia involvement in the industry, a years-long sting operation on the mafia, John Holmes and the Wonderland murders, pandering trials, Traci Lords' brief and explosive career, the advent of AIDS, the rise of video and star Ginger Lynn, and into the modern day.

McNeil has constructed this story entirely out of first-hand quotes from the participants. He doesn't editorialize or expound on the quotes, choosing instead to tell the story entirely through the placement of the words of different interview subjects. Often, he will have sources all discussing the same issue, so the reader can decide for himself what the generally accepted truth of the matter is. Particularly enlightening were the chapters on Linda Lovelace and Traci Lords, two stars who later said they were forced into porn. Their comments in their heyday and the comments of those around them certainly contradict their later revisionist history. The Holmes involvement in the Wonderland murders is also explained from dozens of points of view (similar to how it was done in the excellent 2003 film Wonderland). Dawn Schiller (girlfriend) and Sharon Holmes (estranged wife) provide commentary on Holmes that make the reading of this book worth it all on its own.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsPorn stars are my friends
By Michael K. Hall on October 8, 2006
Format: Paperback
Read in a fortnight, compulsively and earnestly, this book is a must buy for several reasons. Oral (pun intended and not intended) histories are the best way to handle such topics as Punk Rock (covered by the same author) and the Porn industry, because there are so many stories to tell, so many plotlines running congruently and so many voices that demand to be heard, that to try to weave them into one narrative would be nearly impossible and would be difficult to read. While some of the FBI, Mafia and other criminal plotlines aren't quite as interesting as the behind the scenes of the actual films, they are still pertinent to the overall story.

Growing up with porn and looking at it probably much younger than I was suppossed to, the people in the first half of this book almost seem like friends, like some strange relatives that don't always appear at holiday dinners, that not all of my relatives approve of.

My bias of course is to the first half of this book and the stories of Marilyn Chambers, John Holmes, Linda Lovelace, etc. Some amazing tales that span the gamut of human experiences and emotions.

It's not that the 80's and 90's are not as fascinating, but these people seem more distant, less heoric (strange, I know), and also in many ways, less human than the pioneers that started the industry.

There are some voices that are missing or are not given full voice (Hugh Hefner, Larry Flynt and the publishing industries that they forged in general), but the drive of the narrative is certainly the "visual" medium of the industry as oppossed to the written word (as well as the fact that those subjects could be books in and of themselves).Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

Fascinating and eye opening.

Published 1 month ago by Tom Lawrence
4.0 out of 5 starsRidiculously fun as well as informative

Ridiculously fun as well as informative, this book, though gossipy at times, is essential for truly understand the triumphs and horrors of the porn world.

Published 6 months ago by Trevor Fraser
5.0 out of 5 starsSleezy read!!!!

Great book and a real easy read.... Please read it!!!!

Published 6 months ago by Robert S. Vukson
5.0 out of 5 starsThis book surpasses all the rest.

A well researched, well written account of the women and men respsonible for the golden age of porn.

Published 8 months ago by Darlene B.
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Published 11 months ago by Slim Whitman
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Funny book

Published 15 months ago by Richard D'Antonio
5.0 out of 5 starsInteresting

History book of sorts of the seedy side of Hollywood. Its an interesting read

Published 17 months ago by michael
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great book!!

Published 17 months ago by rob bolger
3.0 out of 5 starsSome Tales Lack Context And Don't Reveal How Speaker Got Into Porn

My main interest in reading The Other Hollywood was to learn the stories behind porn actresses whose " performances " have certainly been inspiring to certain parts of me, over the... Read more

Published 17 months ago by Mike R. Boone
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

GREAT BOOK by a GREAT INTERVIEWER...by the same guy who wrote PLEASE KILL ME

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