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06/24/06
The Good Old Naughty Days (2003)
75 %
Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 12 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.2/10
Runtime: 67 mins
Synopsis: THE GOOD OLD NAUGHTY DAYS compiles 12 pornographic French shorts, produced between 1905 and 1925, restored by the Archives of the Centre National de la Cinematographie in 2002. Originally designed to be shown in the waiting rooms of brothels, these films graphically and often shockingly... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Director: Michel Reilhac
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06/03/03
This may be a valuable and even amusing experience for archival giggles, but the novelty wears thin fast, as pornography always does.
11/14/03
The Good Old Naughty Days looks at an era we view as more prudish, in eye-opening ways.
07/10/03
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Needless to say the quality leaves a lot to be desired but it's an educational mix of pre-Talkies explicitness and hilarity.
07/03/03
Above and beyond the prurient-nostalgia appeal, these films evoke an agreeably prelapsarian landscape of desire.
06/03/03
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Provide a revealing glimpse into an earlier, if not more innocent, erotic universe.
06/03/03
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The sheer perversity on display in these shorts, most of them from the 1920s, would give more than a few contemporary porn sites a run for their credit-card fees.
06/03/03
As with most porn, viewing this smut for over an hour straight is not the most exciting way to spend one's time.
06/03/03
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The Good Old Naughty Days is still NAUGHTY enough to be on DVD and the big screen too
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