Black And White And Blue: Adult Cinema from the Victorian Age to the VCR

Description

The films that society has termed pornographic have been with us for over a century now. Yet beyond a handful of scholarly tracts and a a few glancing references in certain Hollywood histories, there is no modern history of the subject available. Featuring exclusive interviews, descriptions of over 300 films and written in a conversational style, Black and White and Blue fills that void.

Dave Thompson is the author of more than 80 books, including Cream: The World's First Supergroup, Go Phish, Moonage Daydream, Never Fade Away, and Smoke on the Water. In 1998, he was ranked one of rock's five foremost authors in Mojo magazine. He lives in London and Delaware.

"A comprehensive historical view of adult cinema." --"The Hornet" "Definitely enlightening, and entertaining." --"The A.V. Club" "In a series of chronological chapters, [Thompson] takes a scholarly look at an industry for which there is little mainstream archive or history." --Rambles.net "The book is effective and moving." --"Alarm" "Thompson tells the story behind milestones in the genre's history . . . cultural historians will delight in Thompson's tale." --Playboy.com "If you have any kind of rock'n'roll reference library, chances are you own at least one book by Dave Thompson" --"Paper" magazine "The book is effective and moving." --"Alarm"