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A Taste of Andrew Blake
Of all the Porn Directors of the last ten to twenty years (the Modern Era) Andrew Blake is the Supreme Stylist.
Shooting on film, rather than video, and concentrating on female beauty, body motion, and sounds--as opposed to dialogue, storytelling, or gross-out shock Blake created a highly erotic world in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Blake's work, like mainstream directors Orson Welles, John Ford and Alfred Hitchcock is visual: He tells the story, coveys the emotions and sexual tension not with words, but with the beauty and power of his expertly framed and photographed scenes. And like most of the real talents that worked in the porn industry during the past decade or so, he is mostly forgotten--and under appreciated.
The Andrew Blake Quartet of "Secrets" "Night Trips" "Night Trips II" and "House of Dreams" are all visual masterpieces of erotica. They have been re-issued, with no frills, no director or star audio tracks, no biographies, no behind-the-scenes "making of"... all the things that make DVDs the best entertainment platform.
Moreover, "Andrew Blake's Girls" is a compilation of some of Blake's best scenes of girl/girl love: One of the sub-genres that Blake has excelled in. And, while this issuance suggests that Andrew Blake's fans will be piece-mealed to death with cuts and re-cuts of our favorite films, the present DVD is worth more than one look. Let me just speak about a couple of the best scenes.
The DVD opens with the Tori Welles/Porsche Lynn/Jamie Summers tirade from "Night Trips" with a beauty and sexuality that is overpowering. The ménage of three different body types and sexualities is expertly handled by Blake's camera, with a supportive soundtrack that punctuates the action, rather than overwhelms or "numbs" the viewers' senses.
The obvious attraction, in this scene, between Summers and Welles is apparent by the way they take pleasure in kissing each other on the lips and caressing the other's body (Summers came out of retiremen in 1990 to do this scene with Welles).
There are other tidbits in this scene that separate Blake from the run-of-the mill. The loving attention paid to Welles caressing of Summers nipples, and the slow pan shot down Summers body to her pubes--and Welles gentle fondling, followed by Lynn diving in and giving head. The sensitivity and beauty would have not been accentuated by most other directors. The beauty of Summers pussy in this scene is matched later by the beauty of Welles' ass, as she lay on her stomach serving Lynn; and the artist in Blake helps the viewer to see and appreciate the physical beauty of these stars anew. Moreover, these beautiful visuals act as a direct counterpoint to today's porn of fistings and gapping assholes, and shows that the porn trends of Y2K are anti-erotic in comparison.
Becuase of the "eye" and talent of Andrew Blake, we have these great erotic moments captured on film. And, that's just the first scene.
Another winner that deserves mention is the almost hip-hop girl/girl/girl scene with Nina Alexander, Julia Parton, and Heather Lere from "Night Trips II". This scene sets a new standard in motion, music and erotic tension. When the nude girls, embracing and grinding their bodies against each other, move back and forth as one body, to the subtle beat of the techno-music, a classic erotic scene is created that has never been matched in porn or in mainstream film making. This scene is truly a Calvin Klein commercial gone porn; it's black and white images juxtaposed with an ever-hotter color transformation as the scene progresses.
Possibly the hottest (and kinkiest) scene is the Zara White/Jeanna Fine domination/submissive scene. Zara, nude except for long black boots, is spanked, made to lick Jeanna leather-clad body and has her body examined and probed by Jeanna. The scene is straight out of "The Story of O" for exquisite eroticism.
Zara is the perfect submissive, her lean smooth body both pure and sexual at the same time. Blake, again, visually makes his erotic point: The viewer is attracted both to the innocence as well as wanton sexuality. And, by having the "innocent" give up control, the sexuality can emerge. In short, Blake has just given the standard excuse for S&M--directly and without words.
There are other scenes in "Andrew Blake's Girls" that will arouse and please the viewer--and make you wonder why this talented man has so little cache in today's porn world.
Bottom Line: It's great. Good for couples as well as thinking men. But, if you like your porn "in your face" this isn't for you.
One of My Favorites!
When I first saw this video, I fell in love with it. I've watched it many times since. The girls are so gorgeous, and the action is much hotter than Andrew Blake's later stuff.
My favorite scene is still the opener with Jamie Summers and Tori Wells. There's also a middle segment where a cute brunette plays a call girl for another, which is quite nice.
The movie is very visual and erotic. Maybe it's just me, but I always feel more beautiful after watching this video.
Andrew Blake -- Where Are You?
As an Andrew Blake fan, I was very happy to add Andrew Blake's Girls to my DVD collection. Nobody captures the fantasy and erotic potential of girl/girl action like Andrew Blake. This movie has a great scene with Jamie Summers and Tori Welles, two of my all-time favorites. Some of the scenes are not girl/girl, but are girl-only. Nevertheless, no one highlights the sensuousness of the female form, either alone or interacting, like Andrew Blake. A true classic.