Sinema: American pornographic films and the people who make them

by Kenneth Turan

American pornographic films and the people who make them book

Genres: Film, Sexuality, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Kenneth Turan is the film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR’s Morning Edition, as well as the director of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. He has been a staff writer for the Washington Post and TV Guide, and served as the Times’ book review editor. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, he is the co-author of Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke. Turan teaches film reviewing and non-fiction writing at USC and is on the board of directors of the National Yiddish Book Center. His most recent books include Free for All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told and Never Coming To A Theater Near You. Turan lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Reviews

[John Arnold · Rating 3 out of 5]

A timepiece; a history of porn written in 1974 during porn's "golden age."