Could you tell me a bit about its director, Armand Weston?
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Weston started his career as a graphic designer and a painter. He was a pretty prolific poster designer in the 60s and 70s—filmmaking was sort of a side project for him. What I like about his work in X-rated films is that they reflect his artistic background. His films are always focused on how sexuality fits into a landscape, cultural or environmental.
It’s worth pointing out that many of the sex scenes in these movies are not meant to be arousing.
- The Taking of Christina
That was what struck me about the movie. It doubles as a document of the New York underground during a fascinating period.
That’s the sort of thing that disappeared from straight hard-core movies in the video era, don’t you think? Once pornographic movies started being made for individual, rather than public, consumption, it seems like every sex scene or sexualized character had to reflect the sexual predilections of the intended viewer.
I’ve seen Take Off. It’s really goofy.
