DAY 321: SEX ED SATURDAY
A Tutorial in Classic Porn

Steve Otero, cofounder of Sexy Spirits, is widely regarded in the sex world (my name for the sex research/adult education/product sales/entertainment industry) as the man who knows where to find the answers. He is a walking catalog of background information on everything from sex education seminars being taught anywhere in the country to the current thinking (from all perspectives) on sex addiction, and anything else you can think to ask him. If it’s a sex topic, he’s on it. He knows classic porn like nobody else.

Steve and I both lament the decline of good porn. (Isn’t everybody tired of tight penetration shots in all three female orifices?) Here are his picks.

The Top Five Porn Films of All Time

1. The Opening of Misty Beethoven, 1976, directed by Radley Metzger (a.k.a. Henry Paris), with Jamie Gillis and Constance Money. Still after all these years the best produced porn film of all time. Just watch it.

2. The Devil in Miss Jones, 1973, directed by Gerard Damiano, with Georgina Spelvin. The tragedy of sexual repression, ecstasy, and eternal loneliness.

3. Behind the Green Door, 1972, directed by Artie and Jim Mitchell, with Marilyn Chambers. The debut of Goddess Marilyn.

4. Hard Edge, 2003, directed by Andrew Blake, filmed on location in Paris. Bold, uninhibited, raw erotic tension, where fantasy and reality collide.

5. Dog Walker, 1995, directed by John Leslie. Funded by Leslie using his own money, shot on film, jazzy blues score. Raw, hot sex!

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