SEXUAL FREEDOM IN DENMARK 1970

I suspect most of this footage began as a classroom film about sexual reproduction (likely aimed toward medical students) with some added footage spliced here and there to re-market it as an X-rated exploitation film. The movie starts out as an alleged documentary about Denmark’s newfound permissiveness toward premarital sex and erotica in the early 70s. There are in-the-street interviews, scenes from a nightclub, pictures of adult magazines, and a visit to a porn movie set. All of this is a reasonably amusing setup. But what quickly evolves is more a clinical look at sexuality, complete with endless charts, discussions of cultural attitudes, details about pregnancy, birth control and venereal disease, and even a filmed live birth–all described by an unseen, monotone male narrator without any hint of passion or excitement. Disguising erotica as education was an old school exploitation trick. This one is essentially more an educational film disguised as erotica. There is some good information contained within, but modern audiences would be hard pressed to find it particularly entertaining.

–edinman

color, fullscreen, mono, 74 minutes. DVD-R comes packaged as shown in color DVD case, wrapped in plastic!