A Brief History of Film Pornography

True film pornography began in 1972 when the pornographic film "Deep Throat" entered regular film programming alongside other "normal films" in regular cinema distribution. This most successful porn film of all time, which played continuously in American cinemas for eight full years, was shot in just six days at a cost of $22,000.

Although it is difficult to determine which was the first pornographic film, as it surely originated in someone's private production and remained in a private film archive, it is believed that light erotica began with the first film recordings. Thus, in 1896, the first kiss was shown on film.

Interestingly, the first censorship did not occur until many years later. The first film censorship was established by the authorities in 1907 in Chicago, when the first censorship ordinance was passed. The local police chief was to review all films and then issue permits for all films shown in the city. Film erotica could not be stopped by this, and in 1915, American actress Audrey Munson made history as the first actress to fully undress in a film. The film was titled "Inspiration". It is known that in 1924, the first and thus the oldest known animated porn film was made, titled "The Virgin With The Hot Pants".

Control of erotic-pornographic content in film was increasing, leading to the establishment of the "Legion of Decency" in 1932, a censorship office influenced by Catholic bishops. Interestingly, the Legion was renamed the Catholic Film Office in the mid-1960s, which had a significant impact on film classification in the early 1970s. This involved classifying films according to their suitability for different age groups.

Returning from America to Europe, we find that the first pornographic film was also created there. In 1932, a sexual act was shown for the first time in the Austrian-Czech co-production film titled "Ecstasy". Many will remember that our first porn film, shot in local production, had the same title. But let's return to "Ecstasy" from 1932. The first porn actress in that film and the first porn star was Hedy Lamarr, which was the stage name of Austrian Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler. Interestingly, sources say that Zvonimir Rogoz also appears in one of the roles.

DEEP THROAT - THE MOST FAMOUS PORN FILM OF ALL TIME
Although porn films were made with varying degrees of success between the two world wars, it was not until the 1970s that they experienced a real boom. Thus, the year 1972 will be remembered when the porn film "Deep Throat" entered regular film programming alongside other "normal films" in regular cinema distribution. This most successful porn film of all time, which played continuously in American cinemas for eight full years, was shot in just six days at a cost of $22,000. Due to its low production cost and long-lasting popularity, filling cinema halls, this film is considered one of the most profitable films ever.

Besides making a lot of money, this film also had another significant role. It inspired many to try their hand at this type of film art or to earn money. It can be said that "Deep Throat" introduced the term hard core into popular culture and film history. The film made then-unknown Linda (Boreman) Lovelace (1949-2002) the first true porn star. The film's great success did not reflect positively on her personal life. Along with fame, it brought her drug addiction, although it is uncertain whether she was already using drugs before the film, and with an unsuccessful marriage, it ultimately ended in professional failure. In "Deep Throat", she played a girl whose clitoris was located in her throat instead of the usual place. Cynics say that this was the only way for her to experience orgasm, which motivated others to achieve fame, the most famous of whom was Monica Lewinsky.

VIDEO RECORDER - HOME PORN
Cinema halls never offered privacy for certain actions with some body parts, although they had some advantages over the comfort of one's own home due to their "publicness". For example, young people could watch porn without fear of parental prohibition, and boys could bring girls if their parents were home, studying their reactions.

Although Sony introduced the first prototype of the video recorder in 1965, it wasn't until 1983 that there was a real expansion of video and home projections. That year, over 4.1 million video recorders were sold in the USA, and in 1984, over seven million and 20 million tapes, many of which were used specifically for pornographic film recordings. With video recorders, the era of home projectors, which were complicated to use, had poor image quality, and whose film reels often broke, making the film unwatchable or destroyed for further projection, came to an end.

The fact that the porn video/film industry initially developed well is evidenced by the data that many of today's film stars appeared in more liberal films during the video porn boom. It is known for certain that three major film stars of today started their careers in soft-core porn films. The popular Rambo, Sylvester Stallone, had a "Swedish action" in the films Italian Stallion and Kitty & the Studs before his success in action films.
No one today could even imagine that Kevin Costner, with his numerous major roles, started as a porn apprentice in the film Sizzle Beach USA.

The third well-known case is that of the X case hero from the series and film The X-Files, the famous agent David Duchovny. Before he began investigating paranormal phenomena, he was exploring something else in the film New Year's Day. Although all these today's mega film stars would prefer to forget their first films, history remains as undeniable proof - fame comes through the bed.

INTERNET, SATELLITES, DVD, MOBILE PHONES...
Pornography of our time is no longer tied to shy actors or technical limitations. Films are transmitted via satellites and the Internet, and the world has, to paraphrase the fact, "become one big village", one big fuck. Film pornography is all around us, and we just need to catch it. Film pornography comes from the sky, and we catch it with satellite dishes; it also comes through telephone wires, and we catch it via the Internet.
Soon, the majority of porn films will arrive wirelessly, and we will receive them via mobile phones, storing them on memory the size of a 2 kuna coin, which can hold hours and hours of porn films with the highest quality of image and sound.

From its beginnings, when the film recording required heavy, expensive, and low-quality equipment, we have come to a time when a porn film of top technical characteristics can be shot with a camera that costs no more than the average salary. To distribute such a porn film, we need neither cinema halls nor video tapes, but a computer and the knowledge to display that film on the Internet. Today, such activities are very widespread in the world, and many serious family people engage in this, who, after coming home from work, sit down at their computers and start earning extra money with their Internet porn content, of which the most profitable are those with film content.