Finding Planet Porno: The Wild Journey of American Cinema’s First Outlaw

PFFB classics, AT 2024, 103 min., engl. OV + dt. UT

By: Christian Genzel, Paul Spritz (Director of photography)

With: Howard Ziehm, Judy Ziehm, Mick Garris, William Lustig, Serena, Fran Spector, Bjo Trimble, Carter Stevens, Suze Randall, Humphry Knipe, Jason Williams, William Dennis Hunt, Joe Rubin

In the a(n)nals of cinematic history, there’s perhaps no sex comedy more infamous than 1974’s “Flesh Gordon”, a raunchy, campy spoof of the “Flash Gordon” serials of the1930s. The tale of the man behind it – American pornographic filmmaker Howard Ziehm – is no less (a)rousing than the film itself. See how an outrageous piece of erotic history was produced in the context of the free-wheeling porn industry of 1960s and 1970s LA, as well as what its legacy gave us. Then, see the real thing for yourself!

Walter Crasshole