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Henri Pachard ls probably the most everworkedwithbeloreThel)evillnMisa F.‘ ’t\’ l- {
prolific director currently active in the adult Jone, 1|. 1 think the P,-ohlem with that film :’.«,~fi. -9‘ ‘ ‘g
film world. He was instrumental in was that it was too much at a real rrioiiie. ‘ K. p‘ ‘ \i l
pioneering the vignette style film with movie. it was a take-ofl on All About Eve R’ v.;‘: : ll
Babylon Pink and outlaw Ladies. and and I don’t think it was the right subject ‘ -\ I "
he's also the man who dared to doasequel n1a[(e{_ K _ _ . \
lo the classic The Devil In Miss Jones. L r of ’ A
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Samantha Fox. Kelly Nicholsi Annette HP: He didn't like it. I don't think he liked A -‘I ’ ...‘ 9‘
Haven and John Leslie. He’s also suided the idea that it had been done by someone i ‘ T
many oi these actors and actresses totheir else 1 have tremendous {e§pec( to, Gem, ‘ .. _- . ,
most intense erotic encountersr Damiano. Thetilm isasatire ol all adult films ‘ ~"a§«,’
1 recently spoke with Pachard in his New 33:5; °f"’.'h‘if,k‘“§.S"';$“;‘°'hi°,fe"S"' ‘,';,r"f§ ” .\ . l .
York olrice about various aspects or his Complfmm you can We pg 3 filmmaker
rilrris and the luture of the adult film . , . .- ——————:——:——
industry. arnons other things. Pachard was But I mmk ’ °"m"’ he was" ‘ haw” '”"h_“' A Girl’: Best Friend» APachardstandard
quite candid End appeared to be in a rather AVN:' How do (31/ou selegl people to he in
pensive moo . one 0 your pro uctions. anything his not movin not tam" “,5
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first hardcore picture; I used to make alot of camera stops rolling atterareally hot scene? ""9 ‘° ‘.° °“‘ °‘ “"59 ’°'".°"“° "°"e" 9°“
soltcore pictures. I never made a hardcore HP; in Gsniinss we did a scene whom 51:" bf‘-15’ "'13 5“P?"“afi‘€‘» 1IV€h‘{"al:‘f9d(° gt;
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one has developed quite a tollowing. mmy 1‘ W55 50 imam I.“ ‘an you Wm of us lsrvew what we were doing» We were
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took us over budget by about $35,000, AVN; 5 obablygeeal 1 r d it ‘Pa.’ . “ . . ‘
which is a lot tor a low-budget film. That's films, waif-Z”§§u’3'ma,ar comp?air‘i)tawlt‘h "'°‘."'a"°“I ‘°‘ "V'“9k*‘ ‘£1 {fd 3 F99“
the only film that l didthat went over budget. hmdcoreg :\liglA<=;relrcep.m\;»ir‘antto ma e a lg er pro it, not
HP: They’re boring. what I don't like about '
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about a director shooting a hardcore film? 2 . . . - . . .-
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actors and actresses. The incident getting hm}, don.‘ Shoo, my mm mm] sudism evvgsll sffdcgrongos °.s°Ve;
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My wile is actually lik_e sharon Mitchell’s same sex scenes Bu‘ you don} know Wm if 23"!“ "39- ‘.5 5% 5;: Si:°5f“' st?
portrayal. I'm still married. Mywiie doesn't . . t h‘ »' 5 m ,»s .3 “5‘"°55“ 9°“‘9> "9 .""95 °"“’°-
like X-rated films. She respects my business W“ '9 ‘=*°"‘! ° 93'!“ 35“ 5‘“"“' ° .a it 5 l>r.°ba‘>'v hm t° SW 1 ”“".k the P°°l>l°
5 » why I Introduced dialogue to my movies who like our product are also interested in
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AVN: What's your weakest film? euentually theywl buy their own cameras.
HP: My weakest him is probably one I AVN: would you like to make another Then they’1l want to tape something. You
made tor another producer. Everything I softcore picture? canbesuretheylliape themselves and their
make I hope will be another Babylon Pink, HP: well. I think the films could be much triends haying sex. They'll make their own
so lalways compare everythingto Babylon. more erotic, ll you don’t do the come shots loops. Thai’Il be more rewarding to them
That’s a great question, 1 would say my and you don’t do the closeups. I try to than buying some stars or strangers having
weakest picture is Mascara or The reduce the long extended take to a sex.Ilhirlk xhars definitely going to happen.
Budding ot Brie. It's tunriy because The minimum. The close-up ot a woman’s p'"y But whatever does happen. we'll have made
Budding of Brie has tremendous is not really attractive. lt‘s not doing an impact on society.
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