This article is within the scope of WikiProject Pornography, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
pornography-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PornographyWikipedia:WikiProject PornographyTemplate:WikiProject PornographyPornography articles
Whoever wrote
this article (a/o April 16, 2012) obviously did not read the supporting materials that are cited, nor did they live at the time of the event. This article is very clearly written by someone who's opinions are without the virtue of experience and tainted by a purely contemporary, factory-engendered conception of what "may have occurred" based on their retrospective look backwards... Either that, or they were there and simply missed what was going on...
Stevenmitchell (
talk) 10:37, 5 May 2012 (UTC)reply
European porn was and still is far superior to American porn. The "
Golden Age of Porn" was mainly a European age with SOME FEW American films thrown in between. France, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Italy all lead the game. Their films are too many to list them here.
217.238.54.185 (
talk) 19:04, 28 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Thank you for your comments - yes - the present "
Golden Age of Porn" article mainly refers to American (and/or USA) erotic films - as described in the first sentence of the lead as follows => The "
Golden Age of Porn" ... refers to a 15-year period (mostly, 1969 – 1984) in
commercial American pornography that began in 1969 with the film
Blue Movie, directed by
Andy Warhol ..." - a new separate Wikipedia article describing a similar time in European Erotic films may be possible (and welcomed by many I would think atm) - in any case - Thanks again for your comments - and - Enjoy! :)
Drbogdan (
talk) 21:40, 28 May 2016 (UTC)reply
I would question why you are so eager to gatekeep pornography in this way - "European porn was and still is far superior to American porn" is not only an opinion, it's an opinion that wildly conflicts with the reality of American dominance of the pornographic industry. Contrary to your claim, the US produced far more pornographic films back then, because a number of the countries you list had not legalized porn yet, and therefore did not produce any notable or mainstream pornographic films. It's undeniable that American pornographic film was more dominant during the 1970s - porn wasn't legal in Italy, Denmark, etc, during the 70s.
98.253.186.130 (
talk) 08:22, 20 March 2022 (UTC)reply
External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 2 external links on
Golden Age of Porn. Please take a moment to review
my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit
this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).
If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with
this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with
this tool.
"Porn films would never again feature so prominently in the mainstream movie business,[50] until the emergence of the internet in the 1990s.[51]" That's a curious definition of the word "never", then?
86.179.78.64 (
talk) 16:41, 6 May 2019 (UTC)reply
Yes - agreed - perhaps better? => "Porn films would not feature as prominently in the mainstream movie business as they did in the Golden Age,[1] until the emergence of the internet in the 1990s.[2]" - of course an even better version of the sentence is welcome of course - in any case - Enjoy! :)
Drbogdan (
talk) 17:13, 6 May 2019 (UTC)reply
References
^Green, Jonathon & Nicholas J. Karolides (2005). Encyclopedia of Censorship. New York, NY: Facts on File. p. 44.
ISBN978-0816044641.
Wasn't something similar happening in Europe, with the
Emanuelle franchise,
Immoral Tales etc? Well made films with good directors and genuine production values? "Porno chic" was not an exclusively American thing.
MaxBrowne2 (
talk) 04:10, 17 March 2022 (UTC)reply
There was certainly some cultural cross-pollination going on, but also real cultural differences at play: Europe didn't have the Hays Code and the Supreme Court shaping the course of its film industry. But ultimately it comes down to the usual WP answer: Are there sources that say so? -
Jason A. Quest (
talk) 17:42, 18 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Most European countries did have equivalents to the Hays Code, and many European countries have a history of banning American films of the mid-century that had violent or sexual content - Sweden did it, Britain did it, Denmark did it...
98.253.186.130 (
talk) 08:27, 20 March 2022 (UTC)reply
So it was the same, but it was different? Whatever point you're trying to make, it still comes back to:
WP:Reliable Sources. If there are sources that say Europe had a similar thing happening, then we say it did and provide details. If they say "but it was different too", then we include details of that. If they don't say anything, then we don't say anything. (P.S. Arguing with comments that someone left 6 years ago is probably not a constructive use of your time or this Talk page.) -
Jason A. Quest (
talk) 04:13, 21 March 2022 (UTC)reply
I also note that Denmark legalized porn in the late 1960s, including some that even today is considered unacceptable. There are plenty of sources that discuss what was going on in Europe in the context of
"The Golden Age of Porn". Sylvia Kristel was without a doubt a major international star.
MaxBrowne2 (
talk) 17:04, 21 March 2022 (UTC)reply
What is the "second wave"? The article references the second-wave of porn stars, and again under producers, but does not define the term or period.
Edjs (
talk) 00:02, 23 February 2023 (UTC)reply