Rudy, the Valentino Story (1997)
** (out of 4)
Good production values are the highlight of this D'Amato porn flick that shows "Rudolph Valentino as a great lover. We see him being used by various women before one finally gets him into the movies and it leads to a predictable ending where they finally meet (in bed of course). These D'Amato porn titles have always been rather frustrating to me as I slowly make my way through them. One on hand, most of them feature pretty good cinematography as well as other hints of goodness but things are usually ruined by the porn. Some will be asking what I expect since this is a porn movie afterall but you can tell that the adult scenes is where the director loses interest. This is a pretty well made film that has a couple decent performances, some great camera work and even better production values. At some parts the sex scenes are so spread out that you actually forget you're watching a porn. With that said, when the sex scenes do show up it feels like a completely different film as the "effort", so to speak, is just out of the way in terms of direction.
