First Summer Love

Despite revisionists and deniers, the Couples Market of the late '70s into '80s did occur in porn exhibition -at the better houses (Pussycat) booking quality product (most obviously TABOO). For the Video Era, labels like Adam & Eve and from England "daring! Pure" exploit this audience with quality, softer yet explicit porn.

Roman Sluka, who doubles for the label as Diane Summers (many porn companies stipulate women as directors as a signal, especially in the Lesbian arena) directs these soft excursions into boy/girl and girl/girl erotica. Almost by definition they can be boring at times, due to the languorous, unhurried mood created, but the softer touch is erotic. I can only speculate, but even lost cause consumers who are addicted to the Max Hardcore gross-out approach must tire of extreme closeups of gaping orifices or weird objects banging at lightning speed into same after awhile.

So moderation is the name of the game in FIRST SUMMER LOVE. Couples, sometimes with a boy involved, make love in the open air in idyllic settings, without a care in the world. An old fogey like me wonders -what's the context? But for others it doesn't matter who they are, or what their situation is - we're voyeuristically eavesdropping on their intimacy. Perhaps "Roman" could flesh out the vignettes with story or characterization, but that is not his/her or daring!'s intent. The fans en masse do not demand that level of quality, so why bother?

Cast and probably setting appear to be of Eastern European origin, an increasing source of Adult material in the 21st Century, and they are attractive if anonymous. In the entire continuum of entertainment, this video is closer to the Yule Log ambient video shown at Holiday time for background noise than to Shakespeare or Moliere at the other end of the spectrum, but it can provide lulling enjoyment to the open-minded porn fan.

For me, segment four of five total is a classic, featuring a young blonde (Nathalie Cherie) with natural, torpedo tits, comparable to the all-time greats of soft-core like Peggy Church and Cara Peters from the '60s and '70s.