Zazel: Philip Mond's Scent of Love

a classy film with top talent,best scene of all is the last with popular stripper anna romeo dressed in a killer outfit very nasty indeed with a long red tail sticking out of her glorious behind,before she gets pounded by two studs she does this cool sexy dance wearing these remarkable shoes fetishists will love em ,a shame she hasnt done other films she is fantastic

This movie's trailer declares that "the new age of erotica coming in 1997". Unfortunately, the movie itself hasn't become the beginning of a new era of porn. It rather remains a sole achievement, a still unattainable paragon of the genre (however I should mention that I am not familiar with other Philip Mond's endeavors ).

The movie's biggest accomplishment is the way in which it approaches the most critical problem of porn movies - a 'meaning' thing. The total absence of any sense (even on some atmospheric level) which characterizes almost all productions of this genre renders almost immaterial any other 'developments'. The attempts to deal with this problem (some of them were pretty expensive) have one common mistake - they tend to ignore the objective parameters set by the genre (you have only 20 min between 'action' scenes, at most, to tell a 'story'; this 'story' should live through these scenes which last much longer etc.). As a result, in almost all those movies that undertook somewhat ponderous attempts to bring in some 'meaning' through introducing some 'plot', the latter exists separately from everything else. "Conquest" with Jenna Jameson is a good example - the plot does not affect the 'action' scenes in any way - in fact, most of them are worse than those from any average quality production. So what we have is just a silly waste of time and money.

Having, obviously, grasped the same idea - you can successfully handle this problem only by incorporating somehow a 'meaning' into an 'action' - "Zazel", on the contrary, finds a perfect solution. It offers a plot, chaste as it is, but which immaculately pulls this whole thing together. Without any dialog (the only thing that we can hear is a narration) it renders meaningful not only all the 'action' scenes, but each element of them: settings, costumes etc.

Apart from this accomplishment the movie has two indisputable assets: a marvelous soundtrack by Dino and Earl Ninn (it contributes into the general meaning with its every instrumental part as well as with occasional lyrics) and a piece of stunning perfection - the red beauty Anna Romeo. This graciously moving gray-eyed honey has three scenes in the movie (plus one as a body double) and is absolutely dazzling in all possible ways.

All those things compounded give us something that goes far beyond subjects that are commonly considered the pinnacles of the genre - normally gorgeously looking, but, in fact, pretty tedious and senseless Andrew Blake's average fumbling around, for instance. Something that even in strictly cinematic terms (considering the amount of resources used) is way above a good half of conventional Hollywood mainstream. It's the quintessence of the genre - an exquisite visual meditation on pure beauty of pure form. When you are watching it, at times, it feels like the world might make some sense.

As far as I can tell, "Zazel" represents the true "State of the ART" in erotic films at the moment. The film may be better than most, if not all, mainstream art films. In fact, the film is so artistically well-done and beautiful, I believe this film should be exhibited in some way (appropriately of course) in a high-quality art museum! According to my present understanding, this film was one of the first erotic films to be released in the new High Tech DVD Video LaserDisc format. The film is very impressive with lots of artsy stuff and high-fashion models as well as quality erotic settings and goings-on - everything about this film is first-class including the hi-fi stereo background music. A Highly Recommended View (but perhaps not for all tastes or for those who might find erotic material, even that which is very well-done and meritorious, objectionable for some reason)!

Dr. Dennis Bogdan

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Zazel is the first adult feature since Night Trips 1 and 2(1990) to make an adult film enjoyable for both men and women. The men will enjoy the beautiful entertainment magazine models. This film includes Penthouse pets Sasha Vinni,Gina Lamarca and Lene Hefner. For women, it has exotic locales and costumes. The first scene opens with Sasha Vinni,covered in blue paint, performing an exotic dance for another woman near a waterfall.In another scene, we have Ms.Vinni prancing around in all her glory with tiger stripes circumferencing her body(Mr.Mond you sure do know how to paint a woman pretty).In the closing scene of the film, we have a gorgeous amazonian She-Devil decked out in red latex-horns and whip included. If you are a single male -watch this film! And if you are not-watch it with your woman. Believe me,this is one film that both men and women will find highly erotic!

It's difficult to make a film for adults which is at the same time artistic, erotic and enjoyable. The film of Philip Mond deserves a place in the conventional cinema. The only critic I can make is the story which is, as always in erotic movies, a bit weak. I sincerely regret that ZAZEL is the only work of Philip Mond. Could somebody explain that to me ? As far, I never saw a film so beautiful in the genre. No doubt Sasha Vinni is, with Dahlia Grey, the heroïne of Andrew Blake, one of the most beautiful women in the world.