Memories Within Miss Aggie

Memories Within Miss Aggie (1974)

*** (out of 4)

The middle-aged Aggie (Deborah Ashira) is sitting around taking care of her wheel-chair bound partner and wondering where her life has gone. Through a series of flashbacks we see the various sexual encounters that she has had in her life.

MEMORIES WITHIN MISS AGGIE was the third feature from director Gerard Damiano after the ground-breaking DEEP THROAT and the much better THE DEVIL IN MISS JONES. This film here is about as dark and as somber sa you can get and when it was originally released there was all sorts of controversy surrounding it. If anything this proves that Damiano was a lot more talented than something like DEEP THROAT would lead you to believe.

What I enjoyed the most about this film is how the various flashbacks are all performed by a different actress. I really thought this brought a surreal feel to the picture and mix this in with the bizarre atmosphere and very laid-back approach and you've got an adult film with a real adult subject matter that plays everything straight. This certainly isn't a fun picture or one that simply goes for cheap sexual thrills.

MEMORIES WITHIN MISS AGGIE really tries to tell a real story and have some character development and for the most part it really works. At just 75-minutes the film never overstays its welcome and the performances by the entire cast were really good. The stand-outs were certainly Ashira and Kim Pope as well as Harry Reems who gives one of the best performances that I've seen from him.

Why disguised this porn movie as an artistic production? There's nothing special about it but some blow-jobs, penetrations, even anal sex. There's no story whatsoever, no nothing but elementary acting, no script, no storyline, no need directing, just some deadbeat soundtrack background music to comply with those sexual scenes. If you like this movie, why don't you just visit those porn websites, such as pornhub or xhamster? Don't pretend you are an sophisticated movie veteran who got a liberal mind to accept anything. This movie is not qualified as a B movie, it's just bad, man.

Another atmospheric, moody erotic film from Gerard Damiano which I also liked a lot. The titular Aggie tries to remember how she and Richard first met, leading to a trio of memory vignettes in which she and Richard are played by different people. I liked how the film explored the fragility and fungibility of memory, how it can be self-serving, or entirely manufactured to repress the truth about ourselves. The different scenarios presented also served the double function of providing some variety in characterization and sexual content, which I appreciated. Even the acting was pretty good across the board this time. And as with The Devil in Miss Jones, the score was essential setting a tone that kept me on edge, particularly as the film approached its final reveal. Modern adult cinema and what it tries to do are one thing, but Memories Within Miss Aggie is an apt encapsulation of what I'm beginning to love about the Golden Age of Erotica. I look forward to more titles like this in the future (and they are coming).