TY - JOUR
T1 - Family Porn - the zodiac-film
T2 - Popular Comedy with hard-core sex
AU - Thorsen, Christian Isak
PY - 2014/9/1
Y1 - 2014/9/1
N2 - This article addresses the highly popular Danish Zodiac films, a series of six films made between 1973 and 1978. What was extraordinary about the films was their combination of traditional popular comedy and hard-core porn. Analysing the films� combination of comedy and pornography from a historical perspective, the article demonstrates how the series evolved through the six instalments. Two developments are identified: first, the disappearance of the anti-authoritarian, open-minded view of sex that characterized the earlier films; and second, the degeneration of narrative coherence, which was weak even initially. The Zodiac films are seen in the context of the historical period, when pornography became fashionable, and also with regard to the overall development of Danish comedy.
AB - This article addresses the highly popular Danish Zodiac films, a series of six films made between 1973 and 1978. What was extraordinary about the films was their combination of traditional popular comedy and hard-core porn. Analysing the films� combination of comedy and pornography from a historical perspective, the article demonstrates how the series evolved through the six instalments. Two developments are identified: first, the disappearance of the anti-authoritarian, open-minded view of sex that characterized the earlier films; and second, the degeneration of narrative coherence, which was weak even initially. The Zodiac films are seen in the context of the historical period, when pornography became fashionable, and also with regard to the overall development of Danish comedy.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Danish popular comedy
KW - pornography
KW - the Zodiac film
KW - porn chic
KW - porn film
KW - narrative in porn film
U2 - 10.1386/jsca.4.3.289_1
DO - 10.1386/jsca.4.3.289_1
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2042-7891
VL - 4
SP - 289
EP - 304
JO - Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
JF - Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
IS - 3
ER -