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Delta of Venus Director: Zalman King Cast: Costas Mandylor, Audie England, Rory Campbell, Raven Snow

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  • DVD Release Date: 11/04/2003
  • Original Release: 1994
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 27,538

Viewer Rating: (3 ratings)

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Closed Caption; Widescreen version of the film; NC-17 and R-rated versions; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; DTS Surround Sound; English subtitles and closed captions; DVD-ROM enabled

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Main Titles/A Familiar Sound [3:13]
2. Introductions and Seductions [6:44]
3. The Wrong Time, Thankfully [4:35]
4. Telling Stories [4:47]
5. Love in the Afternoon [2:02]
6. A Political Party [:02]
7. He Sees, She Sees [:02]
8. Just Enough Madness [2:02]
9. Confronting One's Fears [:02]
10. An Erotic Writing Assignment [:02]
11. "Dear Anonymous" [1:15]
12. Clairvoyant Fantasies [3:33]
13. Exploring the Language of Sex [1:52]
14. Perpetual Expectancy [:02]
15. The Fascist in the Alley [:02]
16. Deep Into the Delta [2:34]
17. Departures and Returns [:02]
18. The Fall of France [:02]
19. Judging Elena [:32]
20. Passion without Love [5:00]
21. Capable of Many Loves [6:08]
22. End Credits [3:24]

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Editorial Reviews

Somewhat based on the life of author Anais Nin, this beautifully photographed erotic outing from director Zalman King (Wild Orchids, 9 1/2 Weeks) tells the story of an aspiring American writer who comes to Paris to hone her craft and ends up exploring the full extent of her sexuality. Initially, Elena's dream was to become a writer of serious literature, but that of course does not happen overnight. In the meantime there are expenses to be met, so when a wealthy and extremely handsome French novelist (whom she has been secretly watching every morning as he rows up and down the Seine) offers her a small fortune to write erotic stories, what can she do but accept the offer? She quickly discovers however, that it's difficult to write of life's sensual pleasures when one has not experienced them and so, sets off to educate herself. Her schooling leads her to a variety of steamy situations and locales with an equally broad assortment of tutors. Though filled with all the bells and whistles expected of such a film, which was originally rated NC-17 but later released on video with a tamer R-rated version, King's film has been widely panned by critics as ostentatious, trite, and worst of all, not nearly as sexy as it tried to be. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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Delta of Venusby Anonymous

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October 27, 2007: Erotica. Simply think for a second and those in America will either get prematurely excited or deplore the subject altogether. This film was not the better of the lot and it came with all the worst cliches that those more familiar with the genre already know. She meets a handsome but self-destructive lover that mystifies her yet disgusts and that's her attraction to him. Wow! That's a lot of women out there.

Delta of Venusby Anonymous

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April 01, 2005: This movie is basically all about an american writer who is living in France during the depression and Nazi takeover of France. Elena is the main character. For money she starts to write erotica. In order to make it make sense the director plays out exactly what each story is about. Each one delves her deeper and deeper into her own sexuality and just how far she is willing to go. The first 10 minutes or so are probably the best parts of this movie. She meets up with another american writer, Lawrence, and sparks fly immediately. Things happen pretty fast for them because he is going back to america. Like I wrote above, the first 10-15 minutes are the best part. Oh and I suggest the NC-17 version since you get a full sense of what the movie really is about and not the sensored version.


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