I was looking forward to seeing Private's new star director Skeeter Kerkove's movie (also because of Katsumi) "A woman's ass is a beautiful thing", and I managed to rent it last week-end. When I saw the first photos of S. Kerkove some months ago I was sure that he was not a sophisticated guy in film making, he looked rather like a skateboard punk group or a grunch metal band musician. Well, this movie confirmed his approach to porn: rough, simple, presented in an amateur shooting and editing, something that you would call gonzo. So don't wait an Andrew Blake cinematography but those who like this kind of porn don't care about style and quality. The styling is ridiculous, the interiors are poor like in an average cheap porn. So this is about the presentation.

As far as the content is concerned it's not my stuff. Quite good looking girls (but not the top model looking ones) are fucked (mostly anal) roughly by guys having huge dicks and give deep throats. The thing that disturbed me the most is the humiliation of girls, and I am sure that S. Kerkove was moderated since he directs now to Private. In the first scene Gia heaves sometimes when one male actor bundleds his robust cock deep into her mouth. The coreorgraphy is practically always the same during every scene and given that scenes are quite long, the whole movie gets rapidly boring. If you like watching girls brought low and big cock guys fucking them anal and don't bother about filming quality, you will love Skeeter's movies. If you appreciate quality and started to watch Private because of Antonio Adamo's refined style, avoid the coming Xtreme labels (Skeeter has a contract for 15 films under the label).

I share your conservative attitude toward this. Skeeter would be Skeeter whoever subsidized him of course, but I wonder that Michael Raven (for instance) did not make more of an effort to create a Private-style movie given the chance. Budget constraints at the time, perhaps, or just the fact that LA is so remote from Budapest and Prague. Anyway, Private is showing good judgement in restricting the USA directors to the X-treme line.
What is distinctive of Private is--not only the most beautiful girls in the most beautiful places--but the stories. From the photo-sets to the video-mag vignettes to the glamorous super-productions, and even in the Matador series: always attempt is made to provide erotic situations and titillate the imagination as well as the sex glands. Reality porn, where sex workers are just thrown together and told to do their thing, is antithetical to this tradition. Let Private make a killing in the American gonzo market, but only to have more money for real movies.

Well said, David. This description of Skeeter's movie fills me with a certain amount of dread - it seems so contrary to the essential 'flavour' of Private. I hoped that the company had learned that its devotees didn't really care for the Americanisation of their favourite porn provider... And surely American fans turn to Private as a beguiling, European alternative to the glut of identikit gonzo porn that fills the shelves of their smut stores?

i rented 'a woman's ass' when in amsterdam recently (!) and i have to agree with all the comments made so far. there's nothing distinctively 'Private' about this film: it's basically indistinguishable from other american gonzo productions.
the girls are okay, but they're not all equally pretty. skeeter's links between the scenes are formulaic. he demonstrates a sense of humour when talking directly to the camera - he is preoccupied with the girls' youthfulness, their asses and their shiny latex packaging - but after a while the repeated sex routines become monotonous and there is a sense in some of them that the women are being degraded.

again, avery bad choice of private, this is not what we expect from private, wake up private, no more movies like this

I was almost going to buy it but changed at the last minute. I bought Veronicas wet dream. I hope it is good. It has Jane Darling in it. I think she is pretty hot.

Veronicas wet dream is very nice, espacially with jane darling :lol:

God knows why they decided to go down this road...I'd hate to think that a Private novice picks up one of the Xtreme movies, having heard such great things about Private, and then bases their opinion of the whole Private line on it :shock: .

Me, I'm sticking to the Private-as-we-know-and-love-it-style productions! 8)

Me too and I hope such movies are coming out soon instead of these american movies

I think all this must have marketing and financial considerations. With Skeeter Private can make its name more popular in the US (if Skeeter is really so appreciated in America as he is said) and then diffuse more of its products. On the other hand, as far as I see, Skeeter moviesâ?? budget is really low, at least half of the costs must represent Skeeterâ??s own fee as director. So, the return on the money invested in the new Extreme line can be very high. Thatâ??s another question that we, customers who prefer the Italian style porn and that Private provided till now, wonâ??t buy these products. But if there are more new customers from America than those who donâ??t buy the new products, the income and profitability will rise out of question. The old customers still have those directors who follow the well-tried European (mainly the Italian not the German gonzo) quality style (Gazzman, Romagnoli, Rinaldi, Del Mar, Susi Medusa, etc..). Thus the company has a more diversified product range aiming different needs (certainly respecting some limits).
Thatâ??s what I think about the changes that I do not really like of course. I would be happier to see eg. some Andrew Blake style cinematography in a harder way (heâ??s really fine but that lots of girl-girl actions is too boring for me) .

I'm sure I heard that Private had closed their North American division recently... It would be wonderful if someone from Private could come on here and answer these sorts of questions, which usually go unanswered and trail away into a frustrating silence... As it is, this forum seems pretty divorced from the source, which is a shame, as there's the potential for us to be a useful, interactive focus group for the company.

Very much agreed. I suspect the moderators--who sometimes read this Forum--know more than they can tell us. PR is a tricky business even for such an honest company as Private. I want to know why Adamo was sacked and if Pierre Woodman is coming back on board (the only thing that could console me). Recent experiments have been unfortunate, but Susi Medusa Gottardi is a true find and worth all the trouble if she devotes herself to porn. Very enthusiastic about that director (and I don't even like fetish!). Can't wait for House of the She-Wolves and that vampire movie.
What happened to A Hidden Pleasure and Triple X Video 13? I was expecting to order those Monday.
Isn't Pure Play the company Michael Ninn and that ex-manager of Private USA formed during Ninn's contract with Private? How surprising! I'd have thought there was bad blood there. So I can expect deliveries (here in the USA) from Pure Play rather than Private USA now? (Perhaps the reason for the delay in releases.)

Yes, David, you'll have to wait until 10/25 for the new releases. And, yes, Private USA is no more: Private has pulled up stakes and high-tailed it out of America. But why? Imagine a government official making a surprise visit on a Skeeter set to monitor hazardous waste and sending a $25,000 fine to poor Milton in Barcelona. Discussion of Private's American productions has now become moot.

Re: 'A Woman's Ass Is A Beautiful Thing'

The coreorgraphy is practically always the same ... If you like watching girls brought low ... you will love Skeeter's movies. If you appreciate quality and started to watch Private because of Antonio Adamo's refined style, avoid...

This blowjob position (http://www.privatemembers.com/member/spotlight/disp_pic.asp?bigpic=exist&page=&week=062&dir=katsumi&No=12&setNo=2) is a case in point. It's a position repeated from scene to scene which "brings the girl low". With her head positioned over the edge of the sofa, her arms reaching back and her hands grasping her heels, the girl is reduced to an oral receptacle. Her mouth and throat are completely at the mercy of the enormous, thrusting cock and she's liable to gag. This position gives the girl no more status than a blow-up sex doll; she becomes an object with no individuating persona or attitude... Personally I find this style of porn lacking in eroticism: there are no nuances, no subtle variations; and Skeeter's endless repetition of positions like this becomes both tedious and somewhat disquieting.

That said, I have to admit that the pictured girl, Katsumi, is an A1 babe. She is the movie's cover girl (http://www.privatemembers.com/member/spotlight/disp_pic.asp?bigpic=exist&page=&week=062&dir=katsumi&No=4&setNo=2), after all, and her turn as the climactic act is the best thing about this film...

Beyond 'A Woman's Ass Is A Beautiful Thing'

If you appreciate quality and started to watch Private because of Antonio Adamo's refined style, avoid the coming Xtreme labels (Skeeter has a contract for 15 films under the label).

Skeeter aside, it looks as if David Perry is set to direct a series of movies for the Private Xtreme label. This should be interesting. David was surely the most prolific of Private's studs, a Woodman stalwart who also worked for Adamo and other key Private directors. Will the greatness of these directors rub off on David? As he turns his hand to directing, it'll be interesting to see how he uses his mass of experience as a performer in putting together movies of his own... This is what the Private Shop says about the first of these films, 'Eurobabes Take It To The Limit':

"Ex-porn star David Perry takes the reins of the Private Xtreme line and directs a hardcore classic! Hes selected some top European acting talent who love nothing better than opening their legs and taking you to a higher level in really hard porn. These babes will push your sexual boundaries to the limit!"

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David Perry is set to direct a series of movies for the Private Xtreme label. This should be interesting. David was surely the most prolific of Private's studs ...

That's great news, I've seen some of the early movies that David Perry has directed and they're top stuff, lot's of gapping action :oops: Great to see him working for Private again, I'd love to see more pornstars directing for Private.

Mako :twisted:

Not my style but I have to admit Katsumi is a top class babe .

I bought 1 Skeeter Kerkove movie (not a Private release) a while back and won't be doing so again. Rubbish. I agree with all the comments in this thread (albeit I haven't seen this film). Formulaic and borderline-misogynistic. As is a good deal of US porn.

I'm also not keen on Perry's Xtreme work for similar reasons, albeit without the misogyny. Just a bit formulaic.

Skeeter`s style minght be very "american" and un-Private-ish, but he is very good at capturing a scene and putting the camera where it should be. Personally i like his stuff, although i can see why others think it is crap. Anyway you should have a look at Lauren Phoenix in Anal Love Stories and Katsumi in Ass Games. DP`s don`t come with much more energy than this! 8)