A Labor of Love

Jan 1, 1976

1h 10m

★ 3.5

Overview

In 1975, Chicago filmmakers Flaxman and Goldman got carte blanche to film the shooting of a local film called THE LAST AFFAIR. Neither AFFAIR's director (who envisioned the film as "a combination of Fellini and Bergman") nor its cast (which included then-unknowns Betty Thomas and Ron Dean) had ever worked in the industry before. Made in the classic cinema-verité style of Drew and Leacock, A LABOR OF LOVE is a revealing and often hilarious exposé of the hidden side of adult film: onscreen partners despise each other offscreen, male performers can't "get wood," an actress has her period, Ivory Liquid is substituted for semen, and the director declares, "I really dislike every minute of this!" (Gene Siskel Film Center)

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Herself - Production Manager

Anna Welsh

Himself - Cameraman

Robin T. Ruthledge

Himself - Runner

Joel Cohn

Himself - Grip

Larry Hovde

Director of The Last Affair

Henri Charr

Himself - Grip

Mark Lynch

Himself - Gaffer

Craig Summer

Himself - Soundman

Charles Zeiler

Herself - Star Actress

Debbie Dan

Himself - Acting Coach

William Derl-Davis

Himself - Make-up Man

Leslie Peller

Herself - Script Girl / Hooker

Sissel Hansen

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