''Thinking XXX'' is a 2004 documentary television film about the process photographer
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (born February 16, 1952) is an American documentary filmmaker and portrait photographer based in New York City. The majority of his work is shot in large format.
Early life
Greenfield-Sanders was born on February 16, ...
went through to create his book ''XXX: 30 Porn Star Portraits''.
Content
The film shows Greenfield-Sanders as he shoots portraits of thirty
porn stars
A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts in video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of dis ...
both clothed and naked for the book as well as presenting conversations and interviews with the performers along with authors, artists and filmmakers outside of the
pornography
Pornography (often shortened to porn or porno) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal. Primarily intended for adults, industry. For the portraits Greenfield-Sanders uses an antique
view camera
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as both a challenge to his photographic skills and to have negatives large enough to create oversized exhibition prints for gallery exhibitions.
The film was produced for broadcast on the
HBO
Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...
cable TV channel and was never released to theaters, and was therefore not rated by the
Motion Picture Association of America
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.
List of portrait subjects
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Sunrise Adams
Sunrise Adams is an American author and pornographic actress.
Early life
Sunrise Adams was born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Pickton, Texas.''Hustler'', May 2005 In high school she played football, making her the first girl to play the s ...
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Briana Banks
Briana Banks (born Briana Bany; 21 May 1978) is a German-American pornographic actress and model. She was the ''Penthouse'' Pet of the Month for June 2001.
Early life
Banks was born in Munich, Germany to a German father and an American mother. Th ...
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Belladonna
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Seymore Butts
Adam Glasser (born March 18, 1964), known professionally as Seymore Butts, is an American pornographic film director, producer, and occasional performer who has produced hundreds of films in the gonzo genre of pornography (faux reality-based adul ...
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Christy Canyon
Christy Canyon (born June 17, 1966) is a retired pornographic actress and American radio personality. She is an inductee of the AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame.
Career
Canyon has performed in over 100 adult films. She retired from performing in front ...
* Chloe
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Nina Hartley
Marie Louise Hartman (born March 11, 1959), known professionally as Nina Hartley, is an American pornographic film actress described by CNBC as "a legend in the adult world".
Early life and education
Hartley was born on March 11, 1959 in Berk ...
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Heather Hunter
Heather Keisha Hunter (born October 1, 1969), nicknamed Double H, is an American rapper, painter, author, and pornographic actress. She is a member of the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame.
Early life
Hunter was born in The Bronx, New York, to a fune ...
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Jenna Jameson
Jenna Marie Massoli (born April 9, 1974), known professionally as Jenna Jameson (), is an American model, former pornographic film actress, businesswoman, and television personality. She has been named the world's most famous adult entertainme ...
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Jesse Jane
Cindy Taylor (born July 16, 1980) is an American retired pornographic actress and model best known by her stage name Jesse Jane. She is the recipient of numerous awards and nominations over her career in the adult industry, including induction i ...
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Ron Jeremy
Ronald Jeremy Hyatt (born March 12, 1953) is an American former pornographic actor.
Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", Jeremy was ranked by AVN at No. 1 in their "50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list. Jeremy has also made a number of non-pornographic ...
*Jeremy Jordan
* Reina Leone
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Michael Lucas
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Gina Lynn
Tanya Mercado (born February 15, 1974), known professionally as Gina Lynn, is an American former pornographic actress, model, and stripper. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2010 and is the '' Penthouse'' magazine Penthouse Pet for Ap ...
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Ginger Lynn
Ginger Lynn Allen (born December 14, 1962), known professionally as Ginger Lynn, is an American pornographic actress and model who was a premier adult-entertainment star of the 1980s. She also had minor roles in various B movies. ''Adult Vide ...
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Sean Michaels
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Sharon Mitchell
Sharon Mitchell is an American sexologist and former pornographic film actor and director. In 1998, she founded the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation (AIM), which tested over 1,000 adult film performers per month before a 2011 data ...
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Peter North
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Tera Patrick
Tera Patrick (born Linda Ann Hopkins; July 25, 1976) is an American former pornographic actress and model who was the ''Penthouse'' Pet of the Month for February 2000 and is an inductee of the NightMoves, AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. She is a ...
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Mari Possa
Mari Possa is a Salvadoran American pornographic actress and reality TV personality.
Early life
Possa was born in San Miguel, El Salvador. Her family moved from El Salvador to the United States when she was nine.
Career
Mari Possa was a former ...
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Lukas Ridgeston
Lukas Ridgeston (born 5 April 1974) is a Slovak actor and director in gay erotic movies and model in Bel Ami gay erotic magazines and books."Lukas Ridgeston." ''BelAmiModels'', 2012. Web. 18 Feb. 2012. He was born in Bratislava, then part of th ...
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Savanna Samson
Savanna Samson (born October 14, 1967) is the stage name of Natalie Oliveros, an American former pornographic actress. The winner of several AVN Awards, she has spent most of her career as a contract performer with major producer Vivid Entertain ...
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Aiden Shaw
Aiden Shaw (born Aiden Brady, 22 February, 1966) is an English author, model and former pornographic film actor.
Early life and modeling
Aiden Brady was born on February 22, 1966 in Harrow, England. He graduated from the University of Brig ...
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Lexington Steele
Clifton Todd Britt (born November 28, 1969), better known by his stage name Lexington Steele, is an American pornographic actor, director, producer, and former stockbroker. He is the owner of the adult production companies Mercenary Motion Pictu ...
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May Ling Su
May Ling Su (born 1973) is a pornographic actress, feminist, and self-described "menstrual artist".
Career
Su earned a bachelor's degree in Communication Arts from the Ateneo de Manila before she moved to the United States, where she first st ...
Soundtrack
Track listing:
#''
AA XXX'' -
Peaches
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#''Hot In Here'' -
Tiga
#''Muscle Car (Reform Reprise)'' -
Mylo
Myles MacInnes (born 10 May 1978), better known by his stage name Mylo, is a Scottish electronic musician and record producer. His 2004 album ''Destroy Rock & Roll'' peaked at number 26 in the UK Albums Chart. He is best known for his 2005 sing ...
#''Coochie Coo'' -
Felix da Housecat
Felix da Housecat (born Felix Stallings Jr., August 25, 1971) is an American DJ and record producer, mostly known for house music and electro. Felix is regarded as a member of the second wave of Chicago house
Musical career Early life
Stall ...
with
Princess Superstar
Concetta Kirschner (born February 25, 1971), better known as Princess Superstar, is an American rapper and DJ. She has had two chart hits in the UK, "Bad Babysitter", which reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart in 2002, and "Perfect (Exceed ...
#''Train'' -
Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo from London, formed in 1999. The duo consists of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals, synthesiser) and Will Gregory (synthesiser).
Despite favourable reviews and a short-listing for the Mercury Prize, their ...
#''I Want To Be Your Dog'' - Futon
#''Lovesucker'' - Xlover
#''Sugar'' -
Ladytron
Ladytron are a largely British electronic band formed in Liverpool in 1999. The group consists of Helen Marnie (lead vocals, synthesizers), Mira Aroyo (vocals, synthesizers), Daniel Hunt (synthesizers, guitar, vocals), and Reuben Wu (synthesize ...
#''Leave Them All Behind'' -
Whitey
Whitey can refer to:
People
* Whitey Alperman (1879–1942), MLB player
* Richie Ashburn (1927–1997), MLB player and broadcaster
* Whitey Bimstein (1897–1969), boxer and boxing trainer
* Whitey Bulger (1929–2018), crime boss of organized c ...
#''Rock And Roll (Part 3)'' - Virgin Tears
#''Freak Like Me'' -
Heather Hunter
Heather Keisha Hunter (born October 1, 1969), nicknamed Double H, is an American rapper, painter, author, and pornographic actress. She is a member of the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame.
Early life
Hunter was born in The Bronx, New York, to a fune ...
with
DJ Premier
Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ. He is considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time. He was half of the hip hop duo ...
#''Time Bomb'' -
Rabbit in the Moon
Rabbit in the Moon is an American electronic music group that formed in 1991. Their style draws from psychedelic trance, house music and breakbeat, along with other diverse influences.
History
Formed in 1992 in Tampa, Florida, the group consi ...
#''HLM'' - Moderato
#''Here She Comes'' -
Velvet Underground
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Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabri ...
References
External links
Official website*
2004 television films
2004 films
Documentary films about American pornography
Documentary films about photographers
HBO documentary films
2004 documentary films
Films directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
2000s American films
American documentary television films
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