Sheer Nylon

Kenneth Docherty, aka Kendo the porn director, expounds in self-serving fashion during the "Making of" short subject for this tedious DVD, stressing how unique is the abundance of style in his work. I prefer his earlier, strictly fetish output, while this fetish-titled would be "Romantic" feature is a failure.

Even disparaging the local talent in Britain (he goes to Eastern Europe, in this case Budapest, to find his "models"), Kendo is under the illusion that his listless filmmaking and dreamy/abstract style instantly create Beauty and Romance. Far from it.

Instead we have here a catalog of all his faults: cropping the image to such an extent as to ruin most shots and compositions; pretentious use of black & white, in this particular video amounting to nearly 50% of the shots; having his players, be they models or actors -take your pick of nomenclature, always remote, aloof and not connecting to each other, even when smooching or humping; repeating shots, especially taken from the beginning and then resurfacing at the end of a vignette; and employing a droning, monotonous musical score for "mood", in this case mainly piano and viola in a minor key.

The Euro talent certainly knows how to perform sex acts, with the great Dorcel star Black Angelika quite sensual in her blow job technique (but her presence stymied by inappropriate use of black and white (or more properly grey and white) that detracts from her deep tan. Her sequence with James Brossman offers a sop to fetish fans, lured by the title, as her stocking feet give the man a fine foot-job.

Early on there was a brief outburst of creativity, as the sound of rubbing fabric almost conjured up the tactile feel of the nylon/pantyhose fetish so near and dear to the auteur and his target audience. But this was not followed up, and just gazing at variously patterned hosiery in black and white gets mighty old after an hour or so.