20 The Little Details Running Time: 81 min. Production Date: 9 / 23 / 2002 Director: Ernest Greene Cast: Amber Michaels, Chris Cannon, Frank Fortuna, and of course, Nina Hartley The Short Story Initial Expectations: Ninas educational releases have been pretty good. Im looking forward to this one. Initial Reaction: Its got a couple nice tips, but it didnt impress me as much as some of Ninas other instructional releases. Who Should Watch It : Anybody curious and nervous about bondage play Who Should Avoid It: Anybody looking for the dark side of BDSM The Technical Stuff Audio /Video Quality: The technical aspects are pretty good. The audio is clear and well balanced for the most part, but there are a couple spots that seem a little hollow. The audio is much the same. The lighting is good, but not the most even, and sometimes leaves the video looking a little tinted. Its fairly clear, but there are areas that appear a bit too pixelated.

Description The well-regarded Nina Hartley makes an instructional movie about dominating a man. General Impression Like her earlier efforts in this series, it is rather lightweight. She is articulate and concise in her introduction, thus quickly runs out of things to say. The rest of the dvd is devoted to two sex scenes. The main usefulness of the dvd is to soften the idea of domination and submission, and to show it in an unthreatening light. She succeeds in this - the scenes look normal and healthy and should be a friendly introduction for a partner who might be uncertain about the idea. The emphasis here is on mutual pleasure, with no inclusion of discipline or punishment. This is gentle role-playing in which one partner is teased and pleasured, while the other teases, pleases, and is also pleasured. Nina keeps the focus on play, rather than politics. She discusses safety, limits, and safewords. She makes a nice point that setting limits makes possible wider ranges of sexual exploration.