Long Jeanne Silver (Alpha Blue) Review

Distributor: Alpha Blue Archives Edition Details: Standard DVD Movie Specs: Genres: Golden Age Classic, All Sex Run Time: 62 minutes Rated: X Release Year: 1977 Director: Alex de Renzy (as Alex deRenzy) Written by: uncredited Cast: Lori Blue, Kristine Heller, Amber Hunt, China Leigh, Sandy Pinney, Jeanne Silver, Joey Silvera, Paul Thomas Release Specs: Audio: English MPEG 1.0 Mono Subtitles: none Video: Full Frame, 1.33:1 Video Format: NTSC Format: DVD Regional Code (for DVD/Blu-ray): 0 (All) Number of discs: 1

Long Jeanne Silver is one of the oddest adult films to have come out of the 70s. Porn auteur Alex de Renzy made this pseudo-documentary style vignette film, which would be called a showcase movie today, highlighting lesser known adult film actress Jeanne Silver. There isn't any plot to the film at all, no over arcing story, no real connectivity to the scenes. Before each scene there was a short scripted or improvised segment, which leads into the next sex scene.

What makes Jeanne Silver unique was that she had part of one of her feet and legs amputated as a child and as a result, one of her legs now resembles a gigantic penis. As to whether one will find this a good aspect to the film or will find this completely turns themselves off is dependent on the viewers themselves. Alex de Renzy definitely makes the most out of Silver's unique physique working “stump humping,” where Silver inserts her stump into a woman's vagina as part of the sex act to all but one of the five scenes presented within the film. In the one odd scene out, Silver has sex with an unknown gay male's ass.

Strangely for de Renzy, outside of the novelty of Jeanne Silver, the sex scenes don't have much going for them at all. In fact if you stripped the stump humping portions from the film, Long Jeanne Silver would just be an average all sex film. Alex de Renzy has done much better than this and unless stump humping turns you on, this is probably a film you will want to skip.

Alpha Blue Archive's release of Long Jeanne Silver is problematic. Long Jeanne Silver is presented in the academy aspect ratio of 1.33:1. Alpha Blue Archive's transfer appears to have come from a film print, albeit a film print in very bad shape. There is heavy print damage present and abrupt jumps, which appear to be due to print damage as well. There is grain present and colors appear to be over saturated and come across not looking natural. There are some places the color is so over saturated that the colors bleed.

Long Jeanne Silver is presented with an English MPEG 1.0 monaural audio track which sounds acceptable. There are some jumps in the audio, which correlate with the jumps in the film, which are most likely due to damage on the print used. The dialog is clear and easy to understand.

Alpha Blue Archives has only included two extras on the release. There is a photo gallery. There is also a bonus scene, from 1981's Desire for Men, featuring Jeanne Silver and her stump humping which is in bad shape.

Long Jeanne Silver is an odd film which will definitely not appeal to all viewers. It is essentially a showcase for amputee Jeanne Silver masking itself as a documentary. If you aren't into Silver or sex involving her stumped leg that resembles a giant penis, then this film won't appeal at all to you. Alpha Blue Archive's release suffers from coming from a beaten up print that looks ugly and poor extras.

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