Alex de Renzy (FEMMES DE SADE, PRETTY PEACHES) was one of the greatest directors of adult films ever, his career starting in the late 60's and preceeding well into the 90's. So saying that BABY FACE, stands as his crowning achievement is no small praise. This ranks as one skinflick that truly has it all, a complete storyline, fine production, and a couple of decent acting performances and some of the hottest sex scenes ever assembled in a single movie.
Big, lumbering Dan Roberts stars as the hapless construction worker who has to go into hiding following his seduction of underage but willing Priscilla (Lyn Cuddles Malone) which incurs the wrath of her religious fanatic of a man. After a near-fatal accident leaves him unconsciously drifting in the bay, he is saved by fan favorites Amber Hunt (FIONA ON FIRE) and Linda Wong (SWEET CAKES) who clean him up and then some. Hunt comes up with the brilliant idea of taking him to the Training Camp, a brothel catering exclusively for rich women and run by her aunt, affectionately referred to as the Champ.
This fancy cathouse provides the perfect backdrop for the movie's myriad sexual situations, nearly all of them handled with great style and enthusiasm by cast and filmmaker alike, shot through with a wickedly subversive humor. Standout scenes include gentle giant Roberts tender initiation of the eager Malone, their contrast in size providing an instant thrill all by itself, and the late great Kristine Heller taking on pretty much all the guys present in what has to stand as the single greatest gang bang sequence ever committed to film or video.
原著为电影加分不少，资本主义的道理几百年颠扑不破，底层人向上，在没有资本的情况下必须要站稳自己的立场。男主的演技略显呆滞，撑不起来整个片子…
讲的是一个年轻的外省诗人随贵妇情人进入巴黎、被丢下于是转行做小报记者、借助各路朋友敌人摸爬滚打逐渐声名鹊起、企图重新获得贵族头衔最终彻底幻灭的经历。
哎，虚幻的繁华伸手可得，缺一碰就碎…等到繁华落尽时，那些最虚伪最狡猾的人被留下…
看了大多數影評都反省這片抨擊媒體道德和記者良知。其實感覺導演更多是借著「Lucien的故事」警示我們人性中「善與惡」、「慾與妒」。
“好一似食尽鸟投林，落了片白茫茫大地真干净！”
He would stop hoping, and start living.
站得高摔得惨
幻灭，可怜即可悲，同情又觉得一切都是顺理成章的KARMA
拍出了巴黎浮世绘般的的光鲜和繁华，但是在叙事上却显得过于繁杂，以至于让整个故事显得过于冗长，好在精炼的旁白多少弥补了这种观感，当然这并不是编剧的功劳，因为旁白是巴尔扎克的手笔
西方音乐史刚刚讲完浪漫主义末期的歌剧，没想到看到这样的作品，仿佛现身说法了。我喜欢这种文学化的叙事，几乎全是巴洛克或古典以及浪漫派的配乐，油画般的舞美，整个观影过程非常享受，正合我意。
我有点被Coralie打动了，Lucien和她之间的某种感情也很动人，她对美和艺术的追求，某种语调，以及内森的笔，某种真诚，是藏不住的吧
「对吕西安来说，这一切都开始于纸上的墨水和对美人的爱。」
2022年4月20日观看。没读过原著，但这片子拍的还不错。
人生没有浮华过，何能觉醒
法国那个年代也是乱糟糟的，新旧制度的交替，年轻人的梦想天堂
看吧，有金钱和文字的地方，就有虚荣、谎言、嫉妒、争斗…… 两百年前与两百年后并无差别。 Lucien 身上有巴尔扎克早年巴黎经历的影子，而Nathan则是他幻想中的自己。仔细想想演员选得挺合适的，Benjamin Voisin虽然不是正统帅哥，但脸上有那种天真与狂热交织的感觉。
2个半小时完全不会无聊，过程很精彩，结局更加精彩华丽！！！
原作有两个主角，电影砍掉了其中一个，只聚焦另一个，或许是出于篇幅的考虑，但也让思想性削弱了很多。作为名著改编，在影像上几乎没有什么令人惊艳的段落，而且大段的旁白让影片看上去又很像超长版的故事梗概。最大的价值大概是还算可以吸引观众去阅读原著吧。
幻灭，可怜即可悲，同情又觉得一切都是顺理成章的KARMA
He stopped hoping, and started living. Everything has a price, even for the eternal restplace. In Paris, things are on sale, on display. There are trades everywhere, you trade your soul for money, for sex addiction, for social status, even for a little respect. Never learned the rules, you trade everything for nothing. Game over, illusions predues.
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