9to5 – Days in Porn
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| Directed by | Jens Hoffmann |
| Produced by | Cleonice Comino |
| Written by | Jens Hoffmann |
| Music by | Alex McGowan Michael Meinl |
| Cinematography | Jens Hoffmann |
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Christopher Klotz Kai Schröter |
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F24 Film
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| Distributed by | Media Entertainment GmbH (theatrical) Strand Releasing (DVD release) |
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95 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German/English |
9to5 – Days in Porn is a 2008 German documentary film about the United States porn industry written and directed by Jens Hoffmann. It is also known as The Porn Diaries.
The documentary took five years to produce, with over three years filming. Through interviews with 77 persons, the film profiles 10 different members of the U.S.'s porn industry of the San Fernando Valley, where 80% of American pornography films are produced. With an emphasis on the actors themselves, the documentary includes individuals involved in production.
The documentary first screened at the Montréal Film Festival in August 2008. It was released to the European film market in February 2009 with a world premiere in Berlin, Germany. It then screened in March 2009 at the Miami International Film Festival and the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema in March, and in June at the Bellaria Film Festival, in Bellaria, Italy.
Matt Prigge of Philadelphia Weekly wrote that while the documentary "deserves credit for trying to find as many angles from which to look at an industry as successful as it is loathed", it dealt too much with "vacuous porn star confessionals", its scope was too wide, the film lacked organization, and that "its take on the biz sometimes seems less complex than schizophrenic."
Conversely, Cameron McGaughy of DVD Talk wrote that whether "you're a porn addict, a lover of revealing documentaries or just a curious voyeur, you certainly won't be bored with these 100 minutes." He felt that director Hoffman kept enough distance from the subject matter to allow viewers to decide for themselves. McGaughy was "surprisingly pleased with Hoffmann's effort", summarising that the film was "amusing, brutal, candid, honest, hysterical and heartbreaking" and that porn aficionados will find themselves "entertained and enlightened".
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