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All the Explicit Sex was Cut Out of Finding Bliss by Producers Rues Julie Davis

from www.nyunews.com – For a movie about the hardcore porn industry, “Finding Bliss” is shockingly tame. At a Q&A on the night of the film’s release at Cinema Village East filmmaker Julie Davis [pictured] emphasized that she wants her film to bridge the gap between romantic comedy and hardcore pornography.

“Finding Bliss” tells the story of Jody Balaban, played by Leelee Sobieski, a dewy eyed, sexually repressed NYU film student, who moves to Hollywood to make art. Once Jody arrives in L.A., she discovers that an M.F.A. in filmmaking qualifies her to do little besides work as a traffic guard at a studio lot. So, Jody is understandably excited when Grind Productions offers her a job as an editor, until she realizes that Grind makes adult films. Thus begins Davis’ high concept romp.

Davis admits that she struggled to find the right balance between sexuality and discretion.

“This was supposed to have a lot more sex in it,” Davis stressed

Davis was clearly committed to making “Finding Bliss” a movie that is about the adult film industry. Grind’s pornography studio is not just a chance setting for the movie; it is the film’s real subject.

Davis seemed disappointed by the lack of explicit sex scenes in the final cut of “Finding Bliss.”

Explicit sex “was in the first cut of the film,” Davis said wistfully.

But the producers of “Finding Bliss” pressured Davis to tone down the sexuality. While Davis hoped to blur the lines between pornography and mainstream film, her producers strove to reestablish the genre distinctions.

Davis hired pornography super-star Ron Jeremy as a consultant for “Finding Bliss,” and took pride in the sexually free atmosphere she was able to create on set. Laughing, she recalled that when she began shooting the film, all the leads made it clear that they did not feel comfortable being nude in front of the camera. But before the film wrapped, all the actors were pulling off their clothes, even when the scene did not call for it.

Davis commended supporting actor Jamie Kennedy for his bravery. At first he was very hesitant to appear on camera without his clothes. But when it came time for him to have a full frontal nudity scene, he took it in stride, and even had some fun with it.

“The penis became this whole thing,” Davis joked.

But the producers of “Finding Bliss” were not entirely comfortable with the film’s highly sexual content. They feared an NC-17 rating, which would have made distribution almost impossible.

“It’s a small movie,” Davis insisted, “it doesn’t need to get rated.”

But ultimately Davis decided to cut back heavily on the most risqué scenes in “Finding Bliss,” and instead focused the movie on its romantic, rather than on its pornographic side. Ultimately “Finding Bliss” received an R rating. Davis seemed proud of the control she exercised over her film during post-production.

“I could have gotten it done with PG-13,” Davis boasted.

Davis emphasized that the film’s lack of sexually explicit content did not detract from its ability to tell a story about pornography and sex. The film’s real subjects remain clear, even without much nudity or humping.

“It think it’s sexy,” Davis declared.

“Finding Bliss” is playing at Village Cinema East.

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