Slip Into Silk, 1985 – ★★½

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February 10

A really rather dull experience, there isnt a whole lot to say about 'Slip into Silk' other than '...yep, its a porn film.'

The plot involves a couple working at a radio station, the presenter 'Silk' is a smooth late night DJ who's easily the stations biggest draw! But disaster strikes when they find out their boss is having an affair with a woman he 'rescued from a seedy massage parlour'. He needs to give her a good excuse to keep being in the office, and she's keen to get bedded in as his mistress. So they plan to fire both Silk and her partner/Director so she can fill the slot, and *sigh* he can fill hers... (I felt so dirty typing that...But Im a dedicated professional so we do what we must...)

Anyway; the rest of the film follows three couples, Silk and her partner, the boss and his mistress and the bosses receptionist and her partner. Largely gossiping about whats going on at the station inbetween prolongued Oral scenes. Eventually the devise a plan to film the boss having sex with his mistress and then hold him to ransom in exchange for Silk keeping her job...and thats...about...it. That's the movie.

And honestly, I was just kind of bored by it. The script is SO basic...the most basic thing i've sat through in a good while, its a clean 3 acts that keep a steady meandering pace for 90+ minutes and it never gets more spicy than Vanilla quite honestly. Non of the characters have any sense of charisma or charm, the dialogue is overly blunt and not particulalry interesting. the tone is flat.

The direction is 'of a standard' its not unwatchable, but a good 75% of this thing is oral scenes, and the problem with oral heavy films is, you've seen one scene, you've seen the movie pretty much. The actual sex scenes themselves are often shot at quite a distance which puts a barrier between the performers and the audience, the mid sex patter is tepid. and there isnt enough creative vision here to really make this thing stand out on its own merits.

the cine is bland, basic scene building, basic but functional editing, scenes just roll on and on and on, never really rising above 'passable' theres very little colour use or interesting lighting...its bland.

The performances are beige as well, non of the cast bring any energy to the production, I was basically falling asleep throughout, even Jamie Gillis cant save this thing as a border sadist boss. its one of his most half hearted performances.

In fact, the only good thing about this picture was its soundtrack. It sounds really good! its got a kind of 'Late night love' vibe to it that I really quite liked...

If you're into solely vanilla and nothing else, then this might do something for you. But if you value eroticism, a solid story, characters and actors who appear to give a damn and something a bit more than the bog standard. You absolutely will want to look elsewhere.

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