I think they might have used a body double foe the close up shotsOnly one explicit scene for Irene Wendlin who appears in Butterflies (1975).
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Before this hardcore scene, she only performed in sofcore scene (Flossie - 1974) :
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One year later, before the hardcore scene, she's only teasing for us (Butterflies - part 1) :
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And here is her only explicit scene (Butterflies - part 2) :
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This is indeed an "odd" approachI think they might have used a body double foe the close up shots
Yes I fully agree with you regarding a glimpse of real penetration in the wide shots. However if you pay close attention to detail in the close-up shots you'll realize that the texture and color of the couch are different to that in the wide shot.There are close ups inserts but I am not sure they used a body double because :
1- There is clearly penetration in the wide shot
2- This film was in two versions : softcore and hardcore
It is not rare that the same actress performs also in the close-up
Thanks.Yes I fully agree with you regarding a glimpse of real penetration in the wide shots. However if you pay close attention to detail in the close-up shots you'll realize that the texture and color of the couch are different to that in the wide shot.
However very great find
Thanks.
Yes, I saw that detail too. But this one does not rule out the possibility that is the same actress.
This kind of close-up is frequently filmed in a different setting for better quality.
Furthermore, we can imagine that a sheet was needed to cover the sofa and hide the emptiness between the cushions.
I looked carefully at the close-ups and the actress's anatomy is very compatible with Irene Wendlin's anatomy.
Thanks. However, I doubt that the close-ups in Butterflies were filmed 30 years later (as you say for Alice)Not so uncommon at the time.
There's many cases of actresses in the late 70's/early 80s that would ride the line between hard and soft who participated in explicit scenes (handjobs, licking but no actual viewed blowjob, long shot hardcore) but wouldn't sign off on close ups or money shots.
Hardcore closeups and money shots would be inserted into these scenes for Export release.
First example off the top of my head is Zaira Zaccheddu in Gocce d'amore https://www.egafd.com/films/details.php/id/g00016
It says softcore performance but the scene in question, it's clear she gives a handjob and the hardcore longshots with penetration are absolutely her. The close ups and money shot however are clearly inserts.
All this was due to the varying laws regarding pornography across different countries.
Generally movies (especially European) were made in 3 versions...
-Softcore versions generally referred to as the UK versions due to strict porn laws in the UK at the time
-Regular versions involving longer scenes of nudity/spread shots, possibly genital contact and even longshot hardcore that were filmed more "artfully" lol
-Then you had the the Export versions that had longer scenes and if those scenes were deemed to be not explicit enough, full hardcore no face shots would be inserted to spice it up more.
-Technically there's a 4th version sometimes where films were shot completely hardcore but only released softcore and the HC version were not released for years or even decades later. Some examples are Flossie, Butterflies, The Danish Zodiac series of films and Alice in Wonderland the Musical.
Alice in Wonderland is one of the craziest examples of this as there were always rumours of hardcore during its filming but that material (full version of the film) took almost 30 years to be released and this of course was after Kristine DeBell had spent those 30 years vehemently denying any involvement in any hardcore material lol
He didn't say the HC scenes were filmed 30 years later. He said the film was originally filmed as hardcore, cut to softcore, and only 30 years later the original hardcore version was re-edited and released.Thanks. However, I doubt that the close-ups in Butterflies were filmed 30 years later (as you say for Alice), because it was clearly the same actor, Harry Reems, who did them (including with Marie Forsa). Also, actress Zoe seems even more clearly than Irene Wendlin to be the same actress in the wide shots and close-ups. Do you have any information on the date of the inserts for this film ? I would add that there are other examples of films where the actress, maybe, does'nt take responsibility for the unsimulated scenes even though, in my opinion, she is the actress who performs them, such as Katell Laennec or more recently Laure Massard.
Apology for the mystake.He didn't say the HC scenes were filmed 30 years later. He said the film was originally filmed as hardcore, cut to softcore, and only 30 years later the original hardcore version was re-edited and released.
I agree. I was well aware.The HC inserts were hers a lot of the time (extra $$$), but with no face shots to preserve deniability. […]
Remember that these were times before the internet, big screens and digital manipulations. When an actress did a softcore film, or a HC one with decent enough editing, she could be pretty sure no one she knows will ever see the naughty bits or could discern she was actually doing it on screen. As for the hardcore version - they were much more difficult to obtain without the internet and home videos, and should "dear old dad" somehow hear about or see the HC version, the lack of face shots supports the "I had nothing to do with it" claim.
Could you tell me which scene is private shot and wich is insert ? I guess the first blowjob would be private and final fucking would be insert ? I would be surprised that the blowjob's close up was a private shot because it seems perfectly integrated in the scene.[…] For example, (I'm writing from memory here so I might get some of the details wrong) according to rumors and interviews, Kristine DeBell from Alice in Wonderland really didn't film HC scenes for the movie - she did some private HC shoots with her boyfriend, AKA the director, and the asshole included it in the film without telling her. This is why some of the HC scenes are her and some are inserts. […]