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Lusting Hours

Name: Lusting Hours
Director: Lem Amero, John Amero
Released: 1967
Duration: 73 min

Representation Score

3.3/10

Limited

1967

Director

Lem Amero, John Amero

Runtime

73 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Lusting Hours functions as a subversion of mid-century social decorum, centering underrepresented social roles such as sex workers. It challenges the era's rigid moral frameworks through a documentary-style lens. However, the film lacks significant multi-layered depth. The absence of racial diversity and explicit LGBTQ+ identity politics prevents it from achieving a more progressive rating. It explores the mechanics of eroticism without necessarily deconstructing the social hierarchies behind them.

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Category Breakdown

Does Lusting Hours have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film includes male hustlers but does not explicitly address non-cisgender identities or critique the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does Lusting Hours portray gender?

Fair

Women play central roles, such as the madam managing a bordello. However, the focus on streetwalkers and call girls may rely on victimhood clichés.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Lusting Hours?

Minimal

There is no evidence of non-white or non-Anglo-Saxon casting. The documentation provides no indicators of racial blending or characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity within the urban or rural settings.

How does Lusting Hours represent religion and culture?

Good

The film adopts a secular, nihilistic worldview that challenges conventional Western morality, focusing on lust without traditional religious or family structures.

Does Lusting Hours include disability representation?

Minimal

The narrative contains no evidence of characters with physical, sensory, or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional Western morality and religious sanctity through a secular, nihilistic lens.
Disrupts gender hierarchies by centering female roles like the bordello madam.
Explores underrepresented social roles, including male hustlers and various forms of sex work.

Limited or Absent

Lacks racial and ethnic diversity, showing no evidence of non-white casting.
Fails to provide explicit representation or narratives for LGBTQ+ identities.
Risk of relying on victimhood or 'femme fatale' clichés regarding female characters.

Official Synopsis

Presented as an inquiry into the ways of lust, this film is staged as a documentary. It moves from rural prostitution (the roadhouse) to pornographers, then on to streetwalkers, male hustlers, and high-class call girls. The madam runs the bordello, she depends on the photographer to supply her with pornography; he's in the city, using his camera to lead him into depravity. The streetwalkers risk arrest from the cops and abuse from the johns. Even the call girls have a tough time: from their expenses to their lack of self-reflection. Their motto: "Live fast, die young, and make a beautiful corpse."

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