3. The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann (1975)
Mr Mann calls in a private investigator in order to tail his wife Pamela, whom he suspects of doing the nasty behind his back. What erotic delights are in store for the investigator! He sees Pamela do a Deep Throat on a massively endowed penis near the Brooklyn Bridge. She also gets seriously Sapphic with porn legend Georgina Spelvin and then shags the Mayor before he is about to address a women's group. Like all 70s sex films, there is an obligatory rape scene before it is all revealed that Pammie and hubby set this all up to spice up their sex lives. This is a gem of an adult movie which evokes strong themes of voyeurism and the various roles people play. It is a multi-layered and complex film which is so much more interesting than the bulkadult movies being produced today. The heroine - Pamela - just looks like an ordinary woman, which to me, makes the film much more sexy than having a generic bleached blonde, silicone-boobed tart that is so typical of contemporary adult films. This is an adult film that is brimming with humour and quirkiness, not to mention beautifully shot by Radley Metzger, a director who managed to add spark and substance to the adult film community.