Aroused (2013) on Netflix
NR20131h 13mDocumentary
A photographer interviews sixteen women who work in the adult film industry and photographs them for a fine art book. They describe their upbringings, their careers and the stigma they face.
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- Netflix2.1/5
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- Rotten Tomatoes31%
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Plot summary
Cameras follow sixteen women in the adult film industry through makeup, interviews and a photo shoot at a rented house in the Hollywood Hills for a companion fine art book. The performers describe their upbringings, their early sexual experiences and the reasons they entered the business, among them financial independence and ego. An industry talent agent offers her perspective on the work and its effect on the women, and several of the actresses discuss the stigma and discrimination they face, ageism in the field, regular testing, plastic surgery and difficult conversations with relatives. Title cards with quotations on the subject appear throughout the film.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Aroused (2013)
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- Deborah Anderson got the idea for Aroused after photographing an adult film actress for a magazine and getting to know her; she was struck by the woman's kind nature set against the harsh way society treated her because of her job.
- While making Aroused, director Deborah Anderson attended an adult film industry convention and shot video of herself there, which she then used as the footage shown during the film's end credits.
