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Making Venus (2002)

Making Venus poster
Directed by
Gary Doust
Country
Australia

How it feels

This documentary follows two Sydney filmmakers over several years as they try to make their own feature film about the pornography industry. They run into many problems and expenses that keep getting worse.

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What happens

Making Venus is a 2002 Australian documentary film directed by Gary Doust. It follows Sydney filmmakers Jason Gooden and Julian Saggers as they attempt to make an independent, self-funded feature film about the pornography industry and are beset with mounting setbacks and costs. The film's events take place from 1997 to 2003, as the initial cut of Making Venus was released in 2002 but the film's final events take place in 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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