I happened upon this in the regular (non-adult) section of a local video store yesterday and being in the mood for something new (to me) I rented it even though I'm not particularly a Pandora Peaks fan ...don't get me wrong I like her well enough, but she's not one of my top 10 or anything.
My brief impressions of this DVD for anyone interested follow... it may have been reviewed here before since it's a couple years old. Boobwatch should feel free to borrow any portion of my mini-review for Breasts in Movies of course. The DVD cover:
If you're a bona fide Pandora fan, there's NO reason for you NOT to rent this video.... it's filled with Pandora and she's naked or at least topless most of the time. However, you probably SHOULD be a Pandora fan, since only a dedicated fan would be willing to put up with all the negative aspects of this video (only a few of which are attributable to Pandora herself.. and even those I don't personally consider negatives though some might... but more on that later). Thus, if you are going to take offense at reading anything less-than-glowing about this video or about Pandora herself, you might want to stop reading now and find another thread.
With this disclaimer out of the way, let me tell you that the premise of this video is sort of a guerilla filmmaking adventure, wherein the video and stills crew follow Pandora as she exposes herself in various parts of Los Angeles (my own home is almost visible in the background of some of the shots as it happens). Thus, she's topless at a bus stop, bikini clad while pumping gas, and naked by a roadside and while shopping at a late night grocery.
As might be expected, the crew hypes the 'crazy and daring' nature of this not very novel escapade, and it's frankly somewhat tiring to hear them excitedly map out stragies and converse with each other prior to, during and after each of the 'shoot' sequences. Further imposing upon the viewer are the pseudo-philosopical musings during some of the shoot sequences voice-overed by Pandora herself... soon after the video began I simply turned off the sound altogether so as to spare myself this unnecessary verbage (better IMHO would have been to simply score music over the live sound, or if Pandora really wanted to narrate, I'd have preferred hearing her talk about her career, the experience of producing this current project, etc...). As is so often the case with videos of this sort, editing and postproduction have laid a heavy hand on the footage... the overuse of effects and cuts is annoying and detracts from the content itself.
Although Pandora is nice to look at during parts of the video (particularly when she's running a bit... you can see her patently fake boobs jounce a little here and there for a change) ...it all gets a little boring pretty quickly. I actually stopped watching altogether halfway through and didn't even bother to tape a copy for later viewing despite my collector's genome. I mean, there are some high points: Pandora IS naked, she is undeniably desirable in a slightly-past-her-prime-but-nonetheless-still-extrememly-doable kind of way. And the reactions of folks on the street are fun to watch for a short while ala Candid Camera. I also personally found the female still photograper quite cute in a gangly girl-nerd sort of way (certainly wouldn't have minded seeing her scantily clad, though my tastes in this area won't be shared by many I'm sure). But overall, the video is something of a dissapointment.
As for Pandora's physicality itself, she's definitely WELL past 30, and some might find the symptoms of that to be less-than-thrilling (especially those so fond of fake boobs that are practically parodies of youthful firmness). Her chin is a bit weak, her eyes a bit aged (but camo'd by heavy makeup) and her tush is definitely sagging and cellulite is cleary visible in some of the shots (especially when she's stradling a fence... practically riding it crotch-wise due to the initial callous forgetting by any of the crew to assist her in getting over it.... the fence rail is practically splitting her in two and in that less-than-staged position, her dimpled butt cheeks are a far-cry from the airbrushed-looking perfection clearly sought during the shoots themselves (and of course in still pix of her).
Now, before some clan of Pandora worshippers deride me for just suggesting that she's even one iota shy of physical perfection, let me say that in this video, I found her to be MORE appealing (from a strictly physical POV) than I do in her more carefully controlled/edited still images. The visible aspects of her body aging, contrasted with her overall form approximating some idea of womanly perfection, was quite arousing. I personally found the sight of her tush to be more interesting than the sight of her big fake boobs, not IN SPITE of the sagging and cellulite, but in part BECAUSE of those things.... they lent her an air of naturalness so absent from her front-view... a sense of realness so often absent from her other work. When I saw her struggling to get over the fence, with her ample buttocks so clearly affected by both gravity and the passage of time, I felt drawn to her (the fact that this happened at a spot literally two minutes from my home helped to reinforce this attraction/fantasy to me). Thus, my pointing out these minor flaws that eventually seem to affect most women is not a criticism of her appearance... I'm simply relating my impression of the footage in this video.
Besides, the production, editing and entire soundtrack of "Visions & Voyeurism" are amply worthy of vociferous criticisms on their own. So again, if you're a Pandora fan (especially of her later work) you ought to at least rent "V&V" or if you are attracted to women who are visibly aging but still desirable (Mimi Rogers, Dyan Cannon, Farrah Fawcett, etc...) you might also enjoy this video. However, if you take personal offense at miserable postproduction or if you insist that your fantasy objects truly approximate flawless perfection you might want to give this one a miss.
All JMHO of course.