I first saw the movie Cafe Flesh on a big screen at a science fiction convention. I was underage and a virgin. I was fascinated by the idea of porn with real production values but pretty revolted by the sex.
I mentioned previously that the script was penned by famous TV writer Jerry Stahl. The movie was scored by musician Mitchell Froom who played hammond organ with the The Corrs and audio produced their unplugged video. Plus Froom has composed everything from the title theme for Tomorrow Never Dies to Peewee’s Playhouse and he got married to yum yum Suzanne Vega. I could go on and on with the roster of talent director Stephen Sayadian had to work with, but suffice it to say that they went on to work on projects ranging from Gattaca to The Little Mermaid to the X-Files to Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Everyone should see this movie, not necessarily in the dark with the remote in one’s left hand, but because Cafe Flesh was such a daring creative piece of work, so innovative and so jam-packed with talent, that it has gone unparalleled in the twenty-two years since its first theatrical release. Described on the box now as “The time: five years after a nuclear apocalypse. The survivors: post-nuke, thrill-freaks looking for a kick. Able to exist, to sense, to feel everything… but pleasure. In a world destroyed, survivors break down to those who can and those who can’t. 99% are Sex Negatives; call them “erotic casualties.” They want to make love but the mere touch of another person makes them violently ill. The rest, the lucky one percent, are Sex Positives, those whose libidioes escaped unscathed. After the Nuclear Kiss, the Positives remain to love, to perform; and the others can only watch – can only come to Cafe Flesh!”
Cafe Flesh is available on DVD, VHS, DivX, and video on demand streaming.
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