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Plot Summary of Blue Movie
"Boris, "King B.," 34-year-old wunderkind film director, is intrigued by the idea of shooting a fully pornographic art movie. Producer Sid Krassman finds a deal to make it happen: the tiny European kingdom of Liechtenstein will front $3 million for the production IF it is filmed there AND shown only there for 10 years. (The idea is to recoup their investment in tourist traffic.) The crazy film crew lines up various veteran European stars and aspiring American actors hoping to break out of their familiar roles, while keeping the true nature of the project secret from the American backers. Of course, the local religious leader, Cardinal Hans von Kopf, doesn't take too kindly to the goings-on in Vaduz, and tries to sabotage the production. This madcap comic novel by the author of "Candy" and "Dr. Strangelove," first published in 1970, is neither as shocking nor as entertaining as it probably hoped to be, but it has its moments."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Life of a profession: - movie producer/director
Kind of sex: - really kinky sex!!!!
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Taboo sex story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - actor/actress/producer
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
Ethnicity/Nationality - German
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - actor/actress/producer
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric - mentally ill - dumb
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - quite fatty

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
Europe Yes
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - licking - orgies - lesbians! - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big B's) - descript. of female anat. (the big V) - descript. of nude males (the big P)
Lot of foul language? Yes
Unusual Style: - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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