Von Fistenberg's 8 1/2

a review by Harley Shadow

	Cast: Adam Faust, Aaron King, Aaron Summers, Danny Fox, Dillon Buck, Brett Silvers, Tim Kruger, Demetrius. Directed by Matthias Von Fistenberg.
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Von Fistenberg's 8 1/2 isn't the brilliant classic director Matthias Von Fistenberg describes it as on the box cover. When studios produce all-sex films like this one, which are less about the filming aesthetic and more about the primal urges of the models, directors have to make the film stand out by any means. While Von Fistenberg's 8 1/2 is hot, some of its scenes lack that sexual charge needed to make it memorable.
    The film begins with a humorous parody, "Masturbate Theater," whose narrator tells us this is a complex film about the sexual tales of a director that go deeper and deeper into a fantasy world. The tales go so deep that eventually he goes crazy and can't tell the different between fantasy and reality.
    The first scene sounds delicious, with Aaron King bottoming for the first time on film for the hairy and buff Adam Faust. Faust enjoys delivering a fierce pounding, and King looks and sounds like he's enjoying it, but when watching it closely, the two seem like they are in their own separate scenes. There wasn't a connection during the fucking as there was when they started. This causes the scene to go from would-be winner to average.
    In the next scene, Aaron Summers and Danny Fox get it on. They have that connection that shows they want each other so fucking bad. They have an obvious chemistry as they suck each other's big cocks, then Fox is mercilessly pounded and by the expressions on his face, he can't get enough.
    I absolutely loved the way Dillon Buck and Brett Silvers' scene begins. There's the night sky with the glowing moon and a bright star next to it. The camera pans down with a dark blue shade canvassing the scene, and we see Buck and Silvers making out. The shade goes away, sadly, to reveal the bright lights of the set. I wish Von Fistenberg would've left the blue — it added an intimate and artistic vibe hardly seen in other films.
    Buck and Silvers are totally into each other as they kiss and suck, but like Faust and King, when it comes to fuck, things only simmer instead of boil. They seem to enjoy what the other is doing to them, but there aren't any actions between them or words to turn each other on more, or to entice, or to take things one step further. It's a pretty good scene with the uncut and big-dicked Buck, and the hairy Silvers, but I found myself thinking more about how it would look in dark blue.
    What I like about Von Fistenberg's other films is how he uses the entire set. In Fisting Underground 3, the padded pit with mirrors suspended above it was covered in men, sweat, jizz and fisting cream. That same set is used in this film, but each scene uses a sectioned-off portion of that pit. Perhaps if his models had rolled around the entire set, or maybe fucked one another in the mirror, the scenes wouldn't be like a rollercoaster.
    The last scene, a three-way with Buck, Tim Kruger and Demetrius is very hot, mostly because of the chemistry. It doesn't hurt that Demetrius gets stuffed from both ends, or that tops Buck and Kruger are relentless when they fuck him. They show how bad they want to tap his hairy hole with the determined looks on their faces and bucking hips. Demetrius shows his appreciation by licking and sucking Kruger's toes while Buck watches and strokes. They all shoot incredible loads. Demetrius cums twice, then licks up Kruger's load, and cleans his cock, before getting fucked again by Buck, who shoots on Demetrius' hairy thighs.
    The DVD has trailers.

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