There used to be a time when sex was considered a fairly licentious practice, something to be hidden away. Now, everyone's doing it, it's all out in the open, and the fun has been taken right out of it. Anyone who doubts that can check out this documentary from filmmaker Doug Lindeman about a mom-and-pop brothel operating in the desert town of Beatty, Nev., where prostitution is, of course, legal.
Running Angel's Ladies, situated between Death Valley and a nuclear testing site, are 70-year-old Mack Moore and his wife Angel, who graduated to their current profession after a career running a chain of funeral homes in Oregon. Their self-professed goal is to run their house of ill repute in a "wholesome, healthy, Christian environment." Yecch. The film is receiving its U.S. theatrical premiere at New York's Screening Room.
The married owners are not above getting personally involved in their business. Mack helps himself to sexual favors from the girls -- paid for, of course -- whenever he feels up to it, and Angel, at age 55, is all too willing to pitch in to satisfy the brothel's less-demanding customers. The film includes lengthy interviews with the pair, as well as with three of their outspoken employees, er, "independent contractors." Despite the Moores' desire to treat their girls well, the trio have their complaints, ranging from the percentage of their employers' take to the fact that they have to surrender their car keys.
Although the bizarre characters and subject exert a certain Gothic fascination, the filmmaker doesn't bring much style or perspective to the project, with the result that "Angel's Ladies" feels attenuated even at a brief 80 minutes.
ANGEL'S LADIES
Cowboy Booking International
Director: Doug Lindeman
Producers: Doug Lindeman, Straw Weisman
Executive producer: Ron Habakus
Videography: Brad Laven, Doug Lindeman, Rick Lunn
Editor: Rick Lunn
Color
Running time - 80 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Running Angel's Ladies, situated between Death Valley and a nuclear testing site, are 70-year-old Mack Moore and his wife Angel, who graduated to their current profession after a career running a chain of funeral homes in Oregon. Their self-professed goal is to run their house of ill repute in a "wholesome, healthy, Christian environment." Yecch. The film is receiving its U.S. theatrical premiere at New York's Screening Room.
The married owners are not above getting personally involved in their business. Mack helps himself to sexual favors from the girls -- paid for, of course -- whenever he feels up to it, and Angel, at age 55, is all too willing to pitch in to satisfy the brothel's less-demanding customers. The film includes lengthy interviews with the pair, as well as with three of their outspoken employees, er, "independent contractors." Despite the Moores' desire to treat their girls well, the trio have their complaints, ranging from the percentage of their employers' take to the fact that they have to surrender their car keys.
Although the bizarre characters and subject exert a certain Gothic fascination, the filmmaker doesn't bring much style or perspective to the project, with the result that "Angel's Ladies" feels attenuated even at a brief 80 minutes.
ANGEL'S LADIES
Cowboy Booking International
Director: Doug Lindeman
Producers: Doug Lindeman, Straw Weisman
Executive producer: Ron Habakus
Videography: Brad Laven, Doug Lindeman, Rick Lunn
Editor: Rick Lunn
Color
Running time - 80 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 11/16/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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