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Almost everyone who has tried to sell an idea, book, painting, etc. knows the sting of rejection. I have not been let out of this creative professional rite of passage, though I do take comfort in the rationalization that the work I do–vagina work, mostly–is important to me because these topics are taboo. The very banal, I thought, word ‘vagina’ is extremely aggravating to some people, especially women who have threatened to call the police where our book is dislayed.

I thought I would find plenty of allies in this radical (?) work that I’m doing–”women’s” media outlets, magazines, sex boutiques, etc., but that’s not been the case. Below is an excerpt of the first pass I’ve received on this project, from a women’s television network.  It may or may not be the honest reason for her rejection, but it certainly is interesting:

“…these are the toughest kind of documentaries to get
sponsor behind. They’ll sponsor a movie on Lifetime about rape, but
nothing to do with female orgasms…..what a great Puritanical history
we have.“

Great Question. And let me be the first to say that if you’re clutching your last twenty bucks, and debating: “Hmmm… children of Africa…

or G Spot Documentary,”

I know a GREAT organization in Mozambique that could really use your money.

However, if you’ve got $100 bucks burning a hole in your pocket, this film is a worthy cause.

First, of course, we’re going to be exploring that mysterious, controversial, sometimes there, sometimes not, magical G Spot. So if you’ve ever been caught odd man out at a cocktail party, where it just seemed like everyone knew what the G Spot was except for you, this is your film.

As a corollary, this film will open the floodgates of sexual clarity and frankness. Women will pleasure themselves! Men will be more adept lovers! New partners will communicate freely in bed!

Sex can be funny AND serious. You can learn something important while laughing. There’s only so much to know–the rest is exploration.
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So the whole point of shooting all that footage in Italy was so that we would have something to show at our first fundraiser–a “launch party” for the film. I needed an editor who could help me pull 3 hours of footage into a solid 4 minute presentation in one day of work.

For those of you who have never worked in video (like,let’s see here, me) it might sound easy to cull a good 4 minutes out of 3 hours. The rest of you know that it’s actually quite difficult to pull off something compelling with that scant amount of material and in only one day, there would be little time to augment with stills and flashy effects.

I needed a man who could work within those parameters and throw in a little bit of magic. And that man is Matt Grzan.

Look at the fire in his eyes!
This guy is good and he stuck around for 15 hours until it was finished. The preliminary trailer on this site is the one we worked on together. It’s password protected, but if you email me, I’ll give you the password. Because you’re special.

(Psst! Contact Matt at Mattgrzan@mac.com)

After we finished the interview, Rennaud (who speaks several languages) volunteered to come with us to talk to people on the streets of Rome. We selected the Piazza della Repubblica, famous for its highly suggestive fountain.

Tackling on street interviews is a challenge for anyone, but when you’re trying to get people to talk about the G Spot, on camera, it’s especially hard. We had people from five different countries hear what we were asking about and laugh in our faces before running away. Out of about 25 interviews, almost everyone knew about the G Spot. When asked to define it, we got 25 very different answers, including:

“It’s the spot for maximum happiness and serenity.”

“I don’t know, but I think it’s something to do with pleasure. In both boys and girls.”

“My friend told me it’s named G because of the way you have to go to catch it.”

About 15 definitely thought it existed. 1 thought it was a fabrication of “an American psychologist.” 1 older German gentleman had no idea what we were talking about.

When I decided to fly to Italy to surprise my mother for her birthday, I’ll admit, the film was the farthest t