History Film / CafeFlesh

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The plot of ''Café Flesh'' involves society being hit with a disease that renders most of the men and women impotent. The people that don't become sick when they try to have sex are forced to perform in live sex acts for the impotent members of society. Problems ensue when a woman who is ''not'' impotent pretends to be so, but soon has to face her fate when she accidentally lets her own sexual frustrations with her impotent boyfriend slip. This also makes the film almost visionary and HarsherInHindsight, because later that decade AIDS became prominent. Even the nicknames of the people, the ''Positives'' and ''Negatives'', bring up {{Squick}} connotations. ''Café Flesh'' was very ambitious in its satirical message and alienated most of its target audience who just wanted to see some explicit sex, but got some mind boggingly surreal story instead. On the other hand it did gain mainstream notability and even good reviews by major film critics, which made it prominent enough to be included in Danny Peary's third edition of his book series ''Cult Movies''.

* GoodIsImpotent: Because the impotent at least have a sexy show to watch.

Comparable to ''Night Dreams'' and Sayadian's non-pornographic film, ''Doctor Caligari'' (not to be confused with ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''). [[HeAlsoDid Jerry Stahl]] also wrote for sitcoms like ''Series/{{ALF}}'', and scripted ''Film/BadBoysII''. No, really.

Comparable to ''Night Dreams'' and Sayadian's non-pornographic film, ''Doctor Caligari'' (not to be confused with ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''). [[HeAlsoDid Jerry Stahl]] also wrote for sitcoms like ''Series/{{ALF}}'', and scripted ''[[Film/BadBoys Bad Boys II]]''. No, really.

'''Café Flesh''' is a 1982 post-apocalyptic cult erotic science fiction film.

'''Café Flesh''' is a 1981 post-apocalyptic cult erotic science fiction film.

* BitingTheHandThatFeedsYou: It's a clever parody of the typical pornographic/erotic film spectator.

* FanDisservice: This is perhaps the most unusual major erotic film in existence. Why? Well, because the scenes are so surreal that people who wanted to see some nudity or sex will be more interested or mind boggled by the surreality of it all. Apart from that the plot is about a sexual disease, a topic that downright torpedoes all feelings of lust.
* FakeDisease: Lana isn't really ill. She fakes her disease because she loves Nick.
* FilmSeries: Inspired two sequels which had nothing to do with this movie, none of the original creators involved and weren't succesful either.

''Café Flesh'' is a post-apocalyptic cult pornographic science fiction film.

Before this was created, the director, Rinse Dream (whose real name is Stephen Sayadian) and a writer, Herbert W. Day (whose real name was Jerry Stahl) co-wrote a surrealist porno movie called ''NightDreams'', which got some major notice from film critics as an artistic pornographic film that told a story and featured creative sex scenes (more information on that flick can be found when someone decides to write an article on it; until then, WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob [[http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/07/06/nightdreams.aspx did a review on it]]). Sayadian was later allowed to direct, and one of his most famous efforts after ''Night Dreams'' was ''Café Flesh'', which recaptured some of the surrealism of ''Night Dreams'', but had a more clear story, but still retained the bizarre imagery and unusual sex scenes.

The plot involves society being hit with a disease that renders most of the men and women impotent. The people that don't become sick when they try to have sex are forced to perform in live sex acts for the impotent members of society. Problems ensue when a woman who is ''not'' impotent pretends to be so, but soon has to face her fate when she accidentally lets her own sexual frustrations with her impotent boyfriend slip.

Comparable to ''Night Dreams'' and Sayadian's non-pornographic film, ''DoctorCaligari'' (not to be confused with ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''). [[HeAlsoDid Jerry Stahl]] also wrote for sitcoms like ''Series/{{ALF}}'', and scripted ''[[BadBoys Bad Boys II]]''. No, really.

* ItsNotPornItsArt: Despite having copulation in the film it's all so odd and surreal that you be more perplexed by the visuals than aroused.
* LifeImitatesArt: The film shows how the world is hit by a sexual disease, dividing people in the Sex Negatives and Sex Positives. HarsherInHindsight when you consider this picture was released at the start of the 1980s, before news about HIV and AIDS became widespread.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Impotence is a main theme.

* TheLoinsSleepsTonight: Impotence is a main theme.

* ItsNotPornItsArt: And how!
* LifeImitatesArt: The film shows how the world is hit by a sexual disease. HarsherInHindsight when you consider this picture was released at the start of the 1980s, before news about HIV and AIDS became widespread.
* TheLoinSleepsTonight: Impotence is a main theme.

Comparable to ''Night Dreams'' and Sayadian's non-pornographic film, ''DoctorCaligari'' (not to be confused with ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''). [[HeAlsoDid Jerry Stahl]] also wrote for sitcoms like ''Series/{{ALF}}'', and scripted ''[[BadBoys Bad Boys II]]''. No, really.

Comparable to ''Night Dreams'' and Sayadian's non-pornographic film, ''DoctorCaligari'' (not to be confused with ''TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''). [[HeAlsoDid Jerry Stahl]] also wrote for sitcoms like ''Series/{{ALF}}'', and scripted ''[[BadBoys Bad Boys II]]''. No, really.

Comparable to ''Night Dreams'' and Sayadian's non-pornographic film, ''DoctorCaligari'' (not to be confused with ''TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''). [[HeAlsoDid Jerry Stahl]] also wrote for sitcoms like ''{{ALF}}'', and scripted ''[[BadBoys Bad Boys II]]''. No, really.

[[DescribeTopicHere Describe Cafe Flesh here]]. Okay.

Maybe I should explain. Before this, the director, Rinse Dream (whose real name is Stephen Sayadian) and a writer, Herbert W. Day (whose real name was Jerry Stahl) cowrote a surrealist porno movie called ''NightDreams'', which got some major notice from film critics as an artistic pornographic film that told a story and featured creative sex scenes (more information on that flick can be found when someone decides to write an article on it; until then, TheCinemaSnob [[http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/07/06/nightdreams.aspx did a review on it]]). Sayadian was later allowed to direct, and one of his most famous efforts after ''Night Dreams'' was ''Café Flesh'', which recaptured some of the surrealism of ''Night Dreams'', but had a more clear story, but still retained the bizarre imagery and unusual sex scenes.