Word: wener
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...young film makers (Ryan Listman and Frank Cavestani), seeking money to make a movie about Lenny Bruce, agree to make a quickie pornographic movie for $10,000. They hurl themselves into the project with such enthusiasm that one of their girl friends (Joy Wener) becomes unnerved. After an orgiastic night of filming in a loft decorated with silks and exotic lighting effects, Ryan has a bitter fight with Joy. She accuses him of enjoying the pornography; he claims that she "puts him uptight." He finally walks out, and she is left to weep alone...
Fred Baker's direction is determinedly uninspired, and his actors-with the exception of the alluring Miss Wener-are lackadaisical. What gives Events some small distinction is its sense that young people can be destroyed by the very freedom they cherish and often exploit...