Review of Naked Fame (2004) by Greg W — 20 Apr 2009

"Naked Fame" tries to document porn-star Colton Ford's attempt to get a legit recording contract, and it comes across as a cable-based, one-episode reality series at best. With it's obviously staged moments, pseudo-drama, and endless men in tight tank tops flexing whenever they can while trying to appear natural, the film itself is presented in a way that sadly detracts from the subject at hand.

There is no denying Ford's body nor his looks, but this documentary should have been about his talent in terms of singing, and thus it did nothing to give him justice on that level, as the man truly has a great voice, and this film just seemingly exploited him even further.

A documentary on someone trying to make a legitimate career for him or herself after being in porn could be asubject of endless interest in the hands of someone professional with his subject's best interest in mind. Sadly, Christopher Long's work comes across as just an extention of Ford's porn career and I think is just an insult to the idea that Ford has. I think he has an incredible instrument, and I do not mean the one that got him into the adult film industry, and I hope that his music career will one day serve him better than this film ever will.