Initially, Axel Braun was not interested. At all. By 2009, the son of industry pioneer Lasse Braun had made a name for himself in his own right with original works like Elegant Angel’s Compulsion. To him, the idea of spoofing existing movies was a creative cop-out. “It was not what I wanted to do. I […]
“You’ve just got to have the desire to do it. Without desire, you can’t accomplish anything. With desire, you can move mountains.” (Larry Flynt as quoted by AVN in 2014) Porn lost another one of its most iconic figures Wednesday when notorious Hustler found Larry Flynt died at age 78. Best known for the celebrated […]
Larry Flynt is so synonymous with adult publishing that it’s sometimes easy to forget that he’s much more than a name associated with an iconic brand. AVN spoke with Flynt on the occasion of Hustler’s 40th anniversary. Here are some highlights from their interview: What were your expectations for Hustler when you founded it in […]
Washington, someone once said, is a swamp that traded malaria for politics. And one man has been making that swamp all the more sweltering since 1983: none other than Larry Flynt, who sends each and every member of Congress a copy of Hustler every month. It’s the publisher’s way of petitioning the government and emphasizing […]
