Lurid must-see peepshow behind the closed doors of the infamous (and at the time only recently legal) desert cathouse. The owner, an Italian nouveau-riche cheesepuff named Joe Conforte, takes us on a guided tour through his garish Vegas-style decor and crucifix collection, and endlessly justifies to the camera how a good Catholic boy could become the self-proclaimed King of Nevada pimpdom. Closeups of puffy acne-scarred features at cattle call as the girls tell their pathetic tales of sexual burnout, while greasy johns make feeble conversation pulling their pants up. Remember Rule 11: `No eating in the parlor'. Ugly, ugly
2 Reviews
Not sexy
BandSAboutMovies21 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Robert Guralnick directed, wrote, produced and edited this documentary about the Mustang Ranch, which became Nevada's first licensed brothel in 1971 under the ownership of Joe Conforte.
Just 20 miles east of Reno, the ranch was basically a trailer park, but if you wanted legal lovemaking, well, it was the place to be in the U. S. Guralnick spent months there before filming - certainly for research purposes only - so the owners and the girls would be comfortable with him as he used his handheld camera to shoot this movie.
Conforte left the U. S to go to Brazil and escape tax evasion charges a few years after this, leaving behind his prison yard-esque paradise, which is still open today after being sold by the U. S. government which is pretty wild when you think about it. He also was involved in the 1976 murder of Oscar Bonavena, a former friend who may have had an affair with his wife. He was shot dead at the ranch by Conforte's bodyguard.
It seems like literally the unsexiest and saddest place on Earth, so here's to the maniacs that can go there and still get it up. Then again, I feel that legal sex work would solve a lot of our nation's mental issues.
Just 20 miles east of Reno, the ranch was basically a trailer park, but if you wanted legal lovemaking, well, it was the place to be in the U. S. Guralnick spent months there before filming - certainly for research purposes only - so the owners and the girls would be comfortable with him as he used his handheld camera to shoot this movie.
Conforte left the U. S to go to Brazil and escape tax evasion charges a few years after this, leaving behind his prison yard-esque paradise, which is still open today after being sold by the U. S. government which is pretty wild when you think about it. He also was involved in the 1976 murder of Oscar Bonavena, a former friend who may have had an affair with his wife. He was shot dead at the ranch by Conforte's bodyguard.
It seems like literally the unsexiest and saddest place on Earth, so here's to the maniacs that can go there and still get it up. Then again, I feel that legal sex work would solve a lot of our nation's mental issues.
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