In a post-apocalyptic world those can no longer have sex force the ones who can for their entertainment.

Coming from a background of production design, writing satire and doing design work for magazines such as Hustler, and having one foot in the incredibly vibrant late ‘70s/early ‘80s L.A. punk and New Wave movements, Sayadian’s film is almost anti-porn – not as in viewing it negatively but as in the antithesis of what a “porno” is supposed, and expected, to be. Despite being incredibly graphic and visually provocative there’s a shocking lack of prurient sex. What we get instead is a surrealist post-punk cabaret of Cold War socio-political commentary. CAFE FLESH depicts a world after a nuclear apocalypse where nearly everyone has become a Sex Negative, becoming violently ill if they attempt to have sex. The few remaining Sex Positives are forced to have sex for the Negatives as entertainment at Cafe Flesh. Pushing the boundaries of both art and pornography, This is a truly transgressive piece of filmmaking that fully subverts the form it’s utilizing. Is something “porn” just because it depicts material that is traditionally considered pornographic, especially if it’s goal isn’t necessarily to sexually arouse but to comment on sexual arousal itself?