Seka. She's one of those celebrities who are cool enough to get by with just one name, like Sting or Cher, but on an entirely different level than those two altogether. She was the platinum princess of porn, the blonde goddess of filth, and a natural beauty with plenty of skill in front of the camera.

Since retiring from the porno world, Seka has more or less lead a quiet life and when this documentary was made, she's been out of the public eye for a little while despite the fact that her fan based had not diminished since her hey days in the mid eighties. After starring in such adult classics as Inside Seka, Beyond Desire and Dracula Sucks she was on of porndom's most instantly recognizable starlets and the subject of many a man's (and probably many a woman's) fantasy.

Fast forward twenty years and a trio of young Swedish men who grew up on Seka's films are setting out to track her down – and that there is the concept behind Desperately Seeking Seka. The film begins with a brief overview of the porn industry. The basically give us a run down and inform us that a lot of people buy porn and that it is in fact very big business. If you didn't already know this going in, they prove it by interviewing a few girls at the AVNs in Las Vegas (where butt plugs are explained). Once that's over with, it gets back on track and such industry notables as Veronica Hart and Al Goldstein are interviewed on Seka. Veronica Hart proves to be the most interesting part of the film, she's a classy lady with a good head on her shoulders and she speaks of her early days in the business and how Seka looked out for her a little bit during those more naïve times. Peter North, Ashlyn Gere, Nina Hartley and a few other notable names from the industry are also on hand to give their thoughts on Seka and her work.

Eventually our intrepid documentarians find the subject of their affection living in Chicago, Illinois. They contact her, and she agrees to an on camera interview, which in turn makes up the last half of the movie. They interview Seka, forty-seven years old at the time of filming, in her home in the windy city where she cooks for them (!) and talks about her life in front of and behind the camera.

Notable topics covered in the interview include how she got into the business (she ran an adult bookstore and one day decided that she'd be a good porn starlet – so she went for it!), John Holmes's intimidating super-schlong, and how she turned the tables on porn's dirtiest star, Jamie Gillis (the enema bandit himself!). Seka comes across as quite sincere in her love for what she did. She's not apologetic in the least (nor should she be) and she concludes that she lived her life her way and did everything on her own terms. While the delivery is a little dry and I honestly think that the interviewers could have posed some more interesting questions than they did, overall it's a reasonably interesting session and it's impressive to see her be as upfront and honest about everything as she is in this interview.

While she admits that her best days are behind her (she openly admits she quit the business because she was 'too old'), Seka will likely always have a solid fan base. As classic porn becomes more popular thanks for documentaries like this one, Pornstar – The Legend Of Ron Jeremy, Inside Deep Throat, and Exhausted and big time Hollywood films that tackle the subject matter like Boogie Nights and Wonderland, more and more people are likely to find out about her and seek out her work, and this documentary is a nice companion piece to her hardcore films of the past..

Video:

The 1.66.1 widescreen image is not enhanced for anamorphic television sets but is of pretty decent quality overall for a cheap documentary that was shot on video. Colors are quite bright and the image is stable in that it doesn't break down or pixilate at all. There is some very mild compression evident in a couple of scenes as well as some mild edge enhancement but other than that, flesh tones look quite nice and natural and the picture is perfectly watchable.