Thriller (Michael Jackson album) video that would appeal to the mass market ended up influencing the way that professionals now market and release their songs. John Landis' production of a mini-movie, rather than the usual short music video, would raise the bar for other directors and producers. Before the success of "Thriller", many felt Jackson had struggled to get MTV airing because he was black. In an effort to attain air time for Jackson, CBS Records President Walter Yetnikoff pressured MTV and declared, "I'm not going to give you any more videos and I'm going to go public and fucking tell them about the
Pornography: A Thriller conceit without the timidity of lesser efforts." He ends with "I recommend all fans of the bizarre have a look." Critics generally recognized Kittredge's debt to Lynch and the "horror-noir" oeuvre, although characterizations ranged from "little too heavily" to "obsessed". The Rotten Tomatoes website shows a Tomatometer aggregate score of 29% from 7 critics. The Audience Rating stands at 2.4 stars out of 5. 2009 2010 Pornography: A Thriller Pornography: A Thriller is a 2009 American mystery/thriller film, written and directed by David Kittredge. "Pornography: A Thriller" is a non-linear story in three parts, all revolving around the disappearance of