In interviews following the release of the movie, Joseph Gordon-Levitt revealed the backstory of this fictional film:
In the 2013 film Don Jon , the protagonist (played by Gordon-Levitt) is heavily addicted to modern internet pornography. Later in the movie, a mature woman named Esther (played by Julianne Moore) introduces him to a very different kind of adult film. She hands him a vintage tape titled (which translates roughly from Danish to "Springtime for Sweet Brigitte" ). forar for sode brigitte danish rikke in 1978
Rather than licensing a real 1970s film, Gordon-Levitt chose to invent "Forår for søde Brigitte" to serve the thematic narrative of Don Jon . In interviews following the release of the movie,
If you search for the exact string "forar for sode brigitte danish rikke in 1978" , you will find that it populates various video streaming sites and forum threads. Rather than licensing a real 1970s film, Gordon-Levitt
The film's cinematographer, who hailed from Austria, told Gordon-Levitt about the highly progressive and artistically shot adult films coming out of Denmark during the 1970s.