this movie was made at the cost of usd 25k but gross over usd 600 mil. it was made at a time when sex on tv and cinema is merely suggestive, and nixon was still in power. people are curious about sex, but curiously it was a time when conservatism had a strange hold in the united states. i find the documentary hugely interesting, the hippie fore runners of art-porno film makers and their sleazy but naive actors, low budget and ultimately sleazy porn film that became embroiled in the battle of free speech between the nixon government, the mafia, the emerging feminist movement at that time, the people and the art community who fear prosecution over mere film making.
it is true, deep throat more than sexual pleasure. it is about freedom of speech paid by ruined lives of linda lovelace, harry reems and gerard damiano amongst others - for they didn't make a cent out of that film. harry reems was jailed for it and linda died penniless. freedom is very expensive and demands human sacrifices.
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