Day 187: Inside Deep Throat

Directed By- Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

Writer(s)- Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

Narrated By- Dennis Hopper

Critics Review- "Fascinating social criticism and a witty and relevant take on American sexual history."- Roger Moore "Orlando Sentinel"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 83% Audience- 60%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars

My Review-

This documentary is not just about the porn film Deep Throat, it is also about how people wanted to shut it down and were successful because they found it to be immoral and obscene. This also deals with the shift on sexuality in American and how some people did not like talking about and how it was a taboo topic, which in away is still a taboo topic today. It was interesting to see how people dealt with this subject back in the 70s, and the backlash they received for working on it. Since the government wanted to shut it down we were able to see that more people wanted to see it because we were told not to. The thing that makes this work is the interviews with the people that worked on the film and archive footage from the people that saw the film and the ones that wanted to stop it. What we also saw is how the film Deep Throat changed everything for the porno industry and possibly the movie industry without even knowing it at the time. What drove this documentary is how some people were 50/50 with that movie and how some saw it so bad that no one should have seen it, and how they did not want people making their own opinions about the movie. What we also learned is that the main actress Linda Lovelace was abused by her ex-husband her made her do the film and later in life was an advocate against porn and her film. It was a very interesting watch, because it was just not about a pornographic movie, it was about tackling sex as a subject and how it should be talked about and not just seen as a subject that should be left alone. I do recommend this documentary because we see what it was like in the 1970s for sexuality and how it was vastly changing whether some people liked it or not.