Movie-Inside Deep Throat

OK...I know many of you may not see a documentary about the 1st BIG porn movie in America as something very worthwhile. But Inside Deep Throat (2005) is more than just about the making of this movie. It is also about the people who tried to stop this movie, and that is the more insidious and concerning side of the story.

Deep Throat really was a phenomenon when it came out in 1972. Starring Linda Lovelace, it was a somewhat silly and campily funny porn movie about a woman who had a rare medical condition...her clitoris was in her throat. So the only way for her to get satisfaction was to...yes, deep throat. And that Lovelace could easily perform the feat, a feat that had not been seen on screen before, helped fuel the reaction to this movie. (You see, there WAS a plot!!! HA)

Celebrities saw it...little old ladies saw it...it was talked about on the evening news...it was talked about in mainstream newspapers and magazines. Deep Throat became the codename for Woodword and Burnsteins informant on the Watergate cover up for crying out loud! How much more mainstream can you go?

But there were a lot of people who did not want anyone to see this movie. And they tried everything they could to stop it from being on screens. They had the power of government behind them, and they used it. They were, and still are, moral crusaders, who want to stop anyone from making their own decisions about what they want to watch. They are the people who want to use their power to decide what is appropriate for a free citizen to watch, or listen to, or say, in this country. People like Charles Keating, who led the charge against Deep Throat. Called it morally destructive, and other terrible things. This same Charles Keating jailed for defrauding people out of millions of dollars in the a Savings and Loan ponzi scheme. Good source of moral leadership there Chuck!

Inside Deep Throat tells this story also. And it is compelling and concerning. It is a story, that without the advent of videotape and now DVD and computers, could have led to mass censorship in this country of freedom.

Inside Deep Throat is a worthwhile documentary.