INSIDE DEEP THROAT: It was made for 25 thousand dollars of mob money by Gerard Damiano, made a superstar out of a young lady called Linda Lovelace & changed the sexual climate in America.  Deep Throat eventually grossed 600 million dollars making it the most profitable film of all time.  It is both heralded & condemned, praised & lambasted, but without it this country would certainly be more prudish.

Directors Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato use their film Inside Deep Throat to explain to a new generation that missed the sexual revolution that things were not always as they are now.  Sitcom couples used to sleep in separate beds, people didn't know where babies came from & women weren't aware that they were supposed to enjoy sex.

But, as always, sex disturbs some people & Nixon's government specifically targeted the film as blight on society, perhaps heightening its appeal.  Cops raided theaters, which brought in bigger audiences.  Actor/schlong Harry Reems was prosecuted for charges that remain unclear (he was
eventually acquitted but drank his career away).

In the time since Deep Throat titillated the world the porn business was born, sex went public & censorship grew to new heights.  Funny how the country went into a tizzy over a good blowjob.

THE LAST HORROR MOVIE: Director Julian Richards combines aspects of The Blair Witch Project with Goddard's Man Bites Dog to make The Last Horror Movie.  The film begins with a poorly lit diner scene in a typically crappy horror film when static suddenly fills the screen.  Then we see Max, played by Kevin Howarth.  Max explains that he taped over the movie you rented from the video store to present you with a film you may find more interesting.

Max, a handsome Londoner, works filming weddings.  He's decided to make his own film about his life, which includes his friends, his grandmother, his sister & her children.  In his movie he also extensively chronicles his favorite pastime, murdering unsuspecting strangers on camera.  Max's idea of a good time in London town is, by his own admission, disturbing.  But he plainly asks the viewer, "Why are you still watching?"

Max questions the viewers' intentions in watching the film, hoping that they will admit that humanity has a subconscious desire to see carnage.  It is a need that most would be hard pressed to deny.  Max's video side project is his way of pointing out that we are not all that different.  We all have dark corners of our minds in which murder scuttles on its hands & knees.  The difference is Max has no hesitation.  But he does want to know what you think of his documentary.  He would like to meet & discuss it with you.  So he may be in your video store, watching to see what you pick up.

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