Inside Deep Throat Page #3

The only thing you could make

was sex films.

Uh, that was the only thing

you were allowed to make

and you made them

at a low budget.

Doing hardcore films

in those days, the early '70s,

was very much

like summer stock.

It was like,

"Daddy has a barn,

let's do a show."

[giggling]

Oh, my!

Oh!

[crowing]

It--it was the only choice

we had.

Till 24 years old

without,

you know, uh, uh,

what do you call it, uh,

a track record, you know.

And these things

were so inexpensive.

Okay, what I want now is

some of your ass,

all right?

(Ron Wertheim)

I meant business.

I approached those films as if

I was Luc Godard

or somebody, you know.

And just wiggle it

towards us.

I want to fill up

with your ass.

You're always

after my ass.

Keep wigglin'.

That's where I met

half of the people

that I became

acquainted with.

We were all working

for nothing.

Well, one of

Gerry's motivations

was to get laid.

Really. And he did.

[laughing]

(Andrea True)

You could make a living

if you were a filmmaker,

making these films.

Quite a number of people

became legitimate

Hollywood directors

out of the porn industry.

I mean, for a while there,

it was kinda like

the entry level job

that you would do.

Uh, you would

work on-- on porn.

I'm... I--I certainly

worked on them.

I'm not gonna say

which ones,

but l--I was around it.

(Damiano)

All of sudden, there was

a new word.

It was called "filmmaker. "

You became

an independent filmmaker.

We were actually doing it

[chuckling]

and we couldn't believe it.

We couldn't believe it,

and thank God there was,

there was such

a thing as sex.

(Hopper)

There was sex,

but at the time,

the only way to put

hardcore sex

on the screen legally,

was in sex education films.

My name is

Dr. Morris Rosengarden.

(Wes Craven)

They would show sexual scenes,

but they couldn't be accused

of pornography

because it had

an educational value.

(doctor)

Some men

find their wives' buttocks

very stimulating visually.

We needed a father figure

for almost everything.

(doctor)

This may be uncomfortable

for the obese

or older couples.

(Damiano)

Why did you need a doctor

to tell you it was okay?

And I said,

"Hey, instead of

discussing not doing it,

Iet's do it

and don't even discuss it."

There's nothing

to be ashamed of.

[siren blaring]

(Hopper)

But there was plenty

to be afraid of.

In addition to

running the risk of arrest

and incarceration,

the criminal underworld

virtually controlled

the production of pornography.

(Mailer)

There was something exciting

about it.

It--it lived in some,

uh, mid-world

between crime and art

and it was adventurous.

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