It was nearly 35 years ago. Some of the involved are dead and some of them are really old now. The director is still alive however and it's interesting to hear the story from "inside".
Whatever you might think of porn, "Deep Throat" is an important although disregarded part of film history, because it started a new genre and it not only started it, it created a lavine. The interesting thing here is not really the interviews with the expected people like Norman Mailer or Erica Jong for example. It's obvious what they are about to say. The interesting part is what the mob did.
The gangsters saw the money and they made sure they got it. A man could turn up at a cinema demanding 50 % and it happened everywhere. One cinema owner is still frightened after all these years and he says that no money could compensate the fear he felt.
What this documentary lacks is an analysis of porn industry today. Is it honest or is organized crime still in it? That's not unimportant, because the industry is big.
Whatever you might think of porn, "Deep Throat" is an important although disregarded part of film history, because it started a new genre and it not only started it, it created a lavine. The interesting thing here is not really the interviews with the expected people like Norman Mailer or Erica Jong for example. It's obvious what they are about to say. The interesting part is what the mob did.
The gangsters saw the money and they made sure they got it. A man could turn up at a cinema demanding 50 % and it happened everywhere. One cinema owner is still frightened after all these years and he says that no money could compensate the fear he felt.
What this documentary lacks is an analysis of porn industry today. Is it honest or is organized crime still in it? That's not unimportant, because the industry is big.