:10:01
Particularly our countrymen,
:10:02
who have never taken
a course in biology,
:10:05
never read a book.
:10:06
Do you know anything
about the facts of life?
:10:09
Not very much,
l'm afraid.
:10:13
(Hopper)
The facts of life
and sexual morality in general
:10:16
were forbidden topics,
:10:17
But as all that changed,
issues about sexuality
:10:20
began to divide society,
:10:22
(old man)
Artificial contraception
is wrong,
:10:26
Evil,
:10:27
(Norman Mailer)
People were experimenting,
:10:29
They were looking
for new kinds of lives,
:10:31
They were looking to break out
of all the old molds.
:10:39
(Al Goldstein)
And we knew
the American public were tired
:10:41
of words like ''coitus, ''
:10:43
They wanted words,
like ''fuck,''
:10:45
and ''suck,'' and ''eat my cunt.''
:10:48
l think the more that
filth is thrown at Americans
:10:51
the less favored it becomes.
:10:55
They're depicting sex
in a very filthy way.
:10:58
(John Waters)
Jackie Kennedy
went to see that,
:11:00
The next week,
the gross doubled.
:11:04
l--l don't mind
seeing sex in a-- in a movie
just for its own sake
:11:07
because l think that's one
of the, you know,
:11:09
more interesting
human emotions.
:11:11
(Erica Jong)
Sex was in movies,
Sex was on TV,
:11:15
Sex came out of the closet.
:11:22
(Damiano)
You had to be there,
You had to be there,
:11:25
I'm thrilled
that I was there,
:11:27
And thank God
l had a camera with me.
:11:29
(Hopper)
As the sexual revolution
swept through society,
:11:32
people took sides
in a culture war
that was gathering steam,
:11:35
Gerry Damiano
joined the fray by swapping
:11:38
his blow dryer
for a movie camera,
:11:40
(Damiano)
I loved film,
I--I always did,
:11:43
The only thing you could make
was sex films,
:11:46
Uh, that was the only thing
you were allowed to make
:11:48
and you made them
at a low budget.
:11:51
Doing hardcore films
in those days, the early '70s,
:11:56
was very much
like summer stock,