: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,
:12:00
lt was like,
:12:01
''Daddy has a barn,
let's do a show.''
:12:03
[giggling]
:12:05
Oh, my!
:12:06
Oh!
:12:07
[crowing]
:12:09
lt--it was the only choice
we had.
:12:13
Till 24 years old
without,
:12:17
you know, uh, uh,
:12:21
what do you call it, uh,
a track record, you know.
:12:24
And these things
were so inexpensive.
:12:27
Okay, what l want now is
some of your ass,
:12:29
all right?
:12:31
(Ron Wertheim)
I meant business,
:12:33
I approached those films as if
:12:36
l was Luc Godard
or somebody, you know.
:12:40
And just wiggle it
towards us.
:12:42
l want to fill up
40 feet of screen
with your ass.
:12:48
You're always
after my ass.
:12:50
Keep wigglin'.
:12:53
That's where l met
half of the people
:12:55
that l became
acquainted with.
:12:58
we were all working
for nothing.