1:14:01
So she became unhappy
about making the movie,
1:14:03
which wasn't true.
1:14:05
She was very happy
about making the movie.
1:14:13
(Hopper)
Linda's new fame as
a crusader against pornography
1:14:16
culminated with her testimony
before the Meese Commission
in 1986,
1:14:21
(Lovelace)
My ordeal still goes on,
1:14:23
The film Deep Throat
still shows
1:14:25
and virtually every time
someone watches that movie,
1:14:27
they're watching me
being raped.
1:14:30
(Hopper)
Once again,
the government had set out
1:14:32
to determine
the effect of pornography,
1:14:34
This time,
instead of relying on
scientific data,
1:14:37
they relied on
personal testimony
1:14:39
to prove that pornography
was a social evil,
1:14:43
well, the other day
my 8-year-old son said to me:
1:14:46
''Mommy,
if this country is so great,
1:14:48
how come people
are still hurting you?''
1:14:50
(Jon Lewis)
It's sort of like
the Oprah Show.
1:14:52
lt's, um, much more anecdotal.
Much less professional.
1:14:55
So what Nixon starts
in the '60s and '70s
1:14:58
by stacking the court,
1:15:00
Reagan finishes
with the Meese report,
1:15:02
(reporter)
In its most controversial
finding,
1:15:04
the commission concludes
1:15:05
there is a relationship
between violence
and pornography,
1:15:08
The commission conducted
no scientific studies,
1:15:14
(Hopper)
Finally,
after decades of struggle,
1:15:17
politics triumphed over
pornography,
1:15:19
But the victory was hollow,
1:15:21
The success of Deep Throat
1:15:23
created enormous demand
for hardcore,
1:15:25
that new technology
could now satisfy
1:15:27
and avoid all regulation,
1:15:30
The phenomenal sales of
home videocassette machines
1:15:33
have opened up a new market
for erotic films.
1:15:36
It's a market
that barely existed
a couple of years ago,
1:15:39
But today,
30 to 50 percent of the tapes
1:15:42
available for play
in these machines
1:15:44
are hardcore pornography.
1:15:56
Gerry Damiano,
l think, really thought