Deep Throat

Inside Deep Throat - Theatrical NC-17 Edition
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Marketed as a documentary, this is in point of fact merely non-fictional entertainment a 'documentary', according to its historical definition it is not. That established we can move forward and evaluate this film as such.

Deep Throat defines a peculiar episode in America's popular culture and begs to be dissected against a backdrop of political, cultural, moral, social and artistic appropriation and significance. Unfortunately this film comes nowhere near to completing or even tackling such a noble task. Instead it simply sets out to provide a brief chronology of the film and it's main players and then seeks to paint a very superficial and somewhat biased wash over the film and it's subsequent oppression and persecution under Federal Law.

In all honesty, before they loaded the camera with film, I doubt the filmmakers had established a coherent brief or rationale they intended to pursue. Neither does it appear that they had a defined set of objectives, goals and truths they wished to explore. There is therefore, subsequently, an enormous sense of lack of cohesion and ultimately a clear absence of a defining central thesis to this work, something which ultimately has a very negative impact on the quality of the film.

Rather like the assassination of JFK, Deep Throat (the film) leaves us with more questions than answers. Questions that over time blur, fade and become all the more difficult to answer. As people pass away and memories fade - as fiction morphs into popular fact, so the ultimate Truth becomes even harder to distinguish. Sadly this film really does very little to address those questions and truths, and indeed really only serves to take us further away from discovery and ultimate closure.

If one does a little research one can find a lot more pieces of the puzzle than were presented in this quite shallow and mediocre piece of entertainment. This lacking is indeed rather questionable, in terms of the underlying motives for presenting or misrepresenting the Truth can only be guessed at. Let us hope that the reasons were not malicious and merely the bi-product of an inadequate and inexperienced film-maker out of their depth.

To summate. What we have here is not really a documentary per se. Certainly not of the pre Michael Moore kind, the REAL kind. What we have instead is a 'truthiness' documentary, something Moore, Spurlock et al. have all become so famous for; documentaries for the T.V. fed generations. Sadly the functions that these kinds of films essentially perform, is to weaken both the ultimate Truth and the subject in question, being supposedly 'documented'. Another fake coin tossed in a fountain, that no-one can distinguish from the real ones and that no-one wants to make the effort to get in, get wet and retrieve. Ultimately, what this film represents is a wasted chance.

The X-Files: Pilot/Deep Throat [VHS]
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"Pilot" is the first episode of the X-files series and it introduces the straight-laced and by the book Dana Scully to fellow FBI agent Fox Mulder. Scully is a graduate of medical school and that science background keeps her focused on facts and what logical conclusions can be derived from them. Mulder is an unorthodox, yet brilliant agent who has some wild theories about unusual phenomena. Scully is assigned to be Mulder's partner so that she can report back to her superiors regarding the validity of his claims. Her approach to their first meeting is somewhat hard-nosed, but she is quickly charmed by Mulder's disarming manner.
Four teenagers have disappeared in a small Oregon town and the circumstances are unusual. Mulder has heard of the case, so the new team travels to Oregon to investigate Mulder's suspicion of alien involvement. When they come up against stonewalling by local officials, they exhume a body that turns out to be something that is not quite human.
Two of the "abducted" teenagers are in bizarre mental states, institutionalized because they can no longer function. When a suspicious fire at their motel destroys their evidence, Mulder and Scully go back to the location of the abductions and witness a phenomenon that begins to crack Scully's deep doubts about Mulder's theories.
"Deep Throat" introduces the mysterious informant that occasionally appears to warn Mulder about the risks he is taking when he begins the investigation of the bizarre behavior of an Air Force pilot. Mulder and Scully travel to the base where the man was stationed and see unusual lights in the sky. When the pilot returns, his wife is distraught, claiming that the man is mentally not her husband. Mulder questions him and the pilot easily answers all questions except those related to aviation. With the help of some local teens, Mulder enters the restricted base and is captured by the security forces. After Mulder undergoes treatment to wipe his memory, Scully captures a security officer at gunpoint and arranges for the release of the confused Mulder.
Given that these were the first two episodes of the series, it is reasonable to give them a little slack when commenting. The first does an excellent job of giving background on the main characters without taking up a great deal of time. However, in the second one, we see the first appearance of the "great government conspiracy" of silence. When Mulder and Scully are making progress, a team of government goons wearing sunglasses and the same suit confront them, rough Mulder up a bit and deliberately destroy their evidence. This is a bit strong and over the top as Scully and Mulder are government agents and the last way to end an investigation would be to be rough with FBI agents on a legitimate investigation.
Nevertheless, if you can swallow the conspiracy notion, these two episodes are a solid introduction to the characters of Mulder and Scully as well as the theme of the show.

Joe Sarno's Deep Throat Sex Comedy Collection: Deep Throat II/The Switch/A Touch of Genie
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Purchased the dvd as some vintage movies seem to have better plots than today's adult movies. However very disappointed in movies in that it was unable to capture my attention. Sex scenes were more softcore version than lead to believe and storyline as stated was very poor in keeping flow of story along.

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