This interesting documentary takes an open-minded approach to the story of the late Linda Lovelace, whose lengthy 2001 interview (a year before she died) with pop culture historian Legs McNeil forms the centerpiece here. Lovelace, a superstar in the world of pornography during the 1970s, offers her own, now-familiar account of how she was forced to participate in the 1972 porn hit Deep Throat by her boyfriend manager, Chuck Traynor, who—Lovelace charges—beat her and turned her into a “robot” tasked with performing sexual acts on camera. Lovelace says the sex was an out-of-body experience during an out-of-control chapter in her life, although some of the other interviewees here—which include Traynor, retired FBI agent Bill Kelly (who tracked the porn industry for decades), biographer Eric Danville, and porn stars Marilyn Chambers and Sharon Mitchell—dispute her claims. Regardless, viewers will learn many details about Lovelace (whose show business friends included Elvis Presley and Sammy Davis Jr.) and Deep Throat—a film that was funded by Mafia money (the criminal investors reaped enormous profits that eluded IRS scrutiny). The U.S. federal government's eventual legal case against Deep Throat was really aimed at organized crime, although bringing charges against cast members—including costar Harry Reems—for violating the law proved to be fruitless. Offering tantalizing suggestions that Lovelace was more than the victim she claimed to be, this solid biographical slice of pop culture history is recommended. Aud: C, P. (T. Keogh)
Linda Lovelace's Loose Lips
(2013) 90 min. DVD: $16.95. Music Video Distributors (avail. from most distributors). Volume 29, Issue 2
Linda Lovelace's Loose Lips
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