What's Going Down MirrorMask _ Directed by Dave McKean, written by Neil Gaiman A young girl (Leonidas) from a family of circus entertainers enters into a fantasy world where she’s called upon to help heal a tuler known as the white queen. September 30 The 24th Annual Vancouver Film Festival This year’s f€stival features hundreds of films screening all over downtown Vancouver in a large variety of categories from countries all over the world. There are many solid Canadian fea- tures, a second volley of documentary features after last year’s plethora, and a significant feature on Asian cinema in the Dragons & Tigers series. This is a must attend for any film fan. Go to www.vifforg or the festival box office on Granville at Georgia downtown for tickets. September 29-October 14 Death Cab for Cutie Commodore Ballroom Oct. 3 & 4 @ 8pm SOLD OUT! Dandy Warhols Commodore Ballroom Novy. 15 @ 9:15pm Tix $24.50 available at Ticketmaster, Zulu, Scratch The Arcade Fire PNE Forum Oct. 7 @ 7pm Tix $31.50 available at Ticketmaster, Zulu, Scratch Theatre The Diary of Anne Frank Arts Club Theatre Sept. 22-Oct. 23 Tix $24.75-59.50, call 604.687.1644 Plugged: A Rock Opera Beaumont Studios, 316 W. 5th Sept. 28-Oct. 8 Tix. $15, two for one on Oct. 4, call 604.257.0366 Vancouver Theatre Sports League New Revue Stage, Granville Island Ongoing Tix $7-16.50, call 604.280.4444 Adult Entertainment The Paramount Gentleman’s Club 652 Columbia Street Duo Thursday and Dance Marathon Fridays Lap dances: $25 each, or 5 for $100 Mugs & Jugs 746 Carnarvon Street Beer, food, and that girl from your geology class Colin Miley’s Hot Lunch The OP room (1020), Douglas College, New Westminster Campus Every Thursday at 6pm Editorial lap dances: Colin pays you $5 to watch him sway seductively while he waxes grammatically. Serious inquiries only. ase 10 Smith & Reeve at the movies, DVD Edition: inside Deep Throat Iain Reeve, A&E Editor and Steph Smith, OP Contributor INSIDE Pa at an . Yd This documentary seeks to investigate the social, legal, and, of course, sexual impact of the 1972 film Deep Throat. Costing $25,000 to make and grossing over $600 million Deep Throat is the most financially successful film of all time and was the first porno- graphic film to hit the mainstream. It revolutionized the way the United States views sex, obscenity, and pornography. Inside Deep Throat is a documentary about the film, actors, directors, problems, and demons that made this movie. Reeve: What does one say about a documentary that seeks to expose the outcome of a movie like Deep Throaf? 1 was impressed by the wide variety of people interviewed, everyone from the cast and crew, to Hugh Hefner and Larry Flynt, to Wes Craven and Norman Mailer. It did a rather good job of looking at the effects the film had on the sexual mood of mainstream America in the early 70s. It also detailed what was one of the most high-profile attempts by a conservative government to impose its moral concep- tions on a divided public. Scenes detailing the Nixon administration’s attempts to bury a report on pornog- raphy when the results did not say what they wanted are very enlightening. Almost as enlightening as the tightening of laws that occurred after a similar Reagan administration report said porn was evil, this after conducting no actual scientific research. While containing some golden comedic moments—few things are funnier than old, washed- up porn directors doing social commentary—the film does drag. I found myself checking my watch a lot, and in a film only 90-minutes long, that’s a bad sign. I’ve heard some suggest this may have been better as an E! True Hollywood Story. First of all I think that the inherent pornographic content would make that tricky. Secondly, I think there was enough stuff here had they chosen to focus on it. In the end anyone interested in the social study of pornography might be interested in some of the little insights available in the documentary. A fun watch for certain. Smith: The documentary gave me a behind the scenes glimpse into one of the most famous porn movies in history. I did not know that it is the most profitable film of all time. It was banned from movie theatres in 23 different states due to the obscenity laws of the United States. It also showed how, despite the ban, the film was secretly sold on the black market, and the consequences of this. Men in New York City who were associated with the mafia distributed it. They took a 50 percent cut of the gross at each theatre they distributed to. It also showed the moral consequences of the film. The female star, Linda Lovelace, later went on record stating that she was coerced into making the movie and that essentially every time someone watched Deep Throat they were watching her being raped. Aside from that, the male star, Harry Reems, was tried in Memphis, Tennessee, for obscenity. In 1976, he was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. After a year, his case was appealed and he was set free, as the film was made before the 1973 indecency laws were put into place. Inside Deep Throat showed how Reems tried to get a job in the real world of Hollywood and was even cast in the film Grease, but was replaced last minute when Paramount didn’t want someone with his kind of image in their film. All in all, it was a very inform- ative, funny, and well-put-together documentary. advertise with us! we're easier than we look. erm, it’s easier than it looks. There are so many things I'd like to advertise in the other press! the other press