Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography

[first lines]

Susan Griffin:
"Hustler" magazine, which is a pornographic magazine, had a Valentine's Day issue in February. There's a glossy red cover, and there's a woman on the cover and she's wearing chains. She's semi-nude of course, she wearing chains and one of those collars around her neck, and she has glasses in the shapes of hearts. Pornography reveals itself, its real purpose, you know, there you have the heart imprisoned, the heart on its knees, you know, and if necessary the heart rendered silent.

[last lines]

Susan Griffin:
This, maybe, is a mystical truth we can gain from pornography. You can't suppress the feelings of the heart, you can't suppress the spirit in flesh without ending up hating life, hating what you are. Because these things aren't, aren't separable.