By Sam Weisberg - March 9, 2011
"Orgasm Inc .," which opened nationwide last month, is documentary filmmaker Liz Canner's first-hand, nine-year account of a would-be medical breakthrough shooting itself in the foot. In 2000, she took a job for Vivus—the medical company claiming to have developed the Viagra equivalent for women—editing provocative videos for test subjects supposedly stricken with the “disease” of Female Sexual Dysfunction (Fsd). Discovering that certain Vivus employees themselves weren't all that knowledgeable about Fsd, she dug deeper, interviewing other drug, patch and device makers (including the inventor of the now-notorious “Orgasmatron”), as well as their proponents, subjects and detractors. The result is a probing, illuminating documentary that could protect scores of healthy women from misdiagnosis and in turn damaging side effects. Screen Comment talked with Liz Canner about making "Orgasm Inc."
How did you develop the idea for “Orgasm Inc”? Was it something you always wanted...
"Orgasm Inc .," which opened nationwide last month, is documentary filmmaker Liz Canner's first-hand, nine-year account of a would-be medical breakthrough shooting itself in the foot. In 2000, she took a job for Vivus—the medical company claiming to have developed the Viagra equivalent for women—editing provocative videos for test subjects supposedly stricken with the “disease” of Female Sexual Dysfunction (Fsd). Discovering that certain Vivus employees themselves weren't all that knowledgeable about Fsd, she dug deeper, interviewing other drug, patch and device makers (including the inventor of the now-notorious “Orgasmatron”), as well as their proponents, subjects and detractors. The result is a probing, illuminating documentary that could protect scores of healthy women from misdiagnosis and in turn damaging side effects. Screen Comment talked with Liz Canner about making "Orgasm Inc."
How did you develop the idea for “Orgasm Inc”? Was it something you always wanted...
- 3/8/2011
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