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Fetishes documentary DVD

Fetishes is a 1996 documentry by Nick Broomfield filmed at Pandora's Box, one of New York City's most luxurious SM/fetish parlours. The film contains interviews with professional dominatrices and their clients including the New York filmmaker Maria Beatty.


The documentary opens with black and white footage from an Irving Klaw film depicting models including Bettie Page wearing fetish attire. Nick Broomfield and his film crew then arrive at Pandora's Box on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and are given a tour of the facility by Mistress Raven, including the dungeon and the medical room. The rest of the documentary consists of the following eight chapters:

  • Slaves
  • Mistresses
  • Rubber fetish
  • Wrestling fetish
  • Corporal punishment
  • Masochism
  • Infantilism
  • Socio-political fetishes

The film was produced in the United Kingdom, and was originally made for HBO. It was released in the United States on DVD (runtime 84 minutes, filmed in colour).


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Sexual fetishism at AllExperts (1079 words)
Although Freud's theory on fetishes may seem peculiar and was based on anecdotal rather than empirical evidence, he had discovered a critical aspect of human sexuality: the relationship between human orgasms and conditioning.
Sometimes, whole cultures can develop the fetish to such an extent that it is no longer perceived as a fetish, but merely as a normal sexual desire; for example late-Victorian England's ankle fetish, or the modern commonplace fetish for lingerie and women lacking body hair.
Similarly, 'fetish' is often used as a synonym for BDSM, whether or not it involves a fetish in the technical sense.
Filmmaker Magazine | Web Articles: OPENING PANDORA'S BOX (1738 words)
They have both been the subjects of documentaries by Nick Broomfield, a filmmaker known for bringing humor and intelligence to issues as diverse as prostitution and the commercialization of America's first female serial killer.
Fetishes are the eroticization of people's worst nightmares; they are an intellectualization of something, and enormously specific for some people.
The whole thing about fetishes is they're so visual and sensational in a way that one could have gone from one enormous sensational scene to another without really understanding anything.
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