Fetishes (1996)

Directed by

Nick Broomfield

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

18

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Nick Broomfield documents the workings of a high-end bondage and fetish parlor in New York City. He interviews dominatrices and their clients about their practices and motivations.

observationalcandidexploratorynonjudgmentalstraightforwardclinicalnoirish

What happens

Fetishes is a 1996 documentary 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Corporal punishment Masochism Infantilism Socio-political fetishes The film was produced in the United Kingdom and was originally made for HBO.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, in colour), and more recently as part of Nick Broomfield's 'Documenting Icons' box set. A full, uncut version with additional archive material is also available in the UK. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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