Maria Beatty

Die in Venezuela geborene Filmemacherin Maria Beatty hat in den letzten 17 Jahren 25 fetischistische / sadomasochistische Filme produziert und Regie geführt, in denen sie teilweise auch auftrat. Ab 1994 setzte sie mit ihren Kurzfilmen, in denen sie die Tiefen weiblicher Sexualität und Fantasie erforschte, neue Standards im erotischen Kino. Ihre Vision ist vom expressionistischen deutschen Film, französischem Surrealismus, dem amerikanischen Film Noir und sexuell subversiven schwulen Untergrundfilmemachern wie Kenneth Anger und Jean Genet beeinflußt. Ihr ausgefeilter Stil (meist schwarzweiß) hält den Betrachter in einer Ästhetik gefangen, die so fesselnd wie verstörend ist.

1989 produzierte sie ihren ersten Film "Gang of Souls", der den Einfluß und die Inspirationen der Beat Poets dokumentierte, unter ihnen William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Jim Carroll, Marianne Faithfull, Richard Hell, Lydia Lunch und Henry Rollins. 1991 folgte ihr zweiter Dokumentarfilm "Sphinxes Without Secrets", der die besten Arbeiten von Performancekünstlerinnen versammelte: Diamanda Galas, Carolee Schneemann, Holly Hughes, Annie Sprinkle und andere. Sie hat soeben ihren ersten Langfilm fertiggestellt, "Boy in a Bathtub". Sie lebt in Paris.

Ihre Arbeiten waren weltweit im Fernsehen und in Museen zu sehen, so beim französischen Canal Plus "La Nuit Gay", im Themenabend auf dem Kulturkanal ARTE "INSPIRED" (dort sogar als Premiere im Mai 2004), bei Channel 13 (New York), im Whitney Museum (New York), Museum of Modern Art(New York), im International Center of Photography (New York), The New Museum (New York),Lux Cinema (Großbritannien), The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Kalifornien, Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir (Frankreich) and vielen anderen Museen, Gallerien und internationalen Festivals.

Filmographie:

• GANG OF SOULS 1989, 57 minutes
• SPHINXES WITHOUT SECRETS 1990, 58 minutes
• SLUTS AND GODDESSES 1991, 52 minutes, color by Maria Beatty and Annie Sprinkle
• IMAGING HER EROTICS 1994, 7 minutes by Carolee Schneemann and Maria Beatty
• THE ELEGANT SPANKING 1995, 45 mins., b&w by Maria Beatty & Rosemary Delain Starring: Maria Beatty & Rosemary Delain, Music by John Zorn
  EVERY STROKE SENDS ME INTO A RAGING STORM OF DESIRE.
  This nouveau, sleekly produced film features the story of a unique lesbian S&M relationship between a mistress and her maid. Enter their fantasy: a seductive chain of nostalgically hot images, shocking, amusing and dripping with sexual perversion. The masquerade of dominance and submission is performed in the spirit of decadence, sexual freedom and spiritual abandonment. Goddess Rosemary is a hypnotic dancer with a beautiful body who seduces and punishes her Kitty. She knows how to snap the desire, feed the soul and materialize the unrelenting passion of kitty. This 'post-modern romantic subversion' shows fetish, fantasy and role-playing, mutual female masturbation, bare-bottom spanking, spike heel and foot worship in a totally new and classic approach to lesbian S&M erotica. One fetish sequence after another sucks you in on a tide, pulls you along in a climactic ride into the dream sequence finale.
• THE BLACK GLOVE 1996, 30 mins., b&w. Starring: Maria Beatty & Mistress Morgana, Music by John Zorn
  IMAGINE A KINKY LOUISE BROOKS, A SADISTIC MARLENE DIETRICH (WHO'S THE TOP?), AND SOME NIPPLE CLAMPS AND HOT WAX, AND YOU'RE BEGINNING OT GET THE IDEA!
  The mysterious world of the senses that Maria inhabits is one of complete surrender to the wills and whims of the hypnotically intense Mistress Morgana, and the exotic, ambiguous creature, TV Sabrina. The brooding aura of total sexual abandon is present in every gesture, every slap, & caress in this theatre of passion. The flame of the candle that illuminates and torments, reveals the wondrous form of the willing slave, whose haunting wide eyes and full moist parted lips recall the classic silent screen goddesses Pola Negri, Louise Brooks...but they never dared reveal themselves so totally, so openly to the camera's eager and demanding gaze. This visionary noir exercise examines and crosses the boundaries of dominance and submission in its artful escalation of pleasure & pain, bondage & menace, fetishism & foot worship; culminating in the hot wax torture of the slave's most private parts… as she writhes in ecstasy
• BOX OF LAUGHTER THE DUELING PAGES 1996, 30 mins., b&w. Starring: Marla Belt & Melanie Myle, Music by Hoppy Kamiyama
  "Dueling Pages" is part one of the three part "Box of Laughter" series, which highlights the fetish of tickling. In this episode, two best friends share their love of pinup idol Betty Page. They admire each other's stylish immitation, comparing lingerie and shoes with girlish delight and tease. Soon the friendly comparisons turn competitive and catty, and a fight ensues. A little wrestling and some rope bondage, and before you know it, one of the Pages is hog-tied and ready for some tickling action!
  Sure enough, the tickling and laughter commences, along with some naughty spanking and dominance as the sub-Betty is left to struggle while her friend decides to take a nap. However, when dreamtime is over, the sleeping Betty awakes to find the tables turned and in a very compromising position. Her sub-Betty friend is on her chest and ready to dish out all she received, and then some!
• Let The Punishment Fit The Child 1997, 22 mins., b&w by Maria Beatty and Margie Schnibbe . Starring: Maria Beatty & Margie Schnibbe
  Two women are bonded by strange rituals. They might be "mother and "daughter", or two lovers playing games of domination, submission, voyeurism and cruel tenderness, but does it matter? The weightlessness of these mute bodies, the strangeness of the camera angles, the seductive perversity of the objects of fetishism (corset, wig, hairbrush, schoolgirl's uniform, quaint shoes, naked dolls, body powder, candles, keyholes) takes us on a surreal journey echoing the sumptuous compositions of Bunuel's, Un Chien Andalou.
• THE BOILER ROOM 1998, 51 mins., color. Starring: Mistress Tara Indiana & Valerie Devine
  HEFNER BROUGHT YOU SKIN, GUCCIONE BROUGHT YOU MUFF, FLYNT BROUGHT YOU PINK, AND NOW BLEU PRODUCTIONS BRINGS YOU... DEEP PINK!
  It is a beautiful spring day as Mistress Tara pulls her ship out of the harbor to set course for Her Personal Island. Then suddenly, she is rudely interrupted by the disturbing news that there is a stowaway on board.To add insult to injury, it is her beautiful nemesis, Valerie Divine!
  What you are about to see is the most graphic, hard-core, S&M lesbian film made in the United States. Valerie is suspended and whipped, subjected to a thorough cavity search, probed and fisted, shaved with a straight razor, penetrated with various objects never shown in the history of fetish film, and then harshly dildo trained to bring about her confession. And that is just the foreplay! Bondage, latex, leather, and watersports fetishists will also have their perversions quenched by this warped film noire. Not for the faint of heart!
• SASSY SCHOOLGIRL 1998, 45 mins., color. Starring: Mistress Tara Indiana and Cindy Ireland
• CONVERTED TO TICKLING 1998, 35 mins., color and b&w. Starring: Gecko & Reverend Jen
  EXPLORING A VERY TABOO TOPIC WITH ARTISTIC STYLE AND A UNIQUE STATE OF GRACE. AN EROTIC TALE OF SACRILEGIOUS PROPORTIONS.
  Some say originality is a sin, a deviance to be corrected. What could be a more original form of correction, or deviance for that matter, than tickling? What could be a more sinful scenario than the nun meets the schoolgirl? Could it get any more sacrilegious? Come on though. It's laughter we're talking about as punishment. That's not so bad. Or is it? Perhaps it is... If you are caught on the receiving end. It seemed innocent enough. A school girl. A nun. The Act of Confession. A typical morning at parochial school, on the surface. Look a little deeper. Imagine our mother superior pierced in places God might never suspect. Imagine our schoolgirl as not so innocent.
  Our mother superior discovers our schoolgirl has been admiring other students at this fine girl's school and must pay for her sins.
  Now imagine how we punish naughty little girls in our tale of conversion. Tickling. What else? Now picture this. The tables are turned. Our schoolgirl proves just how naughty she is. Imagine the nun's surprise when she wakes up after a blow to the head and discovers she is tied up, spread-eagle to a cross, with only her habit on. Add some hot wax, and bad attitude, now let's see who's turn it is to beg for mercy in this erotic tale of tickling.
• DOCTOR'S ORDERS 1998, 32 mins., color. Starring: Cindy Ireland & Mistress Carrie
• LEDA AND THE SWAN - NAILED 1999, 30 mins., color. Starring: Leda, Sonja Blaze and Deville
  Leda dominates DeVille. Proclaims DeVille hers. Able to do as she pleases, Leda ties her very pretty and passive doll of delight. Then Leda begins her taunt, slowly and provocatively she glides across her body. There's the pistol sliding in and out of DeVille's soft mouth, the serated knife, the slicing of fruit, the dripping of nectar and honey, tongues, blindfolds, boots, nailguns. Whew! No nailguns. Leda is Nailed for cheating. Playing too much without permission from her Mistress. the lean, sexy Sonja Blaze has caught Leda in a lie. Dressed in leather boots and pants, Catwoman Sonja, strides into Leda's playroom via an opened window. Vengeance towers over Leda as Mistress Sonja stands before her. Sending Leda's "spank toy" scampering away, payback begins. Leda shed Mistress Sonja's leather skin and is strapped to the sling. Scary stainless steel surgical tools clamp Leda's attention. Hot wax drips and knives draw nectar…
• TESTIFY MY LOVE 1999, 40 mins, color. Starring and Co-written by: Marla Belt & Honey XXX
• LADIES OF THE NIGHT "LES VAMPYRES" 2000, 32 mins., b&w. Starring: Mistress Dakota, Mistress Tchera and Bleu, Music by Nick Holmes
  LUSH AND GOTHIC, RARELY HAS EROTICA IN FILM BEEN SO STUNNINGLY PRESENTED.
  Night is falling. A frightened Schoolgirl makes her way along the deserted cobbled street, glancing fearfully around her. She is being pursued, but by whom--or what? Swept away, she awakens in an eerie, candlelit mansion. Her captors, the mysterious Ladies of the Night. Ageless and deadly, they examine their newest plaything. Teasing, tormenting, seducing, they toy with their young victim. As her alarm subsides, she submits to their dark, haunting beauty more and more eagerly… Led to the underground Torture Chamber, flogged, paddled, and caned, she is driven to the brink of absolute surrender… With the approach of dawn, her torture intensifies, and the Vampires at last taste her Virgin blood. Like an exotic, long lost silent movie re-discovered, it's sheer sensuality and beauty will astound you. This stunning work is truly a landmark in the world of fetish film.
• SASSY SCHOOLGIRL II 2000, 45 mins., color. Starring: Mistress Carrie and Cindy Ireland
• LUST 2002, 35 mins., color. Starring: Miriam Tyndall and Katie Jordan, Music by Malcolm McLaren
• THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS 2002, 52 mins., color. Starring: Mistress Dakota and Katie Jordan, Music by Nick Holmes
  BEATTY'S MOVIES HAVE AN ELEGANT, OLD-FASHIONED LOOK, LIKE A 1920's GERMAN ART FILM OR A NAUGHTY FRENCH POSTCARD COME TO LIFE.
  Caught in the act of coveting her mistress' position as a notorious exotic dancer, a young maid must submit to her sadism and her lust. Her perfect body is made the theatre for a re-enactment of the lessons of Seven Deadly Sins. The mistress is an expert in the art of sensual torment, and she punishes her servant with a bewildering, intoxicating combination of graphic pleasure and delicious pain. Together they indulge in lasciviousness and intemperance, managing to violate every tenet of virtue. The mistress' sadism is matched by the maids gluttony for punishment. Tender flesh is slapped, flogged, and clamped, all accompanied by moans of pleasure and mocking laughter. And still, the maid must serve!
  This beautiful film reveals a new setting for a mistress and her young maid: the roaring 20's when decadence was a privilege. The gorgeous combination of retro visuals and contemporary explicitness creates a fresh experience in fetish film.
• TIGHT SECURITY 2003, 58 mins., color. Starring: Porsche Lynn and Inga
  JOIN PORSHE LYNN AND INGA FOR BEATT'S INVENTIVE ROMP THROUGH ROLE REVERSLA, EDGE PLAY, AND THE SWEET PERVERSION OF NATIONAL SECURITY!
  When lovely Inga gets caught at the airport with a few suspicious objects in her bag, it's up to the tough security guard (Porsche Lynn) to show her what being a mistress is all about! She forces the would-be traveler to take a journey through submission, beginning with a humiliating strip search and moving on to display an exceptional talent for torture. She teases her voluptuous captive with an electric toothbrush and spanks her gorgeous ass with a big knife--and that's all before the full-body-cavity exam...
• ECSTASY IN BERLIN, 1926 2004, 45 minutes, b&w and tinted. Starring: Sonya Sovereign and Paula Rosengarthen, Music by Nick Holmes
  THIS DECADENT AND LUMINOUS FIM IS A NEW ACHIEVEMENT IN THE REALM OF EROTICA!
  A golden Weimar beauty slips a needle into her creamy thigh, and while in her euphoria slips into erotic fantasy. It begins with a white-gloved hand at her throat, emphasizing her vulnerability and surrender, followed by a lingering, deliciously thorough kiss from a stunning and powerful woman. She drifts through a variety of exotic experiences, all made possible by her dazzling submission and her partner's absolute command. Her perfect flesh is alternately spanked and caressed, her lips kissed and then forced to worship a fine leather boot. She dreams of being strictly corseted, whipped, and bound, and led to a glowing, graphic climax.
  Both delicately sensual and sexually intense, it conveys all the dangerous rewards of passion indulged. To enjoy Ecstasy in Berlin 1926 is to experience the delirious, consuming, and glorious fever of obsession itself.
• SILKEN SLEEVES 2006, 50 minutes, in color, starring: Midori and Mayan, Music by Nick Holmes
  BRINGING FETISH TO A NEW SHINING EDGE with a gorgeous lingering eye, Maria Beatty leads the viewer through four seasons of dominance and submission.
  Midori, by turns playful and cruel, captures, overpowers, and binds the delicate butterfly, Mayan, whose heartrending struggles avail her nothing in the presence of Midori's distinguishable expertise. Exposed and immobilized, Mayan, inevitably succumbs to her own desires through hot candle waxed cocooning, knife play, and flogging, among other wickedly erotic techniques. Once her pleasures are satisfied, Midori liberates Mayan sending her into seventh heaven. Bondage lovers who are already fans of Midori's ingenious talents will be captivated and thrilled, and those who've wondered why others find bondage so appealing will learn the answer in these lush and exotic scenes. Evocative music by Nick Holmes heightens the tension and eroticism of this devastatingly sensual film.

Other sm porn films directed by Maria Beatty:
MASK OF INNOCENCE
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND Part 1
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND Part 2
WATERWORLD
DON'T TICKLISH ME