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Robert
Inhuman interviews Belladonna, October 2006
Robert Inhuman: What was your initial motivation
in becoming a pornographic artist and how has it changed over time? Also, is
there an online biography of your career that you would most recommend for
anyone interested in learning your history?
Belladonna: There was no
real motivation, other than a girlfriend of mine was going to LA to do nude
modeling and she told me to come with her. So it started out really with me
wanting to make some fast money, and I ended up making a career out of it. I
don’t know of any online timeline of my career, but that would have been a cool
thing to do... damn!
How are variables such as location,
clothing, cast, etc. chosen for your projects? Who is involved in these
curatorial decisions and coordinating?
We own a few different
properties that we shoot at a lot, and I do all of my own wardrobe shopping and
also do all the casting myself. Sometimes, my partner, Aiden
helps, but he's mostly busy shooting and editing the movies.
What is your favorite aspect of your
career and are there specific projects that have been most rewarding or
groundbreaking?
Favorite aspect would be
that I get to pick and choose everything to do with my productions, who I work
with, what we look like, what we wear, how we fuck, everything! It’s the
greatest feeling to be in control. The most rewarding would be all of the fans
constant appreciation of the blood and sweat I put into my projects. I really
am doing this all for them!
How important is a balance between
reality and illusion in your work? As an artist and sexual icon how do factors
of illusion come into consideration for projects ie. photo technique, body language and alteration, etc?
With my movies, the sex
is all real.. the only
disguise would be that the girls don't typically dress that way when they're
about to have sex. When I cast girls, I try to cast the girls who are REALLY
into sex and love to do it, not the girls who are obviously in this business
just for the money. I love sex and I want to have sex with a girl who loves it
as well!
There is a consistent experimental
element to much of your work, how have you come to decide on certain guidelines
distinguishing Belladonna Entertainment such as seeking only females interested
in anal sex? How important is experimentation and defying pornographic cliché
in your projects?
My whole business is
really experimental actually... we don't stick to proven marketing guidelines,
we do what we think is hot or we'd like to see, and the fans seemed to love
it. I'm just glad they're into it, because
I'd be a very poor woman if nobody was into the sex that I think is hot! And I am shooting guys now actually for my
new company, Deadly Nightshade Productions.
What is your reaction or statement to
people who have objected to your work at any point? Is justification to these
people important to you or not?
It’s actually not
important to me at all. There will always be people out there who do not
approve of what we do or say, but who the hell are they to judge me? Only I can
judge me. And luckily we still have that freedom... for now.
Anything else you would like readers to
know about yourself or your work?
I just want everyone to
know I'm taking over this industry one day at a time!
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