Fetishes (documentary)
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{{Infobox Film
| name = Fetishes
| image = Fetishes documentary DVD.jpg
| caption = DVD cover for ''Fetishes''
| director = [[Nick Broomfield]]
| producer = Nick Broomfield
| writer = Nick Broomfield
| starring = Mistress Beatrice<br>Mistress Catherine<br>Mistress Delilah<br>Mistress Natasha<br>Mistress Raven
| music = Jaimie Muhoberac
| cinematography = Christophe Lanzenberg
| editing = William C. Carruth
| distributor = [[Home Box Office|HBO]]
| released = [[1996 in film|1996]]
| runtime = 84 min
| language = English
| budget =
| imdb_id = 0116298
}}
'''''Fetishes''''' is a [[1996 in film|1996]] documentary by [[Nick Broomfield]] filmed at [[Pandora's Box (BDSM)|Pandora's Box]], one of [[New York City]]'s most luxurious [[sadism and masochism|SM]]/[[sexual fetishes|fetish]] parlours. The film contains interviews with professional [[Dominatrix|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 [[sexual fetish|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The film was produced in the [[United Kingdom]] and was originally made for [[HBO]].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.
== See also ==
* [[BDSM]]
* [[Sexual_fetish|Fetishism]]
* [[Rubberist]]
* [[Maria Beatty]]
==External links==
* [http://www.nickbroomfield.com/fetishes.html Information about the documentary, including a trailer]
* [http://www.nyrock.com/spc/1998/pandora.asp A Chat with Mistress Raven of Pandora's Box (NY Rock)]
** [http://www.nyrock.com/movies/1997/fetishes.asp Review of Fetishes, Nick Broomfield's documentary on Pandora's Box (NY Rock)]
[[Category:1996 films]]
[[Category:British documentary films]]
[[Category:BDSM in films]]
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