I like girls. I like girls with tattoos. I like girls with tattoos that go to gaming conventions.
Joanna Angel will be on G4TV all weekend as part of their QuakeCon coverage, and I’m pretty well stoked.
So, for those of you in the Dallas, TX area, put down your d20’s and go check it out and try to spot Joanna!
Of course, in honor of Joanna, here’s a few photo’s…
You can get looooots more Joanna at JoannaAngel.com & BurningAngel.com
Q: Tell us how Live in My Secrets went from idea to finished product?
Live in my Secrets is a combination of my fantasies and nightmares. It’s also my first time experimenting with Super 8 film. All my movies start out as some perverted dream, I’m just happy I have the means to get them out of head and to the rest of the world.
Q: In your press release for Live in My Secrets, you referenced the sexual content of a scene by stating it included “pissing, otherwise own as squirting”. Are you saying that squirting is a myth? Or was that remark tongue in cheek?
I’m skeptical of squirting, but I’m a big fan of pissing…
Q: Looking back at your first film as a director with the benefit hindsight, what might you have done differently?
I don’t think I would have done anything different in my movies. I’m pretty happy with them so far.
Q: Was the transition from actress to director a mere phone call away? Explain the process.
Apparently it was a phone call away, but I didn’t know that. The first time I was offered a directing gig (Naked&Famous) It was a bit nerve racking, because I wanted to do something special, and I didn’t have a ton of skills to make that happen, so I thought. But I just sucked it up and did it, and it turned out great and now it’s a lot easier to make movie, but still always a challenge.
Q: How do you feel as an artist when asked to define your work in terms of category and substance?
People define my work as “Alt” and I’m ok with that. Alt to me means “Alternative”, an alternative way of making pornography from how it’s being done everyday, all day in porn valley.
Q: Do you read your reviews negative or positive?
Yes, I read them. For the most part people seem to like what I’m doing so I make my movies for those people.
Q: Tell us about the differences, if any, between your on and of camera sex life.
I enjoy good sex at home and on camera, I’ll do crazier stuff on camera like group sex, but I don’t do that in my personal life. I’m a one man kind of women. A “Serial Monogamist” if you will.
Q: When I’m forced to switch gears from the mundane tasks of life we all endure, to that of photographer, i use music to help me transition moods. What do you use to get you in the mood to create?
Music is a big part of my process as well as places, people and past experiences. Morphine is a perfect example of me using all of these elements together to make a picture.
Q: You’re the only director i know of in this industry besides Andrew Blake who uses film. Why has film become an important tool in your arsenal?
I just started experimenting with film this past year and I didn’t know how it was going to work for me in these projects. But it really ended up reflecting the exact tone I wanted for Live in my Secrets. And now I’m hooked.
Q: Can you trace back your sexual fascination with menstruation to a particular event? If so, please describe.
A: It’s not really a fascination with menstruation. It’s more a fascination with the Dwarves album cover Blood, Guts & Pussy. I love that cover and I just wanted to re-create that image on film.
Q: In regards to the content of your work, do you believe there is such a thing as “going too far”?
A: Everything I’ve ever shot has been “Sex Positive” and consensual. Legal is another story, sometimes there has to be sacrifices but not many.
Q: Latest book read?
My Loose Thread by Dennis Cooper, It’s about a violent homophobic boy named Larry, who is in love with his brother and is hired to murders another boy because of the contents of his notebook.
Q: Before you found yourself in this industry, did you have a porn stash? Do you remember where you hid it? What type of material it was?
I had a lot of access to porno but one dirty magazine with Belladonna changed my perspective on adult. Before I saw her, with her black hair and tattoos I thought all porn girls were leather faced Barbie monsters. And I wouldn’t have given porn a second thought. But, she looked cool, like someone you’d actually want to watch.
Q: Living in LA, what are your favorite restaurants, shopping spots, places to shoot?
I like to shop at The Buffalo Exchange and eat at Diners. I enjoy shooting at Winkytiki’s house and Eon Mckai’s pad or whatever location has wood paneled walls.
Q: You’ve got great taste in women, including Sasha Grey, Faith Leon, and Bobbi Starr in your latest film, is there anyone you’d like to work with in the future that you have yet to approach?
I’d like to work with Tori Black and Stoya.
Q: Stepping outside yourself for a moment, what do you find sexy about Kimberly Kane?
I think at times I can be smart and sexy which is a pretty dangerous combo.
Q: What’s next for you?
I’d like to release a compilation of the Super 8mm films I’ve shooting and do more photography.
Ummmm …
LOS ANGELES - Vivid-Alt is now shipping Live in My Secrets, the latest directorial effort from performer Kimberly Kane. The DVD arrives in stores and online Jan. 29.
Billed as “an extreme hardcore fetish feature from the most primal reaches of Kimberly’s psyche,” the new release stars Kane with Sasha Grey, Bobbi Starr, Faith Leon, Claire Adams, Aiden Starr, April Flores, Mandy Morbid, Mick Blue, and Tyler Knight.
When Kimberly Kane says “hardcore,” she really means it. Live in My Secrets is her hardest project to date in its dark and dirty exploration of fetishism.
“There’s horse play, pissing - otherwise known as squirting - there’s legitimate sub/dom bondage between the best submissive in the world, Bobbi Starr, and the best female dominant in the world, Claire Adams,” Kane told AVN. “This is the first time they’ve ever actually had sex. It’s the first time Sasha Grey and I ever had sex, and the first time Aiden Starr and Tyler Knight had sex. That scene is a horse fantasy; I wrenched up Tyler in this stable like a horse, and Aiden Starr fucked him.”
Kane went on to dish about the gory details of her scene with AVN Award-winner Grey. “I had this fantasy where I wanted to have sex covered in blood,” she said. “So me and Sasha Grey did our first scene totally covered in blood, and the cool thing about it was Sasha was actually on her period, so I was like, ‘Don’t put in a tampon, just bleed, just bleed out.’ She was bleeding while we were having sex, and it was amazing.”
Kane captured the action with a mix of Super-8 film footage and hi-def video. The DVD includes a bonus reel of Super-8 footage, and Kane is planning to compile her ongoing film work for a separate release later this year.
“Film is a process, and this project really made me appreciate it a lot more,” Kane said. “You have to be very careful with film; it takes a lot of love and care. But the cool thing about it is you never know what you have; I shot Smokin’ Mary Jane doing this foot fetish thing, and it was the first time I had actually shot film. I was so scared; I was like, ‘It’s gonna be horrible,’ I was shaking, and it turned out to be awesome. So, you just never know what you’re going to get.”
Kane praised Vivid co-chairman Steven Hirsch for allowing her to release Live in My Secrets with its rough content largely intact.
“This was actually the hardest movie to get out, because it was offending so many people in post-production,” she said. “Luckily, Steve Hirsch was on my side and helped me through it, because literally, every second of this movie was under a microscope and offending someone at Vivid. So this was definitely my darkest release to date, but I think I could go darker. I want to go darker. I’m just testing the waters over there at Vivid, seeing what I’ll get away with.”
Vivid-Alt head Eon McKai is behind his director all the way. “Kimberly Kane shoots the hardest sex you can find on DVD,” he said. “She doesn’t hold back when she makes a movie, and she is unwilling to compromise her vision. That makes her one of the most passionate directors I have ever had the pleasure of working with.”
Kimberly Kane has a paysite … click here to check it out!
and the award goes to (and where to find these altporn stars on the web) ….
Male Performer of the Year- James Deen ( burningangel.com )
Best New Starlet- Stoya ( erotiquedigitale.com, godsgirls.com, lazerbunny.com )
Best Video Feature- Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge
Best Supporting Actress- Belladonna, Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge ( enterbelladonna.com )
Best Girl-Girl Sex Scene- Belladonna, Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge ( enterbelladonna.com )
Best Non-Sex Performance – Nina Hartley, Not Bewitched XXX ( nina.com )
Best All-Girl 3-Way Sex Scene – Belladonna’s Girl Train, Belladonna, Aiden Starr & Kimberly Kane ( enterbelladonna.com, kimberlykane.com )
Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene - Cheerleaders, Stoya, ( erotiquedigitale.com, godsgirls.com, lazerbunny.com )
Most Outrageous Sex Scene- Night of the Giving Head, Rodnievision, “When There’s No More Room at the Kandy Kat, the Dead Souls Will Blow You at Home.”
Best Cinematography- Paid Companions, Studio A entertainment, Andrew Blake ( andrewblake.com )
Best Music Soundtrack- Bad Luck Betties, Vivid Alt. ( vividalt.com )
Best Makeup- Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge ( alexlamarsh.com )
Best Educational Release, Tristan Taramino’s Expert Guide to Oral Sex 2, Vivid Ed.
Best BD/SM Release, House of Sex and Domination, Private/Pure Play
Best Spanking Release, Credit Card Fraud, Kelly Payne Productions
Best Foot/Leg Fetish Release, Belladonna’s Foot Soldiers, Belladonna/Evil Angel ( enterbelldonna.com )
Awhile back AltPornNow member Eon McKai and the luscious Kimberly Kane spent the day on campus talking to students about PORNOGRAPHY. Tune in and learn you you slacker!
