Orally Obsessed Obscure Oration of Overt Onanism Opens Other Orifices
In 1994, forty years after its publication, the world learned the identity of the woman who wrote the famed erotic novel of dominance and submission The Story of O, the most masturbated-to work of literature ever to win the Prix des Deux Magots.
Anne Desclos, the novel’s author, was a respected journalist and literary figure linked to writers like T.S. Eliot and Evelyn Waugh. She was a bisexual in life, and wrote the novel when her boyfriend, Jean Paulhan, suggested to her that women couldn’t write pornography.
Two years later, using the nom-de-porn Jeanne de Berg, another French woman, Catherine Robbe-Grillet (wife of Alain Robbe-Grillet, father of the Nouveau Roman), wrote the similarly-themed The Image, which inspired Radley Metzger’s The Punishment of Anne.
In 1975, Emmanuelle director Just Jaeckin made a film version with Corrine Clery as O, Li Sellgren as her lesbian lover Jacqueline, Udo Kier as her first master Rene, and (after Christopher Lee turned down the role), Anthony Steel as Sir Steven, the man to whom Rene gives her as a slave.
Just as his Emmanuelle did one year ago, Just Jaeckin’s The Story of O will get a special edition release on Blu-ray November 11.
Many other versions followed in the wake of Jaeckin’s skinstant classic.
The same year, porn auteur Gerard Damiano made The Story of Joanna, a film undeniably influenced by the book and in 1979, Lars von Trier made the short film Menthe - la bienheureuse.
And then there were The Story of O Continued with Klaus Kinski in 1981 (based on the novel's 1969 sequel), Story of O: Part II and Jess Franco’s The Sexual Story of O in 1984, and The Story of O: Untold Pleasures in 2002.
There was even a Spanish TV series in 1992 called The Story of O, the Series and starring Claudia Cepeda.
In addition to Damiano’s X-rated adaptation, there was a porno version starring Jesse Jane and called The Story of J in 2004, and in 2006 Adam & Eve films made the hardcore porn flick O: the Power of Submission with Carmen Luvana in the title role.
Now, to follow the success of the 2006 move, the company has released an updated version called The Surrender of O, starring Bree Olson.
"Making O was something I've wanted to do since I read the book in my teens," gushed Bree to AVN. "Of course, Adam & Eve's first version was spectacular; what adult actress wouldnt want to play the lead? Plus, I truly enjoy being submissive in my personal life, so the audience gets to see a little of the real me in here!"
Mr Skin hopes we get to see a lot of the real Bree!
The trailer is available at AVNLive.com.
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