Film director Wayne Thallon grew up in Edinburgh, between two very different homes. His mother was the wife of an Italian diplomat, his father a working-class wheeler-dealer who ran a 'massage parlour'
It was perhaps inevitable, given his wildly unconventional upbringing, that Wayne Thallon would one day become a professional storyteller. Though he could as easily have turned to a life of crime. Today, the former civil servant is recounting a specific incident that took place in the sauna-brothel run by his family and inspired the name of his new film, A Spanking in Paradise.
He was only six when he first witnessed his father administer a brutal beating, after catching a man who owed him money, shackled in the dungeon below the sauna. The sauna was one of many in Edinburgh where sex is sold. "He nipped in and took the paddle from their S&M expert and carried...
It was perhaps inevitable, given his wildly unconventional upbringing, that Wayne Thallon would one day become a professional storyteller. Though he could as easily have turned to a life of crime. Today, the former civil servant is recounting a specific incident that took place in the sauna-brothel run by his family and inspired the name of his new film, A Spanking in Paradise.
He was only six when he first witnessed his father administer a brutal beating, after catching a man who owed him money, shackled in the dungeon below the sauna. The sauna was one of many in Edinburgh where sex is sold. "He nipped in and took the paddle from their S&M expert and carried...
- 9/16/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
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