The bored and lonely housewife embarking on a life of erotic pleasure has been a porn-movie trope since at least the days of the 8mm-stag film. But the Belle de Jour-style protagonist is never an unhappy Australian mom who goes from planning suicide, to radically reclaiming agency by hiring a male escort, to soaring to international fame as an award-winning feminist pornographer. Until now. Meet Morgana Muses, the unlikely star of Josie Hess and Isabel Peppard’s Fantasia Film Festival-premiering documentary Morgana. Hess, a filmmaker and pornographer, and her co-director Peppard, who is also an animator and visual artist, began collaborating […]...
- 8/20/2020
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The bored and lonely housewife embarking on a life of erotic pleasure has been a porn-movie trope since at least the days of the 8mm-stag film. But the Belle de Jour-style protagonist is never an unhappy Australian mom who goes from planning suicide, to radically reclaiming agency by hiring a male escort, to soaring to international fame as an award-winning feminist pornographer. Until now. Meet Morgana Muses, the unlikely star of Josie Hess and Isabel Peppard’s Fantasia Film Festival-premiering documentary Morgana. Hess, a filmmaker and pornographer, and her co-director Peppard, who is also an animator and visual artist, began collaborating […]...
- 8/20/2020
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Playing at Fantasia 2020, Morgana is one of the most interesting docs I've seen at this festival --- or ever, due to its sheer humanity and empathy. You can read the full review here. ScreenAnarchy was able to speak to the directors of this thought-provoking, tear-inducing doc --- Josie Hess and Isabel Peppard --- who told us about how Morgana came to be, normalizing the sexuality of mature women, and more. If you're in Canada, you can watch Morgana on demand via Fantasia during the run of the festival, from August 20 - September 2. Check out the trailer below. ScreenAnarchy: How did you come to meet Morgana Muses, and what sparked the idea to follow her for a documentary? Isabel Peppard: I first met...
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- 8/18/2020
- Screen Anarchy
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