LOS ANGELES—You never know what to expect from director Dana Vespoli. Now she's gone straight to hell ... or at least deep into one of the most famous literary explorations of eternal damnation.
Though much of the director/performer's output for Evil Angel is gonzo porn, she's also known for her ambitious features, among these the AVN Award-nominated Hollywood Babylon. Her newest feature, A Thing of Beauty, arrives June 8 on DVD and VOD.
This ambitious story mixes hellish imagery, special effects and a variety of sex scenes to provide a depraved re-imagination of a literary classic. The multi-faceted Vespoli says she found inspiration for the project from both classic literature—Goethe's Faust—and a modern-day porn performer.
"I had been wanting to do a project with Bree Daniels for a very long time, with her in a lead role," Vespoli said. "I think she is enormously gifted as a performer and as an actress, and I wanted to create a story for her."
In A Thing of Beauty, Vespoli explained, Daniels' character "finds herself seduced by a cast of sinister characters after she signs, seals and delivers her soul to the devil."
"A Thing of Beauty surprises, delights and disturbs with creative ideas," said Evil Angel founder John Stagliano. "Skillful filmmaking and involving action make this erotic adventure memorable."
The director, who portrays a she-devil opposite Daniels’ character (both pictured above), found motivation all around her. Vespoli mused, "I've always been drawn to the notion of the Faustian compromise, especially living in Los Angeles, where people seem willing to sell their souls for fame, money and beauty. I've always been amused by how we are such a litigious society—how we have contracts for everything to protect our interests, and on the flip side of that, to fuck other people over.
“We are also a 'fast food' society where we are all desperately seeking a quick fix and instant gratification, often failing to read the fine print, so to speak, and we suffer dearly because of it,” Vespoli continued. “I feel like we have all, at one time or another, wondered how far we'd be willing to go to get what we want."
In A Thing of Beauty, natural-bodied redhead Daniels' transformation from mousy mess to confident cutie enhances her professional and sexual satisfaction. Her lovemaking with new boyfriend Logan Pierce is shot to evoke the feeling of a real couple experiencing each other for the first time.
Then she's dragged to a darker place by black-clad hellions Sinn Sage and Karlie Montana; they dominate Bree in a brutal, blasphemous all-girl three-way. Stylish black beauty Skin Diamond bears bloody scars where her wings have been ripped off. Buxom fuck demon Aiden Starr makes the fallen angel confess her sinful pleasures in a rough lesbian session. Claiming another fallen angel (Mick Blue), Vespoli's literally heartless demon reveals her morality: "I can feel the grace of God going up my asshole, where it belongs."
As in her other work, Vespoli sprinkles in various popular culture references to enrich A Thing of Beauty. She commented, "The hell that Bree finds herself in was inspired by David Lynch's depiction of Agent Cooper's subconscious mind in Twin Peaks. Pierce & Pierce, where Bree is working at the beginning of the movie, is the company where Patrick Bateman works in American Psycho."
A trailer is available now at EvilAngelVideo.com.
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