‘The Submission of Emma Marx’ (Must-Watch Fetish Porn)
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Origins/background: Emma Marx emerged from New Sensations exec Scott Taylor’s suggestion that writer Jacky St. James explore a BDSM/50 Shades-style scenario as a potential New Sensations feature. St. James was not a fan of 50 Shades and became determined to construct a more honest, provocative depiction of the BDSM themes that made E.L. James’s books such a mega-hit franchise. “I didn’t know anything about BDSM. I hated 50 Shades of Grey – I thought it was the worst book ever written. I went on message boards and forums within the BDSM community and I was trying to educate myself, because I knew nothing,” St. James said in a 2014 interview.
Memorable scene(s): As befits the escalating nature of its story (that of a naive, young woman being introduced to BDSM by a mysterious older man), the final scene is the most spectacular. Mr. Frederick (Richie Calhoun) guides Emma (Penny Pax) through temperature play involving skillful application of ice cubes and candle wax. (scene starts at 01:26:47)
Trivia: Remy LaCroix and Xander Corvus were St. James’s original choices for the leads ultimately played by Penny Pax and Richie Calhoun, but both LaCroix and Corvus proved unavailable. It may have been a happy accident of fate, though! “I can’t even imagine anyone being able to bring what they brought to the movie. Not Xander, not Remy – it was really Penny and Richie’s movie all along, and they just had it so that it worked out perfectly,” St. James said.
Director: Though she has since matured into one of porn’s most popular and acclaimed porn directors, St. James was new to behind-the-camera work at the time the first Emma Marx was filmed. As a result, she shared a co-director credit with industry veteran Eddie Powell, who helped her with the technical side of porn filmmaking.
Quotable: “I think the mistake that’s often made is that subs in these movies are depicted as being the weaker one, the one that has no control or power when in actuality the sub has all the power. They have the power to say no, but they want to please, so that’s why they do some of the things that they do. So for me, I just wanted to be as true to the community as I could be, and to be as true to those kind of relationships as I could be.” –Jacky St. James (2014 interview)
Sequels: The saga of Emma Marx didn’t stop at volume one! Her story continued in three sequels.
