James Logan
02-03-2005, 10:30 AM
As reported by the Agence France Press, and translated by yours truly:
She was Nadine in BAISE-MOI, the ultraviolent "porn" flick released in the fall of 2000 and rated X by the French authorities.
Karen Lancaume, aka Karen Bach, put an end to her life last Friday night in a friend's apartment in Paris, on a prescription drug overdose. She left a note to her parents, the contents of which were kept private.
Under the names of Karen Lancaume and Angel Paris, she had been one of the biggest porn stars in France, starring in such movies as LE CHATEAU DES DESIRS, BERENICE NIQUE and WORLD SEX TOUR.
The young upper-class woman, holder of a bachelor's in economics, had been introduced to porn by her first husband, and had kept doing X-rated movies after their divorce. She had been hired by Virginie Despentes to star in BAISE-MOI in 1999, after she had just retired from porn. The movie had created a huge controversy both in France and abroad, and Karen Lancaume was always the first to defend it, calling a feminist movie, and stating that: "Why should women get their asses grabbed and not men? All women want is equality and comprehension. BAISE-MOI isn't porn. Porn is guys who come all over women's faces and women who take it all, like objects. BAISE-MOI is the exact opposite."
She had not been in a movie since BAISE-MOI. Still single, she spoke most often of love, music, and children... and, at age 31, finally chose death over life.
I'm sad and surprised. Not a huge fan of BAISE-MOI, but loved the porn flicks (and somehow, this news makes me feel a little guilty about it). But hey...I hope she finds peace now, because she apparently never found it down here.
She was Nadine in BAISE-MOI, the ultraviolent "porn" flick released in the fall of 2000 and rated X by the French authorities.
Karen Lancaume, aka Karen Bach, put an end to her life last Friday night in a friend's apartment in Paris, on a prescription drug overdose. She left a note to her parents, the contents of which were kept private.
Under the names of Karen Lancaume and Angel Paris, she had been one of the biggest porn stars in France, starring in such movies as LE CHATEAU DES DESIRS, BERENICE NIQUE and WORLD SEX TOUR.
The young upper-class woman, holder of a bachelor's in economics, had been introduced to porn by her first husband, and had kept doing X-rated movies after their divorce. She had been hired by Virginie Despentes to star in BAISE-MOI in 1999, after she had just retired from porn. The movie had created a huge controversy both in France and abroad, and Karen Lancaume was always the first to defend it, calling a feminist movie, and stating that: "Why should women get their asses grabbed and not men? All women want is equality and comprehension. BAISE-MOI isn't porn. Porn is guys who come all over women's faces and women who take it all, like objects. BAISE-MOI is the exact opposite."
She had not been in a movie since BAISE-MOI. Still single, she spoke most often of love, music, and children... and, at age 31, finally chose death over life.
I'm sad and surprised. Not a huge fan of BAISE-MOI, but loved the porn flicks (and somehow, this news makes me feel a little guilty about it). But hey...I hope she finds peace now, because she apparently never found it down here.