Ms Kathleen's Review

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Elise mentioned in her book that a documentary was made about Eva Norvind’s life, titled “Didn’t Do It For Love”. I immediately decided that I should get the video and review it for Predominant. It was not easy to find but I found a copy on Amazon.

I guess the word “disappointed” best describes how I felt about this documentary. When I was done watching this video, I wished I had never seen this film because it did not do justice to Ava or her life. Feminist Monika Treut produced and directed this film and it had a gloomy and depressing tone.

First of all, I was really surprised at Ava’s appearance. It is 1997 and only a few years removed from her years as one of the most beautiful and powerful Pro Dommes女主人 — a dominant woman in New York City. Ava is overweight, wears no make-up, wears unflattering clothing and her hair looks as if she just doesn’t care. Toward the end of the film we find out that this is by design, as Ava is rebelling from her days as a sex-symbol and she now is seeking a more spiritual existence.

Perhaps Ms Treut should have let us know this upfront because I kept thinking to myself as I watched this documentary, “what happened to her?”, as they showed pictures and movies of the attractive Ava from her youth to her days as a Dominatrix女支配者 — a dominant woman in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s.