Attack fails, website re-opens – for now

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Malcolm J. Brenner’s Wet Goddess web site and blog, which had temporarily succumbed to a dedicated denial of service (DDoS) attack, are back in operation again, following action by Dreamhost, the web hosting company.

The parties who launched the attack remain unknown.  Brenner is a controversial author for having written and self-published Wet Goddess, an unabashedly autobiographical novel about a college student’s sexual relationship with a dolphin in the 1970’s.  The novel has sold about 1,300 copies in paperback and about 100 as an e-book.

However, the sites may not be in operation for long, due to an outstanding bill with the company.

“I am currently archiving and saving six years of commentary from my blog,” Brenner said, “with the idea of re-starting it next year, when I am able to pay up the account.”

Web site, blog attacked

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Malcolm J. Brenner’s Wet Goddess web site and blog were both brought down by dedicated denial of service attacks on Sunday, the author said.  Someone maliciously sent two million hits to the web site and 500,000 to the blog, causing the host, Dreamhost to close them down for being over their server’s capacity.  At this time neither is available, pending resolution of the problem.  Brenner hopes to have the both operating again later this week.  Please stand by for further details.

“Dolphin Lover” premieres on iTunes, Hulu to follow

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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – The controversial and award-winning short documentary film “Dolphin Lover” will be available for purchase on iTunes, Vimeo, Xbox and other video on demand sites starting Tuesday, Oct. 27, the film’s producer said Monday.

Joey Daoud added that the 15-minute film, which was selling in pre-order for $2.99, would be available on Hulu on Dec. 27.

“Dolphin Lover” recounts the true story of writer Malcolm J. Brenner’s intimate relationship with Dolly, a female bottlenose dolphin kept at Floridaland, a 1960’s amusement park located in Nokomis, south of Sarasota.  That relationship became the basis for “Wet Goddess: Recollections of a Dolphin Lover,” Brenner’s 2010 novelization of those events.  The book has sold more than 1,250 copies in 18 countries world-wide, including China, and is currently being translated into Russian for release there.

“Dolphin Lover” took Honorable Mentions at Slamdance 2015 and Indie Grits 2015.  It was awarded Best Short Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival and was runner-up for Best Documentary Short at the Sidewalk Film Festival.

“Dolphin Lover” award at Sidewalk Film Fest

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MIAMI 8/31/15 – “Dolphin Lover,” the documentary film about author Malcolm J. Brenner’s 1971 love affair with Dolly the dolphin, was named runner-up in the Best Documentary Short category at the Sidewalk film festival in Birmingham, Alabama, producer Joey Daoud announced today.  This makes a total of four awards for the film, including Best Documentary Short at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and honorable mentions at Slamdance and the Indie Grits festival.

The 16-minute film uses archival footage of Floridaland, the amusement park where the interspecies romance took place, Brenner’s black-and-white period photos of the park’s dolphins and extensive interviews with Brenner.  To see a teaser for the film, click here.

Official selection of Portland Film Festival

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Kareem Tabsch, director of Dolphin Lover, reports the film is an official selection at the Portland Film Festival. The film will show in a block of shorts at 4:45 and 6:45 p.m. on Sept. 2.

“Orgone Box” now an e-book

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Malcolm Brenner’s memoir of psychiatric sexual abuse and a dysfunctional family, “Growing Up In The Orgone Box: Secrets of a Reichian Childhood,” is now available as an e-book on Smashwords under the “Adult Content” listing.

“I suffered physical, sexual and emotional abuse at the hands of a sadistic pervert, Dr. Albert Duvall, who was appointed by Wilhelm Reich to practice his bogus ‘orgone therapy’ on innocent children like myself,” Brenner said. “My family poured thousands of dollars into this quackery on the basis that it would make us have better orgasms and be better people, but to this day I am filled with rage at what happened to me, and to hundreds of other unfortunate children.”

Duvall is the same psychiatrist whom entertainer Lorna Luft wrote about in her autobiography, “Me And My Shadows.”  Luft is the daughter of actress Judy Garland.

“This type of abuse is typical of ‘true believers,’ whatever their belief system is,” Brenner said.  “One of the characteristics of the children who were molested by Duvall is that we all tried to tell our parents what was going on in his locked, soundproof office, and none of them listened to us.”

Duvall, who died in 1979, was never accused, charged or punished for his crimes.

“I hope ‘Orgone Box’ sets the record straight about Wilhelm Reich’s nonsensical beliefs and Duvall’s sadism toward his patients,” Brenner said.  “The publication of this e-book makes my story available to more people, particularly in Europe, where Reich’s work remains popular, for some unfathomable reason.”

“Dolphin Lover” takes best short documentary award

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It has just been announced by the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival that Dolphin Lover took the Best Short Documentary award.  The 15-minute film, directed by Kareem Tabsch and produced by Joey Daoud, recounts the true story of writer Malcolm J. Brenner’s romantic and sexual love affair with a bottlenose dolphin at Floridaland, a low-rent amusement park, in the early 1970’s.  Brenner’s experience became the basis for his 2010 novel Wet Goddess: Recollections of a Dolphin Lover.

“Dolphin Lover” plays SF Indiefest

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“Dolphin Lover” will be playing this week at the San Francisco Indiefest film festival at the Roxie Theater on June 6 and 9.  Click here for more information and show times.

“Dolphin Lover” to play L.A. Film Festival

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The short film “Dolphin Lover,” about Malcolm J. Brenner’s relationship with Dolly the dolphin, will play at the prestigious 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival.  Screening time is 8:45 p.m. on Monday, June 15 at the Regal Cinemas Live as part of the Shorts Program 1.  For information about future screenings, please return to this web site.

Sarasota unRavel.us Interview

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Short interview with Malcolm J. Brenner by Kat Dow of unRavel.us, a web site of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune newspaper.  Being where Brenner lived during the time, the early 1970’s, Sarasota is “ground zero” for the “Wet Goddess” story.  “Dolphin Lover” screened twice at the recent 2015 Sarasota Film Festival.  The film makes use of archival footage of Floridaland, the small theme park with a dolphin show in Nokomis which provided the setting for the book.  The location is today occupied by a housing development.