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Sky/CurrentTV on the set of "Rough/Tender"

A juicy clip from the docu CurrentTV aired in February 2010. Kudos to filmmakers Alberto d’Onofrio and Alessandra Ugolini for taking a non-judgmental approach and portraying the porn set for what it is. Not a fantasy, not a stereotype…  Don’t miss the interviews with Alex Magnum, Federico d’ Angelo, Ettore Tosi, Jean Franko, Jordan Fox and prod. assistant extraordinaire Alez.

Rough/Tender on VOD

GayVN Award nominated “Rough/Tender” debuts today on VOD. A new episode every Saturday throughout September. “A refreshing alternative on the gay porn landscape”, writes XBiz Premiere. “Gorgeous shots of Italy and nice uses of color, mixing romance with aggression (…) and some of the hottest men”.


Rough/Tender


Rough/Tender is (finally) out on DVD. My first directing credit after a long hiatus (one year and a half, in fact). There’s no question in my mind that the DVD market is at death’s door. Question is: how long will it stay alive? Likewise, I have no doubt that production values will be back in fashion –eventually. In the early 2000s, amateur porn felt fresh, different, more attuned to the web ‘revolution’. A new generation of consumers was brainwashed into equating amateur sex with ‘real’ sex. Big mistake: because ‘amateur’ sex is often no less staged and choreographed than the old studios’. Just poorly lit, –for the most part– conceived, blocked, edited…