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Dion Giarrusso 07/01 |
| On a
recent trip to LA, I stopped by the Elegant Angel offices just to take a look around and
was pleasantly surprised when my tour guide turned out to be director Dion
Giarrusso. What follows are portions of a conversation we had in his office.
PT:So yall just started Volcanic. Dion:We just started Valcanic just recently, we have our first movie coming out on July 16th, which is Monday. Were going to be doing one a month, were not going to try to flood the market. Were going to try to keep the quality as high as we can and keep the same standard which Elegant Angels has: Quality is #1. PT:Are you going to be directing by yourself, doing all the production, everything? Dion:The first movie thats coming out is called The Younger the Berry, the Sweeter the Juice. Its directed by Tyce Bune. PT:I know Tyce Dion:Tyce directed it and Im very proud of him. Its all young girls with all the strong guys in the movies like Mark Davis, Vince Voyeurs, those kind of guys. Tyce is a great director, hes really good at getting what he wants, and lets say it Gonzo, doesnt have a real story, but its got a little lead up to each scene and it looks really good, weve got the girls in really cute outfits, you know. At Elegant Angel and Volcanic its about the sex, the young girls and the strong guys. PT:Are you still doing the intro like youve done in the past with your comeback pussy series where youve got a little intro and talk to the girls interview sessions like that? Dion:The way Tyce has it set up, hell have like a, he starts one off with Charmaine Star pedaling down the street on a razor and they pick up on her on the street and get her to come in the house and they play Foos Ball, you know some quick stuff and then we cut it like MTV , real quick cuts, we let you see the lead up and we dont waste too much time, we get to the sex. Its a little different than come back pussy. Its got a little lead up to it. I like it. I really like it, Im really proud of Tyce. And I look for a long lasting relationship with Tyce. PT:If Volcanic is only going to be putting out one movie a month, is he going to be directing all of them? Dion:No, hes directing The Younger the berry, the Sweeter the Juice. I have a blow-job one where the girls talk to the guys real nasty before they give a blowjob and during the sex they talk into the camera where the guys in an arcade in a backroom of some lonely adult video/bookstore. PT:A look through the gory hole? Dion:Yeah, look through the gory hole and I got the girls kind of make like its them getting the blowjob, the guy thats watching. And make him feel at home. PT:Approach to an interactive. Dion:Interactive thing, exactly. But not fake, I dont want the girls saying, "Hey! How do you like the way Im sucking your dick?", because shes not sucking his dick. But I know you love watching me suck this dick, you know. And its neat. I like it, its something I like. I used to drive a truck when I was lonely and 21 and stuff. Its directed by Andre Madness, you know who Andre Madness Is? PT:Im not familiar with him. Dion:Andre works for Hustler, he does a lot their lines and he works for New Sensations and now we got him here. And he used to work for us for a while, he used to direct Dr. Felatio. Hes really a good guy and he really knows what hes doing. Most of the scenes are all group scenes, got 4 guys, 1 girl, 4 girls 1 guy, we put a lot of money into the production, got the girls in cute outfits, its all shot outside, get the natural lighting, and of course we try to use young fresh girls and thats called Dirty Talking Blow-Jobs. Another line I have is directed by Dale Jordan. Dale does stuff for Elegant Angel, Superfreaks and Sugarwalls, he does all our Black stuff. He does this "all real nice butts", its all girls with cute butts, doesnt matter what color they are, its not all black, it doesnt matter, it just whoever looks good. PT:Its a butt thing. Dion:Yeah, its a butt thing. If it could be half as good as Buttmans stuff, wed be happy, you know what I mean? PT:I also heard that youre getting Vince Voyeur over here. Dion:Vince Voyeur is over here. He directs for Elegant Angel right now. Hes doing two movies a month for us, and were really happy with what hes done for us so far and we think Vince is going to be better than he ever has been. I like his stuff, I like all the Anabolic, Diabolic stuff, and I like their product. But Vince, when he was working for them, always had to get the girls approved by Chris before he could put them in the movie, and obviously Chris knows what hes doing, because he sells a lot of product and his product is good. But we let Vince kind of do it his way. And were hoping that uh PT:Give him a little more control over it Dion:Little more control and I hope that shows to the camera. Were looking for great things for Vince. And of course Im going to have Vince come over to Volcanic and do something over there. Were discussing it right now, we dont know exactly what, maybe a big natural tit thing, maybe a PT:I know Vince like natural tits. Dion:Vince does like natural tits, or maybe something Were looking, were thinking and theres a lot of good stuff were talking about. Weve got Dale Jordan and also Cory his brother who does the Filthy Firsttimers and (Dr. Fellatio) BlowJobs, he did a Latin line for me, its all Latin girls. I like the name Poppys Girls, Pat doesnt really like it so I dont know if its going to be called Poppys Girls, Pat might change that. What else have I done? Ruebens done two blowjobs, Tyce has done two The Younger the Berries , weve got a Latin line, two blowjobs, two younger berries, and the real nice butts. Im thinking about doing something inter-racial, maybe something with Lexington Steele, based on him, you know, doing the heavy metal stuff, doing the balls deep, you know Lex is good. Im talking to Vince about that, Vince might do that for us. Thats that. PT:What about you, are you going to continue to direct Comeback Pussy? Dion:Comeback Pussy! PT:Thank you! Thank you! Dion:You like It? PT:I love it! I think it one of the best series out of Elegant Angel Dion:Thank you, man. PT:Although, I have to admit that Cory Jordan taking over Filthy FirstTimers, David Luger did a real good job with that, and Cory looked a little shaky at the first, but his stuff is getting better and better every movie that comes out. Dion:Well you know, Cory and Dale are my best friends, we grew up as kids together, and I brought them to Elegant Angel and Cory was a Chippendales dancer for many years. And you know girls love him. And the girls just want to do more for him, because they want to fuck him, you know. And I think its so important to have good looking cameramen, because the women love em. Thats why Zakk Wylde, you met just now, Ryan, girls like him too and it just shows to the camera and Cory shoots all the camera on Sugarwall, Superfreaks, hes my cameraman now. I use him, I use Alex Ladd. BEEP, BEEP (Dion's telephone goes off) Dion:Thats Cory PT:Speak of the Devil Dion:Hey Cory! Ive got you on speakerphone, were doing an interview for xxxmoviereview.com and Im here with PT. Were going to do that thing with him and Im going to call you right back, he likes your Filthy FirstTimers, he says youre getting better and better. Oh, good. All right? All right. And tomorrow, were going to that thing tomorrow night? (To PT)Yeah, The Night of the Stars, you going to that thing? PT:Probably will. Talk to you later. (Dion hangs up) Dion:You can come with us. You can come in with us. No problem. PT:Can you get two, I have my site model with me. Dion:Ill do my best. Cory is the cameraman for Sugarwall and Superfreaks, you know, like anybody else, he likes women but he needs to learn. One thing about Pat, if he likes you, hes willing to learn with you. You know what I mean? PT:Yeah Dion:And were taking our chances with him, and hes getting better and better because he works every damn day. He does Sugarwall and Superfreaks, he does all of them, him and Alex Ladd shoot my Comeback Pussy with me, theyre the cameramen. So hes got a ton of practice and hes doing Filthy FirstTimers and Blowjobs in between. So the kids working everyday. So its gotta rub off. PT:Well that and if you want to learn from somebody, who better to learn from than Patrick? Dion:Oh yeah! PT:He knows the business inside and out. Dion:Exactly. So its working for us. My formula for Comeback Pussy, I mean, I tell ya when I first started to work for Pat, I did Smutline. I did stuff outside on locations. I really liked it. It was different and it worked and I was always wondering, cause I started doing the sales eventually, and I was always wondering why Comeback Pussy was better than my stuff? I thought mine was better and different, I kept looking and watching our early Comeback Pussys, and it was a formula, man. It was that cool song
PT:Uh huh! Dion:You got the girl dancin the montage, you get to check her out. Then you interview her and people like to know about the girl and know whats goin on. And over time Ive learned that its chemistry. Youve got to put people together that want to be together. PT:Exactly. Dion:I never hire a guy and a girl and they show up on the set together. I dont get em to meet there. I want them to know each other. A girl comes in who do you want to work with? "Oh I love Mark Davis, I love Lexington Steele, I love Vince Voyeur", so I put them with who they want. Do you like girls? Yes, so I put another girl and a guy, and I always do what they like. I never really, you know, I ask them what they like, they tell me, and if they want to do anal, they do it. If they dont, they dont. We see how they feel that day. And its worked for me. And as a whole, Ive never had a problem, knock on wood. Cause I always get the best guys. I know my guys are gonna be strong. Tyce is gonna be strong. Bobby Vitale, Pat Myne, you know, and Im a firm believer that no matter how beautiful and girl is, if shes a Jill Kelly, and the guy is not strong, youre not gonna get nothin. And thats the bottom line. But, if you have a Mark Davis with a girl thats not that..theres not that much energy to her, Marks going to get the best out of her. Shes got no choice but to show some energy. A guy with a dick that big, and hes aggressive, and hes got a lot of energy, theres no way around it. PT:I know one of the best scenes Ive reviewed lately, was from Booty Duty 9, with Mark Davis, and a Russian girl, Claudia Adkins, shes one of my favorites. Anyway, Ive always said that youve got have guys that can push the girls just a little bit, but not too much. They gotta have the chemistry. Dion:I love the energy, I even like TT Boy, I think hes great. But you gotta control him. Some girls like to be dealt with like that, but you cant get them to do something they dont like doing. PT:Right. Dion:If they like it then do it. PT:Thats where you get Mark Davis, even Vince and some of the other top actors, Lexington, Mr. Marcus, they know how to push them, just enough, enough to where theyre reaching for their edge, but theyre not real uncomfortable with it. Dion:Exactly, and it works for me. If you watch Comeback Pussys that I do, I mean theyre, I mean Im not saying that theyre repetitious, but it is the same thing every time, just different people. I mean why, its not broken, dont fix it. It sells, I get reorders on it. I watch it, I watch my stuff, I dont think Im a good director, I think Im a great producer. I think Im good at putting the right people together. I dont do nothin, I talk to them prior, the guys know what I want to see, and I just sit and watch. I tell my cameraman to shoot it, if I see something I like, I get their face. I love the fuckin emotion on their face. I want to see a girl cumming. I want to see that kind of stuff. You know? I dont want to see the guy cumming (his face), but I want to see the girl. It turns me on. I shoot what I like. PT:Thats one thing that has bothered me with a lot of this stuff that comes out, especially the stuff that made for cable and hard core at the same time and when they splice the stuff, when they start cutting it in and editing and all that, youve got 80% close-up, 20&\% full body shots, and a lot of times youve got the full body shots, and they got the girls head cut off. I want to see the girls face, I want to see her reactions. Whats sexier? Dion:Exactly. There are certain angles you gotta get. When the guys do missionary, you shoot, you show that pussy and that face. You gotta do it, I mean, to me its not rocket science, its what in my heart. I dont watch anybodys porn. I dont know what anybodys doing. I hear John Leslie and Joey Silvera, how great they are. I dont know. I dont what theyre doing. I dont watch it. I know I shoot what I like. I like watching a girl undress, I like to see her dance a little bit, I like to interview her. I dont know what else to do but put her with a strong guy and thats what I like. The camera angles gotta be good of course, the lighting has to be good. At Volcanic, we shot some stuff, hard and soft, but what Ive done is Ive hired my regular cameraman and I have a second one to shoot the soft, and I tell that guy shootin soft that its secondary, stay out of my guys way. And he does and he does what he has to do, because I dont care if I get a cable sale, if I get it, its just icing on the cake.. PT:So you are looking to sell some of this to cable? Dion:I did. I sold the first The Younger the Berry to the 10 channel already. They bought it. John bought it from me. He loves it. Its good stuff, but, at the same time, its secondary to me. I dont care if I ever get a cable sale. I like the money, I want the money, but I want the fans to be happy. I want the perverts to be happy. Thats who sells Elegant Angel and thats whos going to sell Volcanic. Nobody buys our stuff because they want to. Its too damned expensive. They cant make any money on it. They buy it because they have to. And I want to maintain that. You know, you go to the market, you gotta buy Heinz Ketchup, your wife wants Heinz Ketchup on her hamburger, and thats what I want in porn. You have to have Elegant Angel. The only way that could happen is we put quality first. We dont show the same damn scene over and over and other scenes, everything is brand new. Of course we have our soft shots, and our compilations, but our people know. Whatever that box says, you can bet your ass on it thats whats inside it. You know, thats how Pat made it so big. Like you and me, just from doing what he likes and he was tired of getting ripped off, like everybody else. Like you, you know, going to the video store, and seeing a picture of Rachel Welch on the box, and you got some Oprah Winfrey inside. PT:The one that got me was Savannah. How many times you see Savannah on a box cover and she does one solo masturbation scene in the movie and thats it. Dion:Exactly. PT:If I see Sylvia Saint or Nikita Denise or somebody like that (on the box), I want to see them. Dion:They better be in that movie. If Sylvia Saint is on that box, she better be in at least one scene. PT:I saw that Elegant Angel had Randy Spears direct some stuff, the Hot Legs and Lick my Legs Dion:Was it good? PT:The first one, Lick my Legs, was real good. Dion:Uh huh. PT:The second one, there were some problems with it. The sex scenes didnt coincide with the story line. Not only that, but I dont like to listen to Randy direct from off screen during the action. Dion:I like Randy, Randy is a great guy, hes very talented, he was a mainstream actor at one time, but hes hot and cold. PT:But the first one was dynamite. Had good-lookin girls in there, Ryan Connors, Sylvia Saint. How does that girl (Ryan Conners) not get the Best New Actress award? Dion:Exactly! PT:I mean the first time I saw her was in Filthy FirstTimers, and I wrote in the review, I said this is my nomination for Best New Actress of the Year. Dion:Exactly. Shes great isnt she? PT:Oh shes awesome. Dion:I love Ryan Conner. Shes a Comeback, Id put her in. But were hoping for good things. Theres so much damn product out there, theres so much stuff coming out, you know. PT:There is, but I think Elegant Angel, with the stuff Ive seen of yours, and your attitude, I dont think youre going to have any problem. Because it all comes through and fans like me eventually find out whos putting out the good stuff and the other stuff is just going to sit on the shelf. Dion:Exactly. Theres always room for something better. Im looking forward to it.
(Note: Dion has since left Elegant Angel to concentrate on his Volcanic line of movies.) |