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A few years ago, in 2017,
Rocco Siffredi
(Ortona, 1964) presented a documentary titled with his name at the Venice Festival in which he revealed his life in raw form: more than 1,600 films, nearly 4,000 filming partners, several attempts of withdrawal never fulfilled, a long addiction to sex never completely cured... All of this hand in hand with a poorly concealed exhibitionism that made him declare phrases like
"I have the devil between my legs"
or meticulously, or not so meticulously, rehearsed sentences. like: "When I work I am very aware that there are two hands at work:
me and my penis. We are both famous
."
Years have passed and now, a sign of the times, it's time for a series.
If Nacho Vidal has one, why not him?
Supersex
, recently presented at the
Berlinale
, is the name of this new foray into the character's self.
Distributed in seven chapters and produced by Netflix (it will be in the catalog in March) it tells about his life and, pay attention, something else.
Created by
Francesca Manieri,
the idea is to "enter the body of Western masculinity and deconstruct it."
The quotation marks are not from Freud but from the '
showrunner
' herself who, in addition to defining herself as a feminist, makes it clear that this is not exactly about what we think (obviously wrong) but about something that, without being completely clear what it is, seems fair otherwise.
"My goal is to put man in front of himself through Rocco's life, because he is, above all, an icon, an emblem. He
is the dick
of
Western culture"
.
Wait, did we understand correctly?
"Yes, we live in a phallocentric system and my intention is for men to stand in front of the image of his symbolic cock and try to deconstruct it."
We had understood well.
In today's porn, the objects are men, not women
And what will Rocco Siffredi himself think of this, who, by the way, does not even blink an eye in the director's explanation of his life?
"The truth is, I'm not that sophisticated. The only thing I can say is that the series is really my life, my soul. Not so long ago I watched the seven hours that it lasts and it was like witnessing all the moments of pain in an instant." and joy lived and suffered. There has been so much happiness. And so much suffering. I was always clear that what I wanted to do in my life is what I have ended up doing, but only with time do you
discover that you have to pay a price.
And, seen from now, very high".
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Indeed, beyond the double-track reading that Manieri analyzes and explains so graphically, what is seen in the series is the life of a child, that of a boy who lost his brother very early;
that at a very young age he discovered a magazine called '
Supersex
' in which the hero pronounced the magic words "Ifix Tcen Tcen" just before intercourse, and that he soon became clear that his mission in life was none other than, sorry,
"fuck the world."
To all of him.
The quotation marks are his for not disappointing the phallocentric environment of before.
The only person who supported me when I started in porn was my mother who told me: 'Go and fuck the world'
"My decision was not easy. I do not hide that, at first, I was afraid," confesses Rocco.
And he continues: "When you are Italian, and probably Spanish too (although I have the impression that in Spain there is now more freedom than in my country), the figure of the pope is very present. And this makes porn very difficult. I I started in a business where the first thing everyone told you was: but what are you doing there?
Only one person supported me: my mother.
When I told her what I planned to do, she told me not to worry about the others and she told me. made it clear: 'Go and fuck the world.' And that's what I did."
Perhaps his mother's advice should not have been taken literally, but Rocco is not one to be nuanced.
With respect to what Francesca Manieri stated, do you think it is possible to deconstruct porn itself until it is not necessarily toxic and not necessarily a thing for men? That is already happening.
99% of today's porn is made by women.
Now there are no longer object women but object men.
But make no mistake, that doesn't mean it's softer or that it's romance porn or anything like that.
Simply, it is a world that is now more interesting to women who want to be producers and directors, and not just actresses.
It is not the responsibility of those who make porn to limit access to minors
Rocco speaks and the director of the series makes faces.
Some are of astonishment (most of them) and the others of assent.
"The first time Francesca came to me with her idea, I didn't understand it. And we argued a lot, but, in the end, she was right. What she hasn't managed to do is change me. I will always be who I am. It's my way of seeing life," he says.
And another side of her.
This is close to stupefaction.
And how do you see what is happening right now compared to what was happening in the 70s when you took your first steps?
"Everything has changed a lot. Before people had a vision of me as if I were the king. What I and others like me did seemed unattainable. Now, with pages like Onlyfans, everything seems very easy. There is a new generation that wants to be there and do porn. That didn't happen before. I would tell them to think twice. I don't want to be a martyr and say that I have suffered a lot, because it is a lie, I had a great time. But I was born for this and not everyone can say the same.
It's not all about becoming famous and making a lot of money.
No, that's not like that."
And it is here when he remembers his family, he remembers that some time ago he left him for them, so as not to hurt them and, paying attention, he gets emotional.
In Spain there is now discussion about how to prohibit minors from accessing websites.
Do you think the industry should do something about it too, not just governments? Honestly, I never understood why they left porn completely free and without any kind of control.
Since the late 90s, porn was already on the internet.
And nobody did anything.
That has resulted in a new generation of sexually educated people in porn.
And that cannot be so.
Although it is also true that it has a good part.
Young people today do not have as problematic a relationship with sex as my generation.
In any case, it is not my responsibility or that of my colleagues because we make adult entertainment.
Actors are not responsible for people killing people for making action movies.
Well neither do we.
And with that, the cock of Western culture is said goodbye.
And we don't say it, Francesca says it.