Well, I am writing this letter three days before Christmas day. I've spent the whole afternoon cooking Kapustnica (A traditional sourkraut soup with lots of smoked meat, dried wild mushrooms, dried plums and tons of different sausages). Shopping took three hours (You have to taste and select the right homemade stuff on the local markets), cooking another three hours and "post-production" and cleaning another two. So I am exhausted. Todd Rosset helped with the shopping, Manuel and Alex with the cooking and Luke, who returned late from School, with the rest of it. So we have now huge container for all the employees and models for our 16th Christmas Lunch. Mostly the same team as in 1993. New models, of course... Bit of Miracle!
It was a good year for the Bel Ami team. (And, I hope for customers and fans as well). Business grew significantly and we completed the transition to becoming a primarily online operation. (Well, we are still going to release about 20 films next year but they are now based mainly on our internet programming). In 2010 we plan to finalize improvements on the existing site and to release a new complementary one to test a completely new approach to shooting porn. And of course we plan to gradually introduce globalization in the company and start working with more international talent.... Well, and I plan to lose at least 50 pounds. And now I am going to taste the Kapustnica to make sure it is up to my usual (high) standards. Happy new year ! GD
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Letter from Capetown
After three and half years I have returned to the scene of crime.
This article I am writing in Cape Town once again. (Rather lazily and unwillingly - Luke is pulling down his shorts and parading around in nude, oiling himself for a sunbath and arguing about prices on the local market).
The reason for being in CT is simple: I am preparing the situation for a major winter shoot and possible BelAmi Photo School, which would be opened for the first time for our customers and fans (and -hopefully - help to pay the bill for the location rentals, of course.) You'll learn more about it in the top part of this newsletter.
The other reason is to pre-shoot material for a new complementary website which we are preparing for next year. (All of your favorites and a whole new group of fresh 18-19 years old models.) This time we are meeting also some South African boys for interviews .
At the same time Marty, Johan, Lukas, Elliot are shooting in Budapest full speed, trying to finish projects before the announced flu pandemic starts in earnest. Today they finished a scene with Kris Evans, Vadim Farrell and Manuel Rios, wo new blond beauties which will remind you of a young Josh Elliot, and a BJ marathon with 10 new boys... and... and so on.
I guess that this article is about as lazy as I am at this moment so I'll better go to check some locations.
This time I gave in and rented a small helicopter to make Luke happy. I just hope he'll dress for the occasion an put on his pants. (It would be embarrassing if the helicopter crashes and he is without pants). Hope some of you will join us in March. Who knows - may be we'll discover some major talent. and if not, you'll have some really good time.
And don't worry about economy. Bernanke promised to fix it - and as you all know, he always keeps his promises.
This article I am writing in Cape Town once again. (Rather lazily and unwillingly - Luke is pulling down his shorts and parading around in nude, oiling himself for a sunbath and arguing about prices on the local market).
The reason for being in CT is simple: I am preparing the situation for a major winter shoot and possible BelAmi Photo School, which would be opened for the first time for our customers and fans (and -hopefully - help to pay the bill for the location rentals, of course.) You'll learn more about it in the top part of this newsletter.
The other reason is to pre-shoot material for a new complementary website which we are preparing for next year. (All of your favorites and a whole new group of fresh 18-19 years old models.) This time we are meeting also some South African boys for interviews .
At the same time Marty, Johan, Lukas, Elliot are shooting in Budapest full speed, trying to finish projects before the announced flu pandemic starts in earnest. Today they finished a scene with Kris Evans, Vadim Farrell and Manuel Rios, wo new blond beauties which will remind you of a young Josh Elliot, and a BJ marathon with 10 new boys... and... and so on.
I guess that this article is about as lazy as I am at this moment so I'll better go to check some locations.
This time I gave in and rented a small helicopter to make Luke happy. I just hope he'll dress for the occasion an put on his pants. (It would be embarrassing if the helicopter crashes and he is without pants). Hope some of you will join us in March. Who knows - may be we'll discover some major talent. and if not, you'll have some really good time.
And don't worry about economy. Bernanke promised to fix it - and as you all know, he always keeps his promises.
Seriously Sexy
This month I am not continuing my bitching favorites, but never fear as they will soon return. This month, instead, I am feeling seriously sexy. Of course, that is also the title of our new movie starring Brandon Manilow. Some of the scenes here featuring Brandon were filmed years ago and I have heard from our customers who want to know why they are being released now. Well, there is an interesting story to that.
A very different movie was to be filmed in March 2006 in Capetown, South Africa. We had been filming in the picturesque city since 2002 and this was our eighth production trip. We had secured a beautiful hotel with landscaped grounds; it was quite lovely and our location scout assured us the hotel was aware of our intentions.
Then we arrived and it all went very wrong. The hotel somehow was under the impression we were there for a fashion photo shoot, not to film porn. So we had a cast and crew of 20 people ready to begin filming the very next day, and no location at all. It was a total disaster; I really had to improvise.
For five days we flmed without knowing what kind of movie the episodes would become. All the while, our location scout was busy securing new locations. I shot two episodes in our rooms, just standalone scenes. Then one day at breakfast, I was reading the "Capetown Times" and there was a headline that jumped out at me: "Green Light to Pink Marriages."
Suddenly, I had my idea! Already I knew our customers enjoyed Brandon Manilow and Josh Eliot together. So I decided they would play a couple and the movie would be about gay marriage; it was a complete improvisation.
We had secured a private home owned by a woman that all of our boys loved. She was quite a character. We were to film a party scene that turned into a huge orgy. But I realized it doesn't usually happen that way. At these parties sometimes two people will steal away to an empty room or quiet corner and start having sex: blowjobs, rimming, fucking, whatever. This was a means to make multiple scenes out of one large group of boys.
The final scene was to feature Brandon and Josh in a flip-flop scene but neither one of them could bottom for various reasons. We tried to make it work and it did not. This was a love story with a romantic couple who drive the whole story and I could not have the final scene between them. I was pissed, I can tell you.
So because I have the luxury of having other material in reserve, and because I have them around all the time, I decided to store the film and wait until I could convince them to properly bottom for each other. I was almost sure it would work out. But when one of them was ready, the other was not. This went on and on until I had to give up on the idea. And so I had to think about what to do to make this story work.
After the original production what I had was too much material for one film, and not enough material for two films. I eventually used two episodes for other projects. I met with my team and we finally finished the film this year. We shot two new scenes this past summer, which you will see in Part Two next spring. And I improvised an ending that is a different angle on the original storyline.
I believe our customers will enjoy the cast for these films. Alex, Manuel and Brandon are still around, of course, and Paul Valery is still in contact with us and available to film again. But most of the other cast members are not currently active. Never fear, however, as I have plenty of episodes still in reserve for each member of this cast.
A very different movie was to be filmed in March 2006 in Capetown, South Africa. We had been filming in the picturesque city since 2002 and this was our eighth production trip. We had secured a beautiful hotel with landscaped grounds; it was quite lovely and our location scout assured us the hotel was aware of our intentions.
Then we arrived and it all went very wrong. The hotel somehow was under the impression we were there for a fashion photo shoot, not to film porn. So we had a cast and crew of 20 people ready to begin filming the very next day, and no location at all. It was a total disaster; I really had to improvise.
For five days we flmed without knowing what kind of movie the episodes would become. All the while, our location scout was busy securing new locations. I shot two episodes in our rooms, just standalone scenes. Then one day at breakfast, I was reading the "Capetown Times" and there was a headline that jumped out at me: "Green Light to Pink Marriages."
Suddenly, I had my idea! Already I knew our customers enjoyed Brandon Manilow and Josh Eliot together. So I decided they would play a couple and the movie would be about gay marriage; it was a complete improvisation.
We had secured a private home owned by a woman that all of our boys loved. She was quite a character. We were to film a party scene that turned into a huge orgy. But I realized it doesn't usually happen that way. At these parties sometimes two people will steal away to an empty room or quiet corner and start having sex: blowjobs, rimming, fucking, whatever. This was a means to make multiple scenes out of one large group of boys.
The final scene was to feature Brandon and Josh in a flip-flop scene but neither one of them could bottom for various reasons. We tried to make it work and it did not. This was a love story with a romantic couple who drive the whole story and I could not have the final scene between them. I was pissed, I can tell you.
So because I have the luxury of having other material in reserve, and because I have them around all the time, I decided to store the film and wait until I could convince them to properly bottom for each other. I was almost sure it would work out. But when one of them was ready, the other was not. This went on and on until I had to give up on the idea. And so I had to think about what to do to make this story work.
After the original production what I had was too much material for one film, and not enough material for two films. I eventually used two episodes for other projects. I met with my team and we finally finished the film this year. We shot two new scenes this past summer, which you will see in Part Two next spring. And I improvised an ending that is a different angle on the original storyline.
I believe our customers will enjoy the cast for these films. Alex, Manuel and Brandon are still around, of course, and Paul Valery is still in contact with us and available to film again. But most of the other cast members are not currently active. Never fear, however, as I have plenty of episodes still in reserve for each member of this cast.
Bitching favorites
Careful analysis of some bitching (or comments) on our website shows that there are two all time favorites and several evergreens. I'd like to offer some explanation here even though biggest 'bitchers' (or bitches ?) will probably never read this article.
The most often heard complaint is about SHAVING PUBES. Most of our customers seem to be irritated by the fact that models are trimming or shaving their pubes. Some are even convinced I am lurking in the reception area with a razor in my hand, pulling down model's pants and in case they show signs of fully grown pubes, I forcibly shave them right there on the spot, just to annoy them and to keep our subscription on a manageable level. (One customer even wrote to us that shaved models must have crabs). If this is the case it would be enough to tie me up and the problem would be solved instantly. Unfortunately, the situation is bit more complex. From reason unknown to me (and beyond my control) young boys in the Central European region have arrived at the conclusion that shaving is IN and very hot and sexy. I keep fighting it on daily basis but, admittedly, it seems to be lost battle. No matter how much I plead or argue with them, they pretend to forget or not to understand. It's like fighting a swine flu epidemic. No matter what we do, it keeps coming. So I have 2 options when they come trimmed: send them home or shoot. In the first case (especially with the brand new ones) I risk losing them to other studios. In second case you bitch and Bitch and BITCH!!!
The second equally persistent complaint is SOFT DICKS ON BOTTOMS during the penetration. This one is more difficult to talk about because it means betraying the porn community and leaking one of the basic business secrets.
Let start with few questions: Do you sincerely believe that a straight boy can keep his dick rock hard for 2-3 hours of shooting in front of a camera crew because he is SOOO aroused and horny? (I recommend you to check some older porn. You'll see very few hard bottoms. Did you ever asked why?) Did you ever hear the word caverject (or papaverin or triple mix or whatever)? Inject 100ml+ up your dick and I swear you'll be SOOOOOOOOO aroused that you'll be able to perform even in a lesbian nursing home flawlessly. Have you ever seen surgeon trying to put down a 9 hour long erection? (One of the potential and nastier side effects) If yes, you wouldn't get an erection for quite a while. And you would stop lecturing me about what is hot, or accusing me of a soft bottom fetish. Or or or...
I don't claim that every hard bottom in porn needs such strong chemical stimulation. Some of them are born with the ideal prostate.
You see some of them on our site with erections while bottoming. But if it is a constant feature of some website, you can bet your ass that this is what's going on. I know the porn business upside down. It's easy to invest $10 in the 'perfect' scene. Certainly way cheaper than my way of shooting. Hopefully there are also some other turn-ons than this one.
For example me bottoming for Lukas. Or Michael Lucas? We can have dirty talk in Russian. Triakhay menya. daragoy!
The most often heard complaint is about SHAVING PUBES. Most of our customers seem to be irritated by the fact that models are trimming or shaving their pubes. Some are even convinced I am lurking in the reception area with a razor in my hand, pulling down model's pants and in case they show signs of fully grown pubes, I forcibly shave them right there on the spot, just to annoy them and to keep our subscription on a manageable level. (One customer even wrote to us that shaved models must have crabs). If this is the case it would be enough to tie me up and the problem would be solved instantly. Unfortunately, the situation is bit more complex. From reason unknown to me (and beyond my control) young boys in the Central European region have arrived at the conclusion that shaving is IN and very hot and sexy. I keep fighting it on daily basis but, admittedly, it seems to be lost battle. No matter how much I plead or argue with them, they pretend to forget or not to understand. It's like fighting a swine flu epidemic. No matter what we do, it keeps coming. So I have 2 options when they come trimmed: send them home or shoot. In the first case (especially with the brand new ones) I risk losing them to other studios. In second case you bitch and Bitch and BITCH!!!
The second equally persistent complaint is SOFT DICKS ON BOTTOMS during the penetration. This one is more difficult to talk about because it means betraying the porn community and leaking one of the basic business secrets.
Let start with few questions: Do you sincerely believe that a straight boy can keep his dick rock hard for 2-3 hours of shooting in front of a camera crew because he is SOOO aroused and horny? (I recommend you to check some older porn. You'll see very few hard bottoms. Did you ever asked why?) Did you ever hear the word caverject (or papaverin or triple mix or whatever)? Inject 100ml+ up your dick and I swear you'll be SOOOOOOOOO aroused that you'll be able to perform even in a lesbian nursing home flawlessly. Have you ever seen surgeon trying to put down a 9 hour long erection? (One of the potential and nastier side effects) If yes, you wouldn't get an erection for quite a while. And you would stop lecturing me about what is hot, or accusing me of a soft bottom fetish. Or or or...
I don't claim that every hard bottom in porn needs such strong chemical stimulation. Some of them are born with the ideal prostate.
You see some of them on our site with erections while bottoming. But if it is a constant feature of some website, you can bet your ass that this is what's going on. I know the porn business upside down. It's easy to invest $10 in the 'perfect' scene. Certainly way cheaper than my way of shooting. Hopefully there are also some other turn-ons than this one.
For example me bottoming for Lukas. Or Michael Lucas? We can have dirty talk in Russian. Triakhay menya. daragoy!
Welcome
Herein I must confess to a sin. For many years I didn't pay sufficient attention to the BA internet operation. Even though I was a father, I strongly favored my older creation, the film unit. Internet was in the tutelage of my collaborators and if the sales numbers are any indicator, they did a good job. As times goes on it seems that this foster child is getting ever more vigorous and ingenious. My rather indolent relationshipwas shaken up recently by a simple fact of statistics. 70% of Bel Ami income is now in some way made online and no matter what my wishes were, I suddenly woke up to the fact I am the owner of a major gay pornsite. So it seems I have no option. The time has come to end my bucolic life as a film producer,change a horse for a car and enter the brave new world of the internet rat race. (And God knows there are plenty of rats out there)
These new tour pages and a tabloid-style Newsletter are the first and most urgent changes which herald number of smaller and bigger improvements coming in the next few months. Changes will not be be limited to the technical and design levels only. They'll come also in programming structure and the whole philosophy of the company. We are filming a hot new line of episodes mixing BA and US models (in coproduction with Corbin Fisher) DRM PROTECTION POLICIES are being reevaluated, HD downloads are prepared... On other levels: use of music will be strongly limited, colors in episodes more neutral and subdued, more controversial material shot regularly. (Don't worry though - quality of models will stay the same even though variety will become greater.)
One major change coming is my commitment to keep in touch with you on regular basis and give most of my time to the internet as of now. When writing this intro I am in the middle of production with CF but you'll get a more detailed battle plan from me soon. For now enjoy the new tour pages. Hope my earlier sins will be absolved and my penitence taken in account.
Best wishes
GDuroy
(I used bit of biblical terminology here and there because it seems to be so dear to my American customers. My original site was created mainly by sexually oppressed mormon guys. But if you don't like it we can spice it differently. Salaam 'Alaykum)
These new tour pages and a tabloid-style Newsletter are the first and most urgent changes which herald number of smaller and bigger improvements coming in the next few months. Changes will not be be limited to the technical and design levels only. They'll come also in programming structure and the whole philosophy of the company. We are filming a hot new line of episodes mixing BA and US models (in coproduction with Corbin Fisher) DRM PROTECTION POLICIES are being reevaluated, HD downloads are prepared... On other levels: use of music will be strongly limited, colors in episodes more neutral and subdued, more controversial material shot regularly. (Don't worry though - quality of models will stay the same even though variety will become greater.)
One major change coming is my commitment to keep in touch with you on regular basis and give most of my time to the internet as of now. When writing this intro I am in the middle of production with CF but you'll get a more detailed battle plan from me soon. For now enjoy the new tour pages. Hope my earlier sins will be absolved and my penitence taken in account.
Best wishes
GDuroy
(I used bit of biblical terminology here and there because it seems to be so dear to my American customers. My original site was created mainly by sexually oppressed mormon guys. But if you don't like it we can spice it differently. Salaam 'Alaykum)
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