Published by Jean Franko Monday, February 25, 2008 en 4:23 AM
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Published by Jean Franko Sunday, February 24, 2008 en 8:21 PM
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Published by Jean Franko Tuesday, February 19, 2008 en 11:11 PM
Hi Lucas, I want to thank you first for letting me interview you.I feel very proud of having been part of your exclusive models, and for giving me the chance of starting a clean career full of success and awards. I've reviewed your material and you now that the great majority of the people addicted to porn consider you a very talented director, not just porn but also as an art.
4. The School for lovers has had a lot of success, receiving awards such as the HARD CHOICE AWARD (Most Passionate Sex), the GAYVN AWARD (Best Foreign Picture, Best Actor in a Foreign Picture "Jean Franko") and the Grabby Award Winner (Best International Video). Talk to me a bit about this film.
The School for Lovers is based on Mozart/DaPonte's "Cosi fan tutte". I've always thought it'd make a good porn adaptation, but I needed a
strong Don Alfonso to make it work. Then you came along and I knew I had found the perfect Don Alfonso. Critics agreed and you won your first
Best Actor trophy.
5. The movie "Love and Lust", which has also won the 12th Hard Choice Awards Winner (Best Videography and Best Cum Shots) and nominated twice for the GAYVN Awards (Best Foreign Picture and Best Videography), has a very particular name which calls my attention. Where does the story come from?
"Love and Lust" is an original story line --something unusual for me--. But it does bear similarities with "Under the Tuscan Sun", a movie released
a few years ago. In a sense, the dichotomy love/lust has inspired all movies of mine, from "Desire" on.
6. Why do you always shoot your movies in Italy?
But I've also filmed in Greece and Spain and have conducted auditions all over the world, Tunisia, Brazil, Turkey... Why Italy? it's my country, after all. And I have 0 competitors.
7. This year you've been nominated again (Best Picture, Best Foreign Picture, Best Actor in a Foreign Release (Jean Franko) and Best Director) for the GAYVN Awards. Has this been a surprise or were you expecting it?
I was shocked: I had hoped for Best Foreign Picture, perhaps Best Videography. But no, I wasn't prepared for 7 nominations, let alone for
Best Picture. Then you took home Best Actor in a Foreign Release --for the second year in a row--: an incredible achievement and one I'm particularly proud of. Everyone asked me about you at the Awards Show: you have legions of fans in the US --and everywhere else.
8. What final words can you tell us all?
Kristen Björn and I feel like we have helped shape your career. It's been an exciting, most rewarding journey to see you grow into a star
Published by Jean Franko Monday, February 18, 2008 en 5:32 PM
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Published by Jean Franko Wednesday, February 13, 2008 en 5:01 PM
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Published by Jean Franko Tuesday, February 12, 2008 en 7:22 PM
Two young couples, one indecent proposal!
Lucas Kazan Productions’ 15th feature film recruits an international ensemble (Italian, Czech, Venezuelan, Hungarian & Brazilian) and a number of stunning locations in Southern Italy.
Ferrando (LK exclusive Matthias Vannelli) and Guglielmo (Jason) trust their lovers blindly. But Alfonso (LK exclusive Jean Franko) bets they’re like everyone else. Ferrando and Guglielmo agree to do whatever Alfonso wants for the following 24 hours. Unaware of their lovers’ plot, brothers Dorino (Martin Dejdar) and Fiorino (Karel Rok) lounge poolside.
Alfonso sets out to test the brothers’ vows. He will seduce Dorino, who succumbs all too easily (Scene I) and summons Despino (Roberto Giorgio) to win Fiorino, who’s determined to resist . Alfonso grows impatient… While Despino plays one last card aided by hunky Samuel Dolce (Scene II), Alfonso relieves his tension and watches a dvd (scene III, with soloist Fabinho). In the morning, Fiorino gives in (Scene IV).
Alfonso consoles the pair … and claims his prize. He orders Ferrando and Guglielmo to strip and reminds both they’ d agreed to be his slaves (scene V). Dorino and Fiorino spy on with a smile. “Happy is the man”, they realize, “who takes everything to good account”.
The School for Lovers was filmed on location is Southern Italy.
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Published by Jean Franko en 6:40 PM
LOS ANGELES - Trapped half a world away by the place she promised to never “go, go, go,” a vibrant, exuberant Amy Winehouse dominated the Grammys on Sunday night, winning five awards and delivering a defiant performance of her autobiographical hit “Rehab” via satellite from London.
Winehouse, nominated for six awards, lost the final prize in a shocker when Herbie Hancock took album of the year for “River: The Joni Letters.”
“You know it’s been 43 years since the first and only time that a jazz artist got the album of the year award,” Hancock said, then proceeded to honor “the giants upon whose shoulders I stand, some of whom like Miles Davis, John Coltrane ... unquestionably deserved the award in the past. But this is a new day, that proves that the impossible can be made possible.
Source: Grammy.com, msnbc.com
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Published by Jean Franko Saturday, February 9, 2008 en 12:25 AM
“I dreamt of them day and night: the swimmer, the honeymooners, the waiter, the hitchhiker...”
4 sun-drenched vignettes, 9 gorgeous men and the beauty of the Tuscan countryside.
Samuel Dolce reminisces about his Summer on the farm and the men he longed for. Lost in his daydreams, he fantasizes about muscular Mark and boyish Pietro stroking their dicks (flashback I).
“The Swimmer”. From his bedroom window, Samuel catches Jean Franko and Alexy Tyler cruise each other in and around the pool (flashback II)
“The Honeymooners”. Ethan Clarke and Roberto Giorgio can’t get enough of each other, as they cavort in the fields, in bed, on the stairs (flashback III)
“The Waiter”. Guest Lucas Andrades pays his hunky waiter (Glenn Santoro) and hands him a note. Glenn doesn’t flinch at the ‘indecent proposal’ (flashback IV)
“The Hitchhiker”. Narrator Samuel Dolce gives Mark Federico a ride on his way back to the farm (flashback V)
The Men I Wanted was filmed in Tuscany in June 2007.
7 GayVN Awards nominations, including: Best Picture, Best Foreign Picture, Best Actor in a Foreign Release (Jean Franko) and Best Director.
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