There are two kinds of pornography, according to movie mythology.
One kind is sordid, exploitative, and supported by shady money and even shadier characters.
it’s possible for you to decide how much to believe.
Barbara Ronchi and Pietro Castellitto in ‘Diva Futura.‘Lucia Iuorio
Bullied by other little boys, by day he enjoyed giggling with the girls at school.
Schicchi is then 12.
Then they move into radio.
Do you want to sleep with me?
Staller coos to cold callers.
Pornography is the next step.
Diva Futura is both club and porn production house, with Schicchi as impresario.
Other potential divas join up.
Eva (Tesa Litvan), a Hungarian hopeful, becomes Schicchis wife.
So much for sharing the beauty.
Castellitto has huge orb-like eyes that, as Riccardo, frequently fill with tears.
The kindest person she has ever met, says Eva, but infuriatingly capricious.
At one point he fires Debora for being too shy.
A minute later, she throws his keys at him and he rehires her immediately.
Well, hes just a boy.
Riccardo is married to Eva, then they seem to have split.
Other peoples fantasies were never going to be the same as his.
In voiceover, Debora makes another point: that she has been harassed in every job except this one.
Its a happy, squeaky-clean ship.
So they say, anyway.
