It
has been three years and one month since our last interview and much has
changed.
Oh
really?
Yes,
before we had Thai food.
Now
it’s bananas and cigarettes. But some things haven’t changed. There is still a
whole lot of noise in the background.
True, but this time we can actually talk out loud without getting strange looks
from lunch patrons.
We
can speak in full tones, I like that.
So
tell us, what have you been doing for three years?
You
do realize that that was a horrible question don’t you?
Because?
It’s
open ended and I can now go on for three hours.
All
right, look over there. Do you see what Kaylynn in wearing?
Of
course I do, she looks delicious.
Well, she is waiting to do an interview after you.
Are
you trying to hurry me along?
Oh
no, but when you feel a three hour rant coming on, just think of me.
I
will try so you can go leer at her lovely body.
I do
thank you.
In
that case, I’ll be brief.
Let’s start with what you’re doing with Pandora Cinema.
Excellent place to start. Pandora Cinema is a new company out of
North Carolina.
They have been around for six month, at time of interview.
Yes,
one year and six months by the time I get this up. Thanks for rubbing it in
ahead of time.
They
are a really great bunch of guys with very open minds, otherwise they wouldn’t
have chosen me to direct for them. My first title for them is called “Tina
Tyler’s Going Down” starring Dru Barrymore, Brooke Hunter, Nina Hartley, Kylie
Ireland, Kimi Lixx and a naked cameo from yours truly. Sean Michaels even came
out of retirement to do a scene with Nina Hartley for me.
That’s an impressive list.
It’s
good to have friends who will do anything for you.
It’s
good to be connected.
It
really is. The movie is really good. I just saw the finished product a few days
ago. It turned out really good. It’s kind of dark; the whole thing takes place
in an elevator.
Hence the title.
Yes,
it’s not an oral sex movie, there is full on sex with a bit of an edge.
How
do you mean?
Let’s just say that the last scene should be watched with a very open mind. It
might not be up your alley, but look at it for the quality of what is there and
not run away from it because you don’t like that kind of thing.
Oh
that’s good, mock the interviewer.
Actually you don’t do that, I was speaking to the collective you on that one.
Are
you still working on the Tina Tyler’s Blowjob movies?
No
I’m not. Unfortunately I was funding those with my own money and I was only able
to afford three. The return on my money was good, but it was never enough in one
chunk to be able to afford more. It was a good return, but it was all spread out
over time. Thirteen Productions is no longer and that’s a shame because I really
had fun with it when it was happening. Now that Pandora is giving me a unique
opportunity.
I
smell an announcement.
That’s right, Pandora is giving me the opportunity to sit firmly and exclusively
in the director’s chair. You are hearing it here first, on Rog Reviews if he
gets it up in a decent amount of time. I am retiring from performing. I may do
some cameo stuff on my own movies, but nothing for anyone else. And you got the
scoop.
You
haven’t really performed a lot in the last three years.
I’ve
never really performed a lot by industry standards. I’ve done around 250 movies
in ten years so twenty five per year which is not a lot. I’ve always been kind
of picky and taken stuff I really wanted to do. Things where I liked the
production or the acting role or the performer just really turned me on. I’m not
one to just take a movie because the rent is due. I’m good with my money and
don’t have to do that.
Your
cameo in Going Down is naked, but no sex?
It’s
included in the last scene of the movie and it has to do with Jilling Off. Do
you understand that expression?
I
think I can figure it out.
I
love that expression. I wish I could take credit for it.
How
did you partner up with Pandora?
A
friend of mine, George Kaplan had met them and they mentioned my name to him as
someone they were seeking out. George gave them my number and three weeks later
we were in production on Going Down. It was amazing and they are making several
of my dreams come true. They have green lighted several ideas that I’ve been
trying to do for a few years now.
Are
you leaning towards for features?
Going Down is a vignette style with a running narrative. It plays like a story,
but not a traditional feature. A couple of my ideas are more traditional feature
style.
Are
you working on a web site?
I
am. I’ve got
www.tinatyler.net under construction now. Pandora is putting that up for me.
Right now if you go there, it will link you to my Yahoo Group.
I am
a member of that group.
Yes
you are, and your readers can join. There are a lot of rare pictures that I put
up there and a message board. I also do a weekly chat.
You
also participate a lot on
www.adultdvdtalk.com
Yes
I do. I love ADT. I like to try and be very accessible without actually
escorting.
That’s something you don’t do, right?
That’s right, but I am accessible in other ways. If you do want to meet me one
on one and you’re willing to travel to New York City, I make a sojourn out there
four of five times a year. I work at the Den of Iniquity. They have a site,
www.thedenofiniquity.net. You don’t even have to be into S & M, if you just
want to meet me and talk for an hour, it takes a little bit of money to do, but
I’m worth it.
So
for the right amount of money Tina Tyler will be the crap out you, or you can
write bad reviews and have it done for free.
(She
laughs) That’s not true actually. I’ve read lots of bad reviews over the years
and I am not the kind of person who takes the good or the bad personally. I go
by the old adage that opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one and whether
it’s a good or a bad one, it won’t affect the kind of work I am going to do. I’m
not negating the importance of critics at all, but I’ve found it’s the only way
to stay sane in this business.
It’s
also the only way you can stay active on the internet.
Absolutely.
When
we did the last interview you were single, but there is some new jewelry I’m
noticing.
Yes,
there is a white gold band on my left ring finger. I wonder what that could
mean.
What
would it indicate?
That
I got married two years ago last October.
How
did you meet this man?
I
met him on a rock video shoot. There was a bunch of porn stars on the set and
our eyes met in the make up mirror. We met by reflection.
He
is not part of the business?
No.
He was a partner in 13 Productions when that was around and he has done some
soundtrack work for my stuff as well as some for Veronica Hart.
What
else is new?
There is another bit of directing news. “Goosed for 3- A Bisexual Love Affair”
was the first feature project that was I was given the opportunity to direct. It
was put out Stable Entertainment,
www.stablestud.com and I pulled off a bit of a coup. It was filmed in three
long days and was the most expensive bi-sexual movie ever made. We had women in
this who not only have never given bi-sex movies a thought, but never thought of
being one without having to have bi-sex. We have Asia
Carrera, Shanna McCullough, Keri Windsor, Dru Berrymore, myself of course,
bi-queen that I am. I can’t stay out of that. On the gay side, we had Matt
Bradshaw, last years GayVN Performer of the Year Blake Harper was my lead. We
had some rally fabulous new talent. It was a really good movie and I’m not
saying that to pat myself on the back. I was watching it the other day and it’s
really warm and genuine. The sex is really hot, it’s well shot and sweet. If
you’re into bi-sex, give it a look, I think it’s really good.
We
can look for that, as well as for Going Down soon.
Yes,
and I don’t think we’ve mentioned this, but Pandora is a DVD only company.
That’s good to know, be looking for it on DVD.
We
have a half hour featurette on the disc with some of the funniest behind the
scenes footage I have ever seen. I had way too many hams on that set. If you’re
into watching people cracking each other up, you’ll love it.
I
would like to ask you a little bit about directing. In the last interview we
talked about the unique perspective you have since you’ve been a performer. Now
that you have directed all sex movies and dialog driven feature types, which is
harder to direct?
The
sex movies because it is really hard to give direction while it’s happening.
Hopefully your performers are in the moment and they won’t hear you. If they
aren’t in the moment, there is nothing that I can say to get them there. The
acting is much easier for me to direct. As someone who has an extensive acting
background, I know a number of different ways to tell people what we want from a
dialog scene. I had to direct three and a half pages of dialog with a performer
from German. English is his fourth language and bless his heart. I used the
Catalina style of directing where the director says the line the way it’s
supposed to be and the actor says it just like that. You would never know we did
it that way. There are all kinds of ways to get your actors to act you just have
to be patient. I find that most directors in this business lack that. The sex is
much more difficult because there is nothing I can do to get them into the
moment. It’s better to direct the sex beforehand. You take five minutes and
outline the kind of heat you’re looking for. A lot of that is up to the
performers as well. They can communicate before hand and get suggestions for
what turns them on. I would much rather work with their natural chemistry than
to try and create chemistry for them.
That
sounds like a good way to be.
While we’re on the subject, another ADT regular, Kimi Lixx gave me a smoking
scene with Kylie Ireland in Going Down. She was so great and hung around the set
naked all day. I don’t know why the heck you weren’t there.
I
wasn’t invited.
Then
next time you will get an invitation.
But
if there are cute naked girls hanging around, I won’t get any work done. My on
set report would consist of one line. Kimi Lixx ran around naked all day long.
Not
that there’s anything wrong with that.
I’m
not sure how much information that would provide the readers.
I’m
sure your readers would love to know what Kimi did naked all day.
How
terribly sad, but totally true.
You
could just chronicle her day. First Kimi bent over and picked up my pen and I
could see the juices running down her leg from her pussy.
OK,
that’s enough of that. My jeans are too tight for you to continue.
All
right Rog thanks. Now go get Kaylynn.
Thank you Tina and congratulations on all of your new projects.
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