Interview with Robby D. at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2005, Las Vegas
Interview with Robby D.
Do
you like Gonzo porn? Are you a big fan of Digital
Playground
– Jack’s
Playground
series or perhaps
have a taste for Jack’s
Teen America? If so
then you probably have heard of Robby
D. Robby D. is the director and creative genius behind these
series. Your good Doctor Phreakenstein happened to line up an
interview to help shed some light on what makes this filming phenom
tick.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: What
was the inspiration behind Montel (comic dildo character seen in
Jack’s Playground series)?
Robby
D.: The
inspiration for Montel was an accident. My girlfriend Celeste
and
I went and bought some blow-up dolls that you buy for $10 at toy
stores. We got a boy and a girl and cut-out eyes for
different
expressions. We wanted to take them out and create a film
about
an agent and a girl that wants to become an actress and this is all in Jack’s
Playground 1. In one
of the scenes they are driving around
Hollywood with a map of the stars and he had to fuck her and she needs
to suck his dick in order to get a part in a movie. So we
stopped
by a toy store to buy a dildo. We thought it would be fucking
hilarious if a white guy had a big black fucking asshole
dick. So
we spot a black dildo and we are sitting in the parking lot ready to
drive away and it had a suction cup, so we snap it to the window and
start driving down the street and it starts flopping around in front of
us. I think Celeste just kind of made a joke about it talking
as
we were driving and it just took off from there.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: I
guess Montel evolved over time. Do you remember what brands
of
make of toys were used?
Robby
D.: First it was,
if I am not mistaken a Hustler® realistic one – not
really
too realistic it had a really off brown shade, kind of bland, not
really glossy or nothing. Now the newer one that is really
really
black is called the Doc
Johnson Realistic® Cock
(comes in white and black). It
looks real but I don’t look at a lot of black dicks so I
don’t really know.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: So
what type of roll do you see sex toys playing in the adult film segment?
Robby
D.: In
Jack’s Playground we try and create characters with
them.
We have three, one is like a white one, one is an uncircumcised one,
and one is a really big fucking thing. We had these
characters,
but in Jack’s Teen America, I used toys in just about every
scene. I used all the types of toys, anal beads, all the
types of
glass toys, any little novelty type toys, to really high-end extreme
S&M bondage type toys.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: How
did that film do for you?
Robby
D.:
Amazing.
Biggest seller I think we have had since Island
Fever. The response to
things like that, anal beads and butt
plugs is off the hook it is amazing. It is really important.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: Do
you
see coming out with your own line of toys?
Robby
D.: Me? I
don’t really know anything about that. I
wouldn’t
have any idea. Sure that would be cool and all.
Some lines
are really stupid and some lines are really cool.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: How
about the future of toys, do you see any big trends?
Robby
D.: No, not any
big trends. You do see that company Phallix® coming out with
glass
toys. I have never used one but I see people going towards
that
high-end toy. Then I see people like myself that go with a
big
basic black rubber butt plugs. Toys are just like video
cameras,
just another tool to get the job done. Why are toys for the
guys,
the gay lines, so much bigger then the toys for the girls?
You go
to a gay toy store and they are all fucking giant.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: Well
the ass is like a muscle and the more you stretch it, the larger the
butt plugs you’ll eventually need. Some of these
guys
won’t be able to shit straight by the time they are
60.
Also, not all the gay guys out there are nice little buff boys, some of
them have asses that have their own zip codes.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: Will we ever
see you combining Extreme Sports with porn?
Robby
D.: I got my start with
Vivid® doing action sport sex for four years. Pretty
soon you
run out of things and you are like action sports fucking ping
pong. Chicks with big tits getting fucked on a ping pong
table. I did all the dirt biking, snowboarding stuff and we
got
sponsor like Fox® and everybody. It was really cool
though.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: So
how
did you move from that (Extreme Sports) to the adult market?
Robby
D.: I just moved
from that to more sexually oriented projects, into more features, and
from there over here to Digital. Industry is a lot more
sexual
now as are the consumers.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: On
the
direction side of things do you find yourself more artistic or
technical?
Robby
D.: Definitely
technician. I went to the UCLA cinematography
school. My
girlfriend is really creative.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: So
does she help you out on the sets. Maybe help give a female
perspective?
Robby
D.: She thinks
like a guy so doesn’t believe in the female
perspective.
Most girls I know don’t want to see a water fall and flowers
and
such. They want to see a big fucking dick in some
girl’s
ass.
Dr.
Phreakenstein:
You’ve done stills and you do videos - do you have a
preference?
Robby
D.: I go back and
forth, I do it all.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: How
about the post-production work like photoshopping?
Robby
D.: We outsource
that.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: Now
that HD is becoming more of a popular format, do you see any challenges
with this new format?
Robby
D.: The only
challenges are trying to adhere to a format that everyone can agree
with and right now everybody is being forced into the HD arena and
whether you want to or not you have to now, it really sucks.
I
figure as a creator/director that I should be able to use whatever I
feel like as it is a tool like a butt plug or whatever.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: Of
all
the films do you have a current favorite?
Robby
D.:Beat
the Devil and I love the Teen
Americas and stuff like that. I get
really horny. Beat the Devil allowed for some really cool
cinematography and use of an aggressive camera.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: Do
you
do any blue or green screen work?
Robby
D.: Yeah, some of
the standard def (definition) formats don’t key out
well.
The new HD keys out much better.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: Some
of the tools and software to support this are getting much
better. No halos and all that.
Robby
D.: Absolutely, no
ghosting – I did that when I was over at other companies.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: One
of
the big things that they were talking about over at InterNext was
planning your shots. How much planning do you do?
Robby
D.: Depends on
whether you are talking about a Gonzo or a feature. My
features
are all really story boarded, like some of them are 20 pages.
In
my opinion, in order to make a product look good, when you are trying
to make it look like you are winging it takes a lot of
planning.
Definitely a lot of planning, I take a lot of notes. Just
scribbles, it doesn’t make sense to anyone else.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: Was
there a role model or favorite mentor that you really liked and wanted
to do what he was doing, that kind of got you into this?
Robby
D.: There are
people that do original art work and box design and then there are
people that come straight out and do the exact same fucking
box.
They even tell me all the time “Robby we are going to steal
everything you do right now” and they do it. The
there are
other guys that utilize what someone did as inspiration and open the
door for them and they see this toy and this toy and then they go wow
okay I am going to incorporate toys from there and it grows from there.
Dr.
Phreakenstein:
Anyone
in particular inspire you?
Robby
D.: Yeah Butt Man,
Stagliano – but I think he inspired everybody.
That’s
the only guy I say who ever inspired me.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: Now
that you are working for a female run business is there anything
different or good about it?
Robby
D.: Yeah, my boss
is better looking then your boss.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: Have
you seen much of an impact from foreign talent?
Robby
D.: I guess that
is what they want to see over there. All American girls just
sell
well like there is not tomorrow. Just look at girls like Jesse
Jane and
Devon.
A
lot of companies, I feel personally in my opinion lack in the creative
department, lack high production values and any good conceptual ideas
so they go over to Prague and shoot all the hot girls because they
can’t seem to make it happen here. I
don’t have to
play that game, I stay here and I make it happen.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: Are
you coming out with anything new that we should be watching for?
Robby
D.: We are always
coming out with new stuff like Jack’s Playground and Teen
America. Check them out.
Dr.
Phreakenstein: Robby D.,
thank you very much for your time today!
Robby
D.: Thank you!
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