Interview with Cruel Media’s Raul Cristian
By C. Mizzle
Raul Cristian
Raul Cristian entered the adult business as a performer shooting his first scene when he was 20 in Budapest, Hungary. In 2000 Raul Cristian formed Floyd-Agency, a European porn talent agency focused on producing adult content for the internet. In January 2007, Raul formed Cruel Media and soon after caught the attention of Evil Angel John Stagliano who promptly signed Cruel Media to a distribution deal. Together with his partner and love-interest, the lovely Clara G., herself a director with an impressive body of work, Raul had burst into the adult business in a big way, on two continents no less.
Along with the non-stop schedule of creating movies, Raul has somehow made time to run Cruel Media’s trans-continental business operations and maintain the rigorous workout regimen required to stay in professional caliber physical shape.
We caught up with the busy entrepreneur in Los Angeles and convinced him to carve a few minutes of time into his packed schedule to tell us about his arrival in the business, Cruel Media’s movies, his deal with powerhouse studio Evil Angel and his plans for 2010.
CM: You started as a performer but your largest volume of work is primarily as a director/producer. How did that happen?
RC: I quickly realized that I wanted to control my own destiny and devote my time to shooting projects that were my vision, not someone else’s. I also wanted to make sure that I owned my own movies and had control of my business. Performers make good money but content owners make the profits. I like profits.
CM: How did Clara G. make the jump from performer to director?
RC: Clara was a girl-girl model only. I worked with her and helped her to improve as a model. I did the same thing with her as a director. Now, when she shoots, I’m not even on the set. The great thing about Clara is that when she directs, she gets a performance from the women that I can’t achieve. She has her own way of communicating with the girls.
Clara G.
CM: It makes sense that Clara’s experience would be perfect to direct the all-girl scenes in the My Evil Sluts series. How does that translate to the boy-girl scenes or to the Prime Cups series which is a boy-girl line?
RC: Prime Cups is a big tit series. Most of the women have lovely natural breasts and so does Clara. I think she appreciates this and uses that to inspire her. You must see her movies yourself because they are not just soft pretty scenes. Clara is soft and pretty but her scenes are hardcore and very intense.
CM: What about the titles you direct… You mentioned that Ass Traffic is your favorite line. Why?
RC: Definitely Ass Traffic! Why? Simple! Because I love anal sex! (Ed. Note — Raul shoots me an impatient glare at my too obvious question.)
CM: Your other series seem to have very specific appeals… Sperm Swap, Big Butt Attack, Tamed Teens. What’s the philosophy?
RC: I made my biggest impact in the internet business. The internet is about niche marketing. The thing we discover is that DVD consumers are the same… they want specific genres. The viewers usually know exactly what they want, and we give it to them better than anyone else. If the others do five scenes we give them six. When they went to six scenes, we went to seven. All good scenes! Remember we shoot constantly.
CM: How did you wind up at Evil Angel?
RC: It was always my goal to have a deal with Evil Angel. They have the best reputation. Their gonzo is the best. They’re focused on quality, like me. I met John Stagliano in Berlin and told him this. He didn’t seem that interested or maybe he was very busy, but he gave me his card and told me to send my movies to their office. I sent them in and then John contacted me and said: “Come see me on your next trip to Los Angeles to talk about Evil Angel distributing your movies.” I booked a flight immediately and the rest is history.
CM: What’s your new project you want to tell us about?
RC: This month we moved our operation from Hungary to Los Angeles. One of the things we’re doing now is weekly live feeds on Clara’s website (Clara-G.com). These are full sex scenes shot live. Our studio in L.A. is the best set up for live sex that we know of. The lighting is bright, the production professional. The scenes will also be on DVD so everyone will have a chance to see this immediate style we are shooting.
CM: What’s the DVD release schedule for Cruel Media at Evil Angel?
RC: We release one to two titles per month at Evil Angel, some from the Buttman Magazine division.
CM: What’s the difference between Evil Angel titles and the ones from Buttman (Evil Angel’s sister company, Buttman Magazine Choice DVD)?
RC: The ones from Buttman Magazine are more specialty releases. Also, they’re priced lower.
CM: Evil Angel’s prices are generally high. Does this help or hurt the line?
RC: Look, there’s free porno everywhere now. I started in the internet business. I understand this. What we believe is that real fans want quality and they will pay for a good experience. They can look at the free or cheap stuff for hours and never get off, or they can pay a higher price for one Cruel Media DVD and jack off to it over and over because it’s quality pornography made by people who know what sex movies are supposed to be. My message to the viewers is to not support the free or pirated movies because this will be the end of the business, and the end of good porno.
CM: On that note, give our readers some information to support your next project and enjoy this quality jack-off experience you’re so passionate about… what’s new from Cruel Media?
RC: In November we have two new movies — Big Butt Attack 7 from Buttman Magazine Choice DVD which is all big asses that John Stagliano loves. At the end of the month we’re releasing Ass Titans 3 with Alexis Texas.
CM: In fact, your Alexis Texas photo is the cover of this month’s Adult Buzz Magazine. We can hardly wait. Thank you for the pictures of Alexis and thank you for taking the time to talk to us.
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