Decameron

With Italian poet and novelist Giovanni Boccaccio's (1313-1375) bawdy classic as his inspiration, director Lucas Kazan has created a beautifully realized, gay interpretation of two tales of the "Decameron" that manage to outdo the original in terms of eroticism. A stunning international cast and the Italian setting are thrilling, but it is Kazan's nimble capture of the spirit of the original that is the production's greatest strength. Kazan injects all of the scenes, whether action or plot-based, with fiery lust, betrayal, irony, and even comic seduction, all perfectly in tune with Boccaccio's works. Ricky Martinez reads Boccaccio's classic in a secluded wood, and his voice narrates the scenes as they are introduced. The first tale is the First Novella of the Third Day. In it, Masetto, a poor (so much so that he can't afford a shirt, poor lad) handsome peasant sets out to find his fortune. Played by Eric Flower, whose body is nearly perfect, Masetto doesn't go far before he finds something to do, a three-way with studs Marco Sisto and Jean Franko. Marco is as tightly built as Eric, with a bit more hair on his chest, and Jean is smooth, buff, and hung like a horse. The two quickly decide that Eric is the perfect man, not because he is gorgeous and eager to please, but because he is a deaf mute, and he can't tell anyone about what they do together. Men -- they're all alike, right? The scene is divided into two parts. In the first part, Eric sits on a chair and blows both uncut studs (it would have been wonderful to see more of Marco, but he is oddly marginalized), taking turns savoring their meat, but he pays special attention to Jean, and he slicks the stud's dick down with so much saliva that it glistens in the light. Jean reaches orgasm quickly, and thick jets of cum spurt from his cock, and while a long thin thread of cum dangles from his shaft, Eric dives back on it, keeping it rock-hard. The scene ends with another huge load from Jean, and this time Eric pumps it out with his fist while Jean watches. Two explosions in a very short time on film equals one totally hot opening scene. In the next part, Jean and Eric pair up in a bedroom where they get totally naked and explore each other's bodies fully. Jean gets things rolling with a rimjob that is as thorough as it is thrilling, sticking his pointed tongue deep into Eric's butthole and then licking him from his open hole to the tip of his erection. The scene also includes an excellent flip-flop fuck. First, Jean takes Eric's ass, sliding into him missionary while Eric holds his muscular legs wide apart to give Jean total access to his hole, and then Jean climbs on Eric and impales himself on Eric's cock. Eric then blows his load as Jean kneels beside him on the bed, and the scene ends with another great pop-shot from Jean, who sends his load rocketing sideways over Eric's torso. Ricky's next tale is based on the Eighth Novella of the Third Day. Jean also stars in this one, with co-stars Wilfried Knight and Leon. Jean, playing Zeppa, discovers that Wilfried, his lover is cheating on him, which is bad enough, but it gets worse when it turns out that Wilfried's trysting partner is Spinelloccio (Leon), Zeppa's best friend. Well, it may hurt Jean, but it's completely easy to see why Wilfried would be such a temptation for Leon. The scene opens with the two kissing passionately in the street, which is great, but when they go inside and stand next to each other, their rock-hard dicks facing each other with a mirror reflecting the vision, it's hard to imagine how any lover, no matter how faithful could resist. Of course, Leon doesn't, and he and Wilfried lock limbs in a 69 that has Wilfried tongue-fucking Leon while Leon blows Wilfried, and then Leon plows Wilfried sidesaddle, with Wilfried's thick, uncut meat hard and throbbing with each thrust Leon forces into his ass. The mirror again provides some excellent view of the action, and Wilfried's smile as he's getting fucked is sublime. Both studs explode with cum at the end, Jean having watched the whole act in secret from a doorway. Jean, not one to let this sort of thing go easily, has a plot to get his revenge: he will seduce his friend's lover, played by Ricky Martinez, and he will do so with Wilfried's help. While Jean and Wilfried plot, the scene switches back to Eric, who now has wandered naked onto a farmer's (Alberto Ventura) land. Eric's body is so perfect in the warm Italian sunlight that he looks like a statue come to life, and believe me, if you found this stud naked in your barnyard, you'd hire him. For ... whatever. Eric gives Alberto an expert blowjob, licking and slurping the stud's meat until he blasts off all over Eric's bulging pecs. Eric then bends over and Alberto has a great time fingering Eric's ass, with Eric's dick swaying and hard as he does so (and Eric's obvious excitement, with goose bumps all over his taut ass while Alberto fingers and rims him, adds tons of heat to the scene). Eric bends Alberto over and sticks his cock into him, and when he pulls away from Alberto's ass, it shows just how huge his cock is, and the scene is equally exciting when Alberto sits on Eric's dick and rides it. At the end, Eric squirts droplets of cream all over his thigh. Reading Boccaccio's tales of lust inspires Ricky to begin to stroke his cock, and then he appears with Jean, who has begun to seduce his best friend's lover in order to get his revenge. The job is not that difficult, and soon Jean is fucking Ricky's face as Ricky is spread out on a table. The scene has many great shots of Ricky's smooth bubble-butt, including many glimpses of his tight brown rosebud, which seems to wink at the camera. I'm so glad we're in on the joke. But these lovers are also being watched: by Leon, who stands and strokes his cock as they continue to play. Jean devours Ricky's tasty hole, his monstrous erection swinging between his legs, and then the two fuck, and Jean's throbbing meat parts Ricky's cheeks as the stud buries it to the hilt. Jean teases Ricky by pulling out of his ass entirely and then shoving back inside it, and Ricky reaches a bone-rattling orgasm as Jean pounds his ass hard. Jean's cum-shot is a beauty, arcing from the head of his cock in multiple eruptions. But Jean's debauchery of his best friend's lover isn't concluded yet. The two move to a sunny window where Jean once again plows Ricky, this time from behind, and this time Jean's cum-shot is even more explosive, with cum spewing from his cock like a fountain. Leon also reaches orgasm, still spying on the pair as they conclude their tryst. The production ends with two splashdowns, both from Ricky, first, as the reader of the tales, and then at the end of his scene with Jean. And since Jean, Ricky, Leon and Wilfried have all managed to cheat on their partners, no one is left out, and they all live happily ever after. This is one of Lucas Kazan's best, and his unique talent to bring classical and modern elements together seamlessly is a perfect fit for the theme. Boccaccio wrote many more tales -- here's hoping that Lucas Kazan takes us back to "The Decameron" very soon. DVD features: Chapters; behind-the-scenes footage (great, informative, and lots of shots of the cast cavorting around a pool while they aren't working, especially Jean Franko, who spends much of it in wet white underwear); slide-show gallery; trailers ("Backstage" and "Italian for the Beginner"); and no regional coding (playable worldwide).