I have been a fan of Rocco since I first bought one of those small, all-color, four-language straight mags living in Paris in the early 90s. He was virile and handsome and never had a problem doing scenes with multiple men and a single woman.

But, in my mind, his best (and, internationally most influential) work has always been as a director/producer. His sense of what constitutes really good porn is, perhaps, the closest to my own of any director since Christopher Rage: they both pushed the envelope to the point where their smut turns into a document of utter depravity.

FWIW, I've always thought that Rocco was bisexual: maybe repressed bi but straight the same way I'm repressed bi but gay. His taste in male performers is exquisite. And he did direct/produce a Tranny film that was really hot and showed at least one gorgeous Italian guy chowing on cock.