Diva Futura

AUTUMN 1994 - DIVA FUTURA OFFICE

It ate her head...

Did you tell my wife?

Yes, she's coming.

- Let everyone else know, miss. - Okay.

- Shall we have a funeral? - Yes.

- With photos. - Of course.

Oh, no!

Did it eat her head?

It ate her head.

We'll have a funeral?

Hi, we're having a funeral.

With photos.

- All right... - In an hour.

Let's have a funeral.

Okay... if you want, we'll be taking photos anyway.

Oh well...

Though our ideas were defined as bizarre,

scandalous, and immoral,

in reality, any story involving us

ended up on the front pages.

This mysterious mechanism by which society condemned us

but at the same time dreamt of us,

wanted us,

and acclaimed us.

Two paradoxical sides of the same coin.

And we really loved astonishing

and scandalizing people.

MOANA POZZI IS DEAD

A SPECIAL GOODBYE TO TINTA

FAREWELL TINTA, CICCIOLINA'S PYTHON

Growing up, I was constantly bullied.

Virility, aggressiveness, and the macho man myth,

I never understood any of that.

But women weren't like that.

They were the beautiful part of the universe.

Dad, what are you doing?

Their bodies, their shapes,

I never considered them something dirty to be hidden.

Though everything was censored at that time,

my father made a great effort to educate me.

These beautiful creatures were so free.

They all looked distinct and different

when they came out of their rooms.

For the ancient Greeks, nudity was the ideal.

It represented autonomy and freedom.

We have to confiscate all of these.

But I paid for them.

You can't sell these magazines next to the Christian Democrat HQ.

But why should they decide what I can or can't read?

The police should be dealing with more important things,

not confiscating your magazine.

Why do they confiscate beauty?

Exactly.

The thing is, we live in a sea of assholes.

Who are you?

Riccardo Schicchi.

- And how old are you? - 12.

You have vision, kid.

You can come and look at the magazine whenever you want.

Then, later on, we'll discuss your future.

Schicchi, you say? I like you.

I had a gift.

I could spot a diva at first glance.

And even if I was never an Adonis,

for some mysterious reason, women always liked me...

Miss, I'd like to make your acquaintance, if you'll allow me.

a lot.

We became inseparable. We were spontaneous.

Full of dreams.

And as paradoxical as it sounds, we were pure.

We decided to change the nation's morality,

and to our surprise we discovered people were ready.

A new phenomenon in social mores.

Her name is Cicciolina and she loves surprising her audience

by appearing bare-skinned.

You're a kind of social worker, so to speak.

A missionary of love, which is different.

If there's no love in the world, nothing will ever get done.

Listen, Mr. Schicchi, you're a kind of Guglielmo Marconi

who invented a type of radio with this young lady.

Since this type of radio program

wasn't being made,

and I had access to free wavelengths,

we decided to use them, can you blame us?

Here we are again with Radio Luna.

You, do you want to sleep with me?

Chubby wubby...

You can ask me anything you want.

Have a seat, Ilona.

Your Honor, life is made up of peculiar characters.

And this one here is in the news: Ilona Staller.

- Cicciolina. - You know her?

You didn't know Amanda Lear but you know her!

Don't look at her so severely.

Not severely, but with disgust.

With disgust, no... she's beautiful.

Ilona was a breath of irreverent fresh air.

A magnetic stream of energy,

desire and vitality flowed around her.

But then we started getting arrested regularly by the police,

often ridiculous numbers of them,

for offenses against public decency.

The result was: TV broadcasts were cut,

magazines were censored, and performances were cancelled.

We had to find a solution, an idea.

Yes, I understand. You talk and talk but then shy away from adult films.

Come with me.

We'll form a partnership.

I wasn't convinced.

You make the films and I'll screen them.

But since we'd chosen to be the defenders of sexual freedom,

it was hard to escape the increasing pressure.

Porn is the future.

She was a hit.

SOLD OUT

Ilona became a "porn star", a term that didn't exist,

yours truly invented it.

Ilona was the first public figure

who, with the same face and body, could be in family magazines

and porn productions.

We founded the first Italian talent agency for porn.

I called them "artists without limits".

Photo.

But that wasn't enough, we also created the Love Party.

She's known as Cicciolina.

As of today, Ilona Staller is a Congresswoman

for the Radical Party with over 20,000 votes.

Moana's ready.

Our relationship lasted another 18 years.

But we kept it secret.

Riccardo knew Cicciolina couldn't belong to one man,

she had to be everyone's.

But like all good things, it had to come to an end.

She fell in love with a famous contemporary artist.

When they got married,

I booked a hotel room overlooking the church

and I watched her leave happily with him.

And as often happens in stressful moments, I had a diabetic attack.

Leave.

Fine, leave.

Stay.

I met her a few years earlier.

Despite the skepticism of many, I believed in her from the start.

Simply because she believed in herself.

I was always a fervent exhibitionist.

People looking at my body always made me feel good.

I had many lovers,

always.

And at the same time there was always an official boyfriend.

Builders,

industrialists,

jewelers,

powerful politicians.

Very powerful.

I always enjoyed sex.

As long as I chose.

- Good morning. - Come in.

Follow me.

Before getting into porn, I wanted to become a famous actress.

The auditions are in here.

I did a lot of auditions for so-called institutional cinema.

For great producers, important directors,

internationally renowned auteurs.

But once in that room, everyone did the same thing.

And when I say everyone, I mean everyone.

Then came the first porn film.

I did it out of curiosity, I saw no harm in it.

I was working in TV then and got fired.

You can't make adult films and work on a children's show!

The greatest paradox is that, unlike cinema and TV,

I was never molested in porn.

Moana, sorry, they're asking if you have your blood tests.

Of course.

And the boys were all young, cute, and tested.

The universe is a point of view.

Everyone has their own.

I like everything that's unusual,

outside the box.

Then I met Riccardo Schicchi.

No one else could create icons like he did.

In fact, everyone wanted to work with Riccardo.

Idea! "Mundial Sex: Cicciolina and Moana World Cup".

You destroy the other teams by making love to them.

And Italy wins the World Cup.

Italy lacks healthy patriotism.

Italy lacks many things.

- We start with the goalie. - You're a genius.

Don't get carried away.

Among the initiatives for the World Cup there's also a porn film

starring Moana Pozzi.

Moana Pozzi!

She was intelligent,

elegant, elusive.

What are you modest about?

What would you never do?

Reveal my feelings to people

with whom I'm not intimate.

She had so much class

you sometimes wondered what she was doing there.