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Alex Katz, Russian immigrant owner of In-X-Cess productions (since 1994) and numerous other companies, entered porn in 1988 while still in college.

He owns the one-stop distributor "Pro-Video" which distributes tapes across America, and other business such as the LA restaurants Uzbekhistan and Rasputin.

At one time, Katz had Kylie Ireland, Sylvia Saint (Czech) and Isis Nile under contract. He now has dozens of Russian girls under contract through his St. Petersburg modeling agency (SPB). "Since the fall [of communism], they all need money. They'll do whatever it takes."

On 8/25/98, Katz said "It's very difficult to shoot in Russia…"

Luke: "Dangerous [mafia]."

Alex: "You said it. I didn't."

"It's not illegal to shoot pornography in outlying areas of Russia, but in many of these areas you can't release anything harder than a softcore version.

"America is the only place in the world where, for selling a porno tape, your loved ones, your peers and your family may forget you. You can be exiled from polite society. While for killing a man, you can live happily ever after, not only in Brentwood. But still, you can make lots of money [in porn]."

For the first two editions of his "Russian Model Magazine" video series, Katz used girls brought to him by Moscow talent agent Leonid Perlin. In September, Alex releases the third volume. "We also plan later this year upscale large budget feature productions in Russia.

"We don't just shoot simple scenes with Russian girls and present them to the market, 'there's a Russian girl.' Who'd believe you in today's market if you said someone was a Martian, they truly are, unless you film them in Mars, speaking Martian… Unless that Martian takes it in the ass in a special way."

After receiving a legal threat from a law firm representing Zorro Productions, Katz took his In-X-Cess movie The Erotic Adventures of Zorro off the market.

Katz's biggest movies include Hamlet, Marquis de Sade, Sexy Killer with British model Sarah Young, Magnificent Seven Girls (which features the debut of Vicca and Nikita), Betty Blue, and Castle of Lucretia.

Though the box cover for Marquis de Sade says it was directed by Luca Damiano, it was helmed by Joe D'Amato. "Europeans are disorganized with their materials. They could care less about particularity."

Alex says his company and D'Amato have concluded $2 million worth of upcoming productions - Experiences, Hell's Angels, Selen - Queen of the Elephants… "It was shot in Tunisia, Africa with real life animals… She'll be riding them… Selen takes it in the ass with a smile and a breath of fresh air."

D'Amato has shot a 35mm, $500,000 "pirate epic" Treasure Island.

"We're co-producing some movies with Nicholas Moore who made Sexy Killer, Castle of Lucretia and others… Also, Luca Damiano's Lolita and Anastasia. Plenty of anal and production values.

"Frank Thring is doing the Lee Nover ("Some people bend over, but we Lee Nover and give you more") gonzo line for us. He directs the series for Private called Pirate. He travels all over the world, finding girls in France, Germany, Czech Republic, etc…"

In-X-Cess also plans to release further editions of Hawaiin Video Magazine, Japanese Video Magazine… "I've created The Girl Banger, a private nerdy person, Ed Powers style, with Doctor Dick aka Dick Stud Burro."

Alex created this year an upscale gay line called USMALE. In September, it will release The Men of Magnum, a "big budget production… Each box contains a complimentary Magnum condom inside. We're also releasing the first big budget gay movie shot in Russia, An American in Moscow, shot by Russian Andrei Lev. Next, Killer Looks. And in October, our gay movie of the year, a mafia epic (The Underboss) with a cast of 27 directed by Paul Barresi."

In November, Alex will release The Stiletto Connection fetish series helmed by Frank Thring, which will resemble his line Pirate line. First volume will be entitled Stiletto Boots, second Stiletto Tits…

Katz donates a percentage of every gay movie sale to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and gives away up to 50,000 free condoms a month.

Alex says porn is "a boys club. The FSC is on the right track… This is the only place in the movie industry where an outsider can come in and become immediately successful.

"Years ago you could've called this a mafia controlled business… The government helped it out of that in 1987 when the FBI busted 17-24 manufacturers… This business should've been a closed business and I should not have been in it… But because they [1980s industry leaders] did not control it the way they should've, they destroyed themselves.

"Prices are jumping all over the place. There is significant over-production. Buyers face such a huge selection that they don't know what to do. They often don't go for quality."