Ron Dilly

Mondo Rocco is a collection of short films weaved together as it was seen in the Park Theater in Los Angeles in 1969/1970. Charming in their innocence, Rocco's films captured important moments in gay history and are an invaluable resource.

Earth Child, a handsome man, wanders the streets looking for…something. He reads a paper dated April 1st, inviting him to The House of Dreams at 13 Destiny Way.

Wet & Wild is no exception.We open with his camera prowling 42nd Street. It's like traveling back in time, before the sacred Deuce was defanged by greedy politicians and Disney. Rows of lit-up marquees, peepshows, X-rated theatres and nudie bars bring a lump to the throat. (Snuff is shown playing at the National!) In a Times Square grindhouse, a ski-masked sex fiend, brandishing a .38 caliber pistol, busts into the projection booth. He forces the projectionist to run porno flicks. We're taken on a foot-to-the-floorboards ride on a sexual safari through New York City's gutter. ("A steamy, seedy jungle of unfettered sex!")