Tarzan X -1994- Rocco Siffredi -ita- !full! -
The Notorious Tarzan X: A Look Back at the 1994 Film Featuring Rocco Siffredi
The explicit scenes are interspersed with jungle chases, confrontations with a rival tribe, and the inevitable betrayal by a greedy white hunter. But make no mistake: the jungle is merely a lush, sweaty set for a series of increasingly athletic encounters between Siffredi and Caracciolo. Tarzan X -1994- Rocco Siffredi -ITA-
Production Notes: Low Budget, High Ambition
- Location: Filmed primarily in the Lazio region of Italy (near Rome), not Africa. Palm trees were imported and strategically placed.
- Costume: Siffredi famously wore a loincloth that was held together by “prayer and static cling.” He reportedly went through six of them because they kept tearing during action sequences.
- Dubbing: Like most Italian films of the era, audio was recorded in post-production. This leads to wonderfully strange moments where Rocco’s grunts and roars are perfectly timed to explicit acts.
- Censorship: Released in Italy in 1994, it faced immediate seizure by magistrates for obscenity. It survived court battles because the judge ruled it had “artistic merit” as a parody of a public domain character (Tarzan was in public domain in Italy at the time).
attempted to sue the production for copyright infringement. However, the lawsuit ultimately failed, contributing to the film's notoriety. The "Ape-Man" Technicality The Notorious Tarzan X: A Look Back at
- The First Encounter: Jane, bathing nude in a waterfall (a mandatory scene in any jungle-themed film), is discovered by Tarzan. He watches her with animal curiosity before a very non-Disney interaction ensues.
- The Treehouse Session: A lengthy, acrobatic scene between Siffredi and Caracciolo. Notably, the chemistry is genuine (they were married), which lends an unusual authenticity to the otherwise performative acts.
- The Cicciolina Factor: Staller’s scenes are deliberately over-the-top, bordering on surrealist comedy. She treats the jungle like her personal boudoir, delivering monologues in Italian that are half-political diatribe, half-sexual provocation.
- The Vine Swing: Tarzan swings on a vine into a sexual encounter. It is exactly as ridiculous as it sounds.
The Adult Film Industry and Crossover Phenomena Location: Filmed primarily in the Lazio region of
Review:
Tarzan X is exactly what you’d expect from a mid-90s Italian adult parody: absurd, unapologetically explicit, and carried entirely by the charisma of its leads. Directed by the prolific Joe D’Amato — a man known for both horror and hardcore — the film follows a loose retelling of the Tarzan myth, where the jungle hero (Rocco Siffredi) speaks in broken grunts, wears a loincloth, and communicates his desires through physical action rather than dialogue.
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