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an award. And the award itself was what really jazzed me. A new genre! When
everybody was doing everything, how can you create a new genre in that era? But
we did, and it was just so basic. Real people having real sex.”
“I guess that if you ask me what advice would I have for people based on
experience,” muses Wylder, “it’s [to] put out a quality product and put an effort
behind marketing and promoting the product. … We’ve always focused on
nurturing each one of our videos, as if it were a hit. So with Amateur Angels, we’ve
been shooting this series for Adam & Eve for a good fifteen years now, and we’re
still only at number twenty-nine. With Internal Affairs, we shot that series for years.
We did six of them.”
If nurturing quality is one pillar that upholds Fallen Angel’s success, then the
other is the positive atmosphere Wylder and Silk actively encourage on set.
“Some of my favorite earliest memories in the industry was for and with them,”
recalls Katie Morgan. The blond adult star was featured in Fallen Angel’s Dirty
Dancers: The Movie (one of her first lead roles), Amateur Angels 9 and Sex Across
America 12: Virginia Beach.
“Their sets were always so much fun and upbeat,” says Morgan. “They seem
to genuinely love what they do and genuinely love sex and people, and it’s just so
nice for people to be so real.”
“I think they’re really good at judging people and chemistry and they put
together really great casts for those movies,” continues Morgan. “They make sure
they think everybody is going to get along and want to fuck each other and have
fun.”
Silk draws on her extensive performing experience to assist talent on set.
“With me being in the trenches and knowing what it’s really like for a
performer, especially if we’re shooting a new performer who’s a little unaware, I
help them along, make them feel comfortable and put them at ease, and help them
with all their needs,” she says.
Wylder says, “One of the secrets to the magic that we create with people is
that we never rush them. So I would rather shoot a movie in five days than two,
because I’m going to be able to work with my talent on a level where I’m going to
extract the type of a scene that I want to achieve.”
Evolving from VHS tapes to DVDs to online distribution, Fallen Angel has
successfully surfed the waves of changing media. Fallen Angel currently distributes
its VOD content through its own platform, FallenAngel.tv, while Adam & Eve
distributes Fallen Angel’s DVDs.
But even with the industry’s many changes in the past twenty years, the one
constant throughout Fallen Angel’s history is Silk and Wylder’s commitment to
each other. They were married at the turn of the new millennium in Las Vegas, on
December 31, 1999.
“It’s wonderful to marry your best friend,” says Silk. “It’s important that even
though we work together, we play together, we’re completely honest with one
another, which is lovely to have our business and our relationship in the field of
sex, to really embrace it and nurture it, and develop it, parlay it into other things.
I can tell him anything and share anything with him. It’s a great partnership,
business and personal.”
“Alex really is my best friend,” says Wylder, “and we spend so much time
together between our production and our editing that you would think at one
point we’d drive each other crazy. But we really do have very separate roles in the
company. We concur with one another when we’re making a decision, but I’m
more on the technical side, and Alex is more on her creative side when it comes
to editing. When it comes to ideas, she’s more in the financial side and there I’m
more often in the creative aspects.”
Silk and Wylder’s relationship is noticed by others in the industry as well.
“Their consistent positive attitude and zest towards life and business is a true
inspiration,” says Theresa Flynt. “And the way they love each other is admirable,
deep, real and romantic. What a blessing you have if you are one of their friends.
Team Effort Above, the studio’s logo. At left, the couple behind the brand, Alexandra Silk and Luc Wylder.
Photo courtesy Fallen Angel
Words that come to mind when I think of them: sexy, savvy, loyal, solid, down-to-
earth friends.”
Katie Morgan recalls, “They’ve always been such great role models. Any time
I was around they always had positive things to say, and they’re just such a great
example of a happy, open couple. It makes me so happy to see people make it
work for real in real life.”
Similarly, Silk and Wylder speak of those close to them with gratitude and
affection. They list Bruce Seven, Morty Gordon, Freddy Lincoln, Candida Royalle,
Hugh Hefner, Bob Christian, Phil Harvey, Paul Fishbein, Eric Mittleman, Theresa
Flynt, Wylder’s mother, and Silk’s brother as some of their greatest influences,
past and present.
It’s wonderful to
marry your best
friend. ... I can
tell him anything
and share
anything with
him. It’s a great
partnership,
business and
personal.
—Alexandra Silk
So as Fallen Angel crosses its twenty-year milestone, Alexandra Silk and
Luc Wylder see great promise on the horizon. They are excited about the
creative potential of virtual reality. They continue to explore the concept of
weaving entertainment and education together in their plot-based Confessions of
a Sex Surrogate series with Adam & Eve. And Wylder and Silk have challenged
themselves to deeper levels of learning in their personal lives, each having recently
earned their doctoral degrees in human sexuality from the Institute of Advanced
Study. The industry has in turn rewarded their accomplishments with inductions
into three halls of fame: AVN, XRCO, and the Legends of Erotica.
But through it all, their actions are inspired by timeless notions of kindness,
integrity and beauty.
“Fallen Angel remains committed to being a pioneering company,” Wylder
says. “We’ll continue to create beautiful erotic media by extracting beauty out of
the reality of the world. Woven into all of that is a message of sex positivity and
healthy sex being a component of your overall physical well being. We’re excited
to be part of the sexual evolution and continue to strive for excellence. We’d like
to thank AVN, fans, and all the legends of our industry for their continued love
and support.”
To contact Luc Wylder and Alexandra Silk, email luc@lucwylder.com and
alex@alexandrasilk.com or follow on Twitter: @AlexandraSilk and @LucWylder.
Their company website is FallenAngel.tv.
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