Agassi, crouched in a corner, smokes a pipe of crystal meth. Dozens of muscled bodies crowd in a back room, injecting each other’s penises with stimulants to stay hard. The camera returns to the HustlaBall another year to capture the reality of how some of the world’s most beautiful men project an illusion. Afterward, he texts his mother, “Mom, I’m the best actor in the porn world.” In a buoyant early scene early in Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, the documentary’s titular subject, clad in leather pants and a gladiator helmet, takes the stage at HustlaBall Berlin to accept one of the gay porn industry’s highest honors in front of a cheering crowd.
