"I just saw the "uncompleted" version of this film at the Sundance Film Festival.
It was awful... It was an incoherent boring mess and was very disappointed. We all thought we were going to hear about Steven's many years of film making, but instead he showed us this movie. Everyone I talked to in the audience felt the same way. Very disappointing!
There has been a lot of talk about the lead actress. Yes she is a porn star, and her acting verifies this, but there is very little flesh shown throughout the film.
This movie will more than likely end up in art house theaters and then go quickly to video.
He did have a Q&A after the film was over (which he promised would be a short film, but it was 1hr 45 mins), there was no praise given by any of the people who asked questions. What a waste of time and talent... "
It looks okay but honestly their are alot of movies about escorting and prostitution made every year. And I'm thinking this will just be an art house flick because if it was going to be at my local theater I already know that FOX News would already complaining about it.
We get it. There's a movie call "The Girlfriend Experience". We're all primed to see it...LOL!
This was financed by billionaire Mark Cuban who has done a number of movies which premier on his HDNet (a cable channel), and supposedly in theatres on the same day. The movies have been consistently bad; slow and tedious. No story line and horrific editing. You get a free viewing on the channel when it premiers and then they charge $9.99 after, to see it .
I don't expect this to be any different than the crap that has been done before. It airs May 20th at 8pm, 9:30pm and 11:00pm. You must have a High Def cable package that includes HDNet.
This one is the indie Canadian one. This one is a low budget film that presents the hobby from the client's point of view. BTW the filmmaker is a woman, if that matters. There was a previous post about this yesterday I think.
I did a taped interview for the pre-production of this film. At one time, they were toying with the idea of having me appear as a madam in the film, until they decided that there wouldn't be a starring role for a madam, LOL. Maybe it was my extensive recount of the endless minutiae of running an agency that even had Mr Soderbergh bored to tears as he was viewing the tape? My impression of the writer and director was that they - like zillions of other people out there - romanticized and stereotyped the idea of being a provider or even a madam. They wanted to hear "the juicy details," not about the portable credit card machines or the screening mechanisms of clients, or the boring details of making travel arrangements for the providers. Nor did they want to hear about upscale, normal clients without any mental dysfunctions. I don't quite know what they were after - maybe something that would look very interesting on film? A twisted client? We don't need film for that; sadly, we only need to turn to the news to find the latter.
think it is all limousines and trips to romantic places. Heck, my provider friends tell me that the client part is actually enjoyable... dealing with schedule, getting a good rate at a hotel, travel arrangements, and keeping a low public profile consume most of their day... the client? Almost like a break.
some wonder why some very skilled ladies use the agencies, but as was put to me, if the agency is really good to the ladies, they earn their keep, and the lady has more of her own time for herself.
The one starring Sasha Grey, not so much... The boyfriend is a personal trainer? Yawn! Maybe a bisexual personal trainer - that might spice it up marginally.
The Canadian trailer looked as though it was artfully done at least. Looked like suspense is a factor, as well as a bit more complexity.
And I actually am very much looking forward to it, but then I am a big Soderbergh fan (Traffic, Sex, Lies and Videotapes, Che, The Good German and the Ocean's trilogy, etc.). And I like me some Sasha too .
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