"Steven Soderbergh put on his experimental hat and busted out The Girlfriend Experience, a film about a high priced call girl, her personal trainer boyfriend and their respective clients. What makes the movie experimental is Soderbergh’s aversion to professional actors, his disdain for linear storytelling and his use of digital cameras and no lighting set ups. Also setting the movie apart from most other films is the long series of stationary camera set ups, often far away from his characters, capturing the moments in a fly on the wall, almost documentary sort of way. Clever use of an interview with a journalist increases this fake-documentary thing."
Why isn't health care getting the attention it sorely deserves? Because, let's face it, there's nothing sexy about crabby old people crying over death panels.
Asylum is here to help. We've brought adult film star Sasha Grey (who knows a bit about back-door deals), to the table to make a case for universal coverage.
But she meets a formidable opponent in Paul Scheer (of "Human Giant" fame). Well, he's not exactly an opponent...Why isn't health care getting the attention it sorely deserves? Because, let's face... more
Steven Soderbergh has managed to build an enviable career – he gets to make fun, huge projects like ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, and alternates these with smaller, self-consciously serious films such as ‘The Underneath’, ‘Kafka’, and ‘The Girlfriend Experience’, which I saw this afternoon at the Chelsea Clearview next door to the Chelsea Hotel, in, as you might expect, Chelsea. Name of the lead character of this movie? It’s an easy guess – my sense is that Soderbergh’s protagonist, played an adult film actor called Sasha Grey is supposed to represent an entire social cohort as well as an individual soul. In that regard, naming her after a part of New York City known for its cultural creativity and sociological excess seems not only obvious but just right.
(review continues at the link)Steven Soderbergh has managed to build an enviable career – he gets to make fun,... more
Award-winning pornstar Sasha Grey may have made it to the mainstream but she’s not about to abandon her X-rated roots.
The AVN and XRCO 2008 “Female Performer of the Year” has recently attracted a lot of attention for her role in the Steven Soderbergh film, The Girlfriend Experience.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesThe Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30... more
Five Favorite Films with Sasha Grey, star of The Girlfriend Experience
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
In the this episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show, hosts Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox lead ensemble reviews of "Angels & Demons," "Management," and "The Brothers Bloom," Sasha Gray shares her Five Favorite Films and Brett Defends Robots.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesIn the this episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show, hosts Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox lead... more
These days documentaries are far more exciting, engaging and entertaining than fiction films - whether it’s ‘Voices from El-Sayed’, which examines the daily life of a deaf Bedouin community in the Negev desert, or the brittle and sweaty anxiety producing drama of a Barbershop Quartet competition in ‘American Harmony’ - documentaries are IT.
So what’s a ’staged cinema’ director to do?
Shoot your fiction film like it’s a doc.
Hence 'The Girlfriend Experience'These days documentaries are far more exciting, engaging and entertaining than fiction... more
"Director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Erin Brokovich, the Ocean's 11 series) has a new movie out about the life of a New York prostitute during the financial collapse called "The Girlfriend Experience."
The film stars porn star Sasha Grey, whom Rolling Stone calls "the dirtiest girl in the world" in its profile of her in the current issue. Grey is also the reigning AVN Female Performer of the Year (at 21, she's the youngest woman to win the honor). She was in town this week to pimp the movie during Exxxotica Miami Beach. I watched the film (see the trailer here) and caught up with her on Friday at the Catalina Hotel.
I asked her about the research she did for the Soderbergh movie, the Rolling Stone story, her relationship, and how she feels porn fits into the women's lib movement."
I always like it when you can find intelligent and well-spoken people in every field of life. If intelligence was confined to academia it'd have no chance to spread."Director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Erin Brokovich, the Ocean's 11 series) has a new... more
Steven Soderbergh's latest film staring Sasha Grey finally has a trailer! The film follows a call girl (Grey) during a week in her life , ranging from clients to the "Harry Knowles of Prostitution" (played with great sleaze we hear by film critic Glenn Kenny) who almost ruins her reputation after writing a negative review for her--where else?--on his website.
The film will open later this month at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.Steven Soderbergh's latest film staring Sasha Grey finally has a trailer! The film... more
It’s in a fog of fake fucking that man is sleepwalking toward an abyss.
This is a very interesting article from Adbusters on Porn, def recommend a read!It’s in a fog of fake fucking that man is sleepwalking toward an abyss.
This is a... more
From rock to reggae, Andrew W.K. resurfaces to work with the legendary Lee "Scratch" Perry on his new album "Repentance". Andrew sits in on the Daily Fix to give us all the details.From rock to reggae, Andrew W.K. resurfaces to work with the legendary Lee "Scratch"... more
We caught up with Dave Navarro at the Adult Entertainment Expo get his thoughts on his experience directing his first pornographic film, his star and what it's like working in the porn industry versus the music industry.We caught up with Dave Navarro at the Adult Entertainment Expo get his thoughts on his... more
