I first read about The Girlfriend Experience well before Halloween and Stephen Soderbergh's forray into 3-d Musicals about some hot dead chick named Cleopatra, but didn't think too much of it because I was too busy wondering how Soderbergh was going to convince Clooney to play Marc Antony and sing on screen...(come to think of it he could just get this guy, but he is nowhere near as hot.)
The film stars real life porn star Sasha Grey in her mainstream debut (well aside from those American Apparel ads,) playing a $2000 an hour escort, and it follows her over the course of being interviewed, going on dates with guys who want more than just sex and for her to be pretend to be their girlfriend, hence the title of the film. The film is full of non professional actors so there's a real sense of verite. But what I found most intriguing about all the research I've done is that the film, which already premiered at The Sundance and Tribeca Flm Festivals, will be released in theatres on May 22nd, but was released on DVD and On Demand on April 30th, virtually creating a new business model for the release of films.
Exxotica Miami Beach starts tomorrow, and it's THE biggest XXX convention on the East Coast and Sasha Grey will be there. & of course everyone will want a piece of her, but I just want to ask her for Soderbergh's #...
