The girlfriend experience

Having to wait for Mr. Ferguson who has to rebuild the Fuso Szulc and needs over six weeks to do so offers exceptional opportunities.

Like waking up at the usual very early hour because daylight comes in our lives in California, USA at six.
But now able to have another hour of sleep because waiting for Mr. Ferguson.
The extra hour of light sleep where dreams are able to enter the consciousness bringing messages inspired by desires and the imagination and the sub consciousness.
Short films of an often dramatic kind for violence, sexuality, love and beauty.
The whole ratamacue explained and visualised in a dream that can be remembered clearly and therefore enjoyed, hated or appreciated.

A hole in the wall to peek behind the scenes of the own existence.

To see the truth about the animal and the angel both living in the same place.

Another advantage of having to wait for Mr. Ferguson is that finally there is time to see a movie in a cinema.

Recently the experience of seeing the latest Jim Jarmusch film “Limits of control” in Solana Beach was shared with the fervent and loyal blog readers.
And then today the latest film of Steven Soderbergh titled “The Girlfriend Experience” .

For some years Steven Soderbergh has been considered one of the more interesting US film makers.
Especially his film “Solaris” is considered a fabulous movie.
Produced by James Cameron.
In the Fuso Szulc is only one DVD.
Of Soderbergh’s “Solaris”.
That is watched at least once a year.
It is such a good film.
A beautiful, beautiful love story.
With fascinating music by Cliff Martinez.

The most recent film of Soderbergh “The Girlfriend Experience” is not playing nationwide in the USA.
It can be downloaded from the internet.
Or one has to go to selected theatres.
Like the Hillcrest Cinemas on 5th Avenue in San Diego.
That makes a fan drive many miles just to see a movie of a film maker admired.

What is this film “The Girlfriend Experience” about?

It is the story of an escort girl.
Who has a website.
To get clients.
Who she meets, pleases and allows to fuck her beautiful body.
While emotionally only pretending.
In other words, a prostitute.

She lives with a boyfriend.
Who knows about her activities.
And seems not to have a problem with it.

So far so good.
As good can be in these circumstances.

After one hour in the 90 minutes movie, finally problems arise.
The prostitute seems to get more involved with a customer than the boyfriend can accept.
Finally some drama and an issue justifying the film and the admission fee to the movie theatre.

But even this more or less dramatization remains as much to the surface as the words I love you coming from a prostitute.

In “The Girlfriend Experience” much of the time people are eating together, like in French movies, and talk.
Intellectualizing an issue that could be of huge emotional impact.

In other words: the movie is shit.
A total disappointment.
And only one person responsible: Steven Soderbergh.
Not though the principal actress.
Sasha Grey who played in porno movies before Soderbergh got horny.
Acting in a natural and convincing way.

Her participation in “The Girlfriend Experience” reflects her evolvement.
From porno to posh.
While synchronically the “The Girlfriend Experience” is about a prostitute who tries to get more high class and better paying customers.
While opening her wall to have possibly get a guy in her emotional life that pays better than her boyfriend.

What is the coldest shower of “The Girlfriend Experience” is its end.
Although the prostitute wants to move up the social ladder, the final scenes are her going into a Jewish delicatesse shop.
The Jewish orthodox shopkeeper goes with her in the anteroom.
They talk and we understand they know each other.
They undress more or less and then only hold each other resulting in the orthodox Jew to have an orgasm.

Soderbergh, Soderbergh.
Check your dreams between 6 and 7 am.



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