The Girlfriend Experience Page #2

Synopsis: Chelsea (Sasha Grey) is a high-priced $2,000-an-hour call girl in Manhattan, offering a 'girlfriend experience': she'll dress with the client in mind, go to dinner and a movie, listen attentively to talk about work and finances, and she'll provide sex. It's October, 2008: a presidential election nears and the economy is in free fall. She has a boyfriend, Chris (Chris Santos), who's a personal trainer. We are shown five non-consecutive days in Chelsea's life. She's working on her Web page, talking to image consultants, and being interviewed by a reporter. She asks clients when their birthdays are and uses that for an astrological prediction. She's drawn to a new client, a writer from L.A. Should she break her rules for him? What if it risks her relationship with Chris? Should she invest in gold?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Steven Soderbergh
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
R
Year:
2009
77 min
$642,853
Website
720 Views


get picked up?

Yeah, it might have

gotten picked up,

but it's not a sure thing.

And it's not enough

To maintain what

I'm kind of used to.

You don't think so?

I can't tell.

I don't know what the f***'s going on

in the business

anywhere anymore.

Well, anyway,

thanks for listening.

I've been in so many

relationships where nobody listens.

I definitely think relationships

are about communication, don't you?

God, totally.

Jesus, that's why we--

it's completely two-way.

We're constantly exchanging

kind of what we think.

I mean, that's how

people relate.

It's just so

f***ing ridiculous

the way everybody wants

something completely one-sided

and want

something for nothing.

Sorry, my hands

are really cold.

It's okay.

I'll warm them up.

Well, my first

thought is I do like it.

I do like it.

It's just that,

I'll tell you, right now

It's a tough time for me to start

pioneering a new line like this.

The economy right now

is really in the toilet.

And we got a store

full of stuff.

And we do have stuff

that somewhat competes

with this type

of garment right now.

Right.

I'd like to show it real quick

to Marvin, just to get

an idea of what he thinks.

I'm thinking

right now, no.

But I'm thinking maybe

down the road we can try it.

Marv, uh...

you know,

I would definitely--

I'm definitely okay

with it being on consignment

because it gets a chance

to be out on the floor

and see how it does.

You guys have a very big store

and I'm sure we could find a little

bit of space to put the stuff out there.

I know it's going to sell. I

know people are gonna buy it.

This way

I'm okay with that.

If it doesn't sell, then I'll

take it back. That's fine.

But I would like to have it out

there for the Christmas season

Because that's when

people are buying things.

Everyone has to

stop talking and listen.

If we don't close

this deal on Friday

We have to pay

a huge, huge penalty.

There's no way this deal's

gonna close on Friday.

The whole world is afraid

of redemption. No one knows--

gonna be out of business...

On October 25th

I met with Dennis.

We had lunch at Nobu and

then went to a hotel room.

During lunch he talked

about the financial crisis.

When we got back

to the room

he immediately

got on the phone

and ordered

some MaCallan 25.

I put on a Kiki de

Montparnasse corset,

panties and gloves.

The shoes

were basic Zara.

After he got off the phone

we made out for a while.

Then he asked me

to masturbate, which I did.

Then he masturbated

watching me.

He made another appointment

for November 3rd.

I think one element

that could be improved a lot

is the photography.

You should have

much better pictures.

I have pictures I can give you.

That's not a problem.

Are they really

top-quality pictures?

They should look like

"Playboy" pictures.

Yeah, they're

perfect.

Yeah? Okay.

That's important.

And we could improve the logo

and general style of the site,

make it look

much more high-class.

Okay, I also

wanted to--

I don't know exactly

how you'd do this,

but I would

really like it

if my site would come up

in the search engines.

You know, like--

I don't know exactly

how you do that,

But when you Google

"escorts," I come up.

It's a little tricky.

It'll take some time.

But one good idea is

to get yourself listed

in a lot of directories

and review sites.

The more links there

are to your site,

the better your rankings in

the search engines are gonna be.

- You can do that?

- I can help you with that.

Sure, sure.

But that takes monthly work,

if you want to work out a

monthly maintenance contract...

How much?

You have to continually

update it every month.

How much would you charge

just to design it?

About 1500 bucks.

And how soon could you

get it done?

I could only work

after hours here, so...

Can we sort

of start over here?

I am not trying

to tell you

how to run

your business.

I'm trying to help you

enhance your business.

And I think

I can do that.

If I didn't think

I could do that,

I wouldn't have taken

an interest in you.

You seem like

a pretty smart girl.

Are you familiar with

an escort named Tara?

I'm not.

Okay, well, you might

want to check out

Some of the stuff that's

been posted about this Tara

On "The Erotic

Connoisseur."

I don't usually like

checking out reviews.

Well, let me tell you

a little story

about what happened

to Tara.

Tara is 20 years old,

kind of came in here

just falling off the turnip

truck, doing her own thing.

And when I put up

the reviews,

her rate started going up.

Do you understand?

This is making you more

upscale than you've ever been.

You think you know

an idea of upscale,

but what I'm offering you

is upscale beyond.

So...

So anyhow,

do you have to develop

business skills?

Who does your books?

That's something

I'd rather not answer, actually.

Well, I'm not gonna--

let's just say, do you keep books?

I do. Let's just say I have

a few people that help me out.

I'd like to

keep it at that.

I think you want

to look at this time

As a time to actually

get more invested.

Personally, my wife and I have gotten

more aggressive with our family.

We set up a 529

for our young son.

We wanted to get

more involved here,

because you don't see these levels,

these opportunities very often.

If you sit back like

everyone else and sell,

you're actually going

against the grain

of what you should be doing-- investing.

It's important.

How's your wife?

How's Rachel?

She's well. She's better.

Thanks for asking.

Yeah, of course.

How's your son?

He's good too.

Everyone's well.

Every family right now feels stress.

We watch the news.

We watch this

Presidential election

and this campaigning.

And it's stressful

to wonder where

our country's going.

Definitely.

I think sometimes you

just gotta turn it off.

You just can't even

listen to it.

I think, more importantly, you

have to look at your career, really.

I see your ledger. I see your

numbers. You're good at what you do.

You could possibly be the best

at what you do. You're amazing.

But let's not rest

on our laurels here.

There's more things

you could be doing.

Like what?

It just seems like

everything changes.

A reflection point like this allows you

to look at it and see what's changed.

I asked you to meet with

Michael for that exact reason.

I think he has

a really good view

of what's going on

in your market

and could take you

to the next level.

What exactly does he want?

What exactly does he do?

What differentiates you

from those other women

is what's gonna make these

other businesses grow for you.

So I do understand it,

but I just wanted to say that.

Besides that,

there's other things.

There's so many things

that you can do

that will allow you to

continue having your anonymity,

but you can continue

to grow your business.

Here's an example--

do you really think

some woman would want to take

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David Levien

David Levien is an American screenwriter, novelist, director, and producer. Best known as the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen and Rounders, Levien has also produced films such as The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones. Levien frequently collaborates on projects with his writing partner Brian Koppelman. As a novelist, he has published City of the Sun, Where the Dead Lay, 13 Million Dollar Pop, and Signature Kill. Earlier works are often published under D. J. Levien. Levien studied at the University of Michigan. more…

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