The Girlfriend Experience Page #5

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
697 Views


Intrusive?

How so?

He's a journalist,

so that's his job, right?

It's just I'm not used

to that really.

He wants

to meet you.

- He wants to meet me?

- Mm-hmm.

What does he want

to meet me for?

He's never met

an escort

that is in a committed

relationship.

He just continues

to keep asking me out.

He's even talked about my

boyfriend too, like if I say--

I feel like he's

gonna be like, "Oh...

bring your boyfriend out,

or we can do this,"

and, "if your

boyfriend's away..."

I know guys that do

stuff like that--

He'll have you bring the boyfriend out

but then hit on you the whole time...

- Exactly.

- That you're with him anyway.

So it doesn't even matter if I

tell him I have a boyfriend or not.

So, I mean...

I don't know what to do.

I'm gonna keep training him

and continue

to blow him off nicely,

but I'm at a loss

right now.

That's like

the worst situation.

I've been there before, but

for girls it's so much worse.

Just kick the crap out of

him every time you see him.

Make him throw up,

so he can't think about

asking you out and then

he'll start to hate you.

I hope so.

- Either that or get in really good shape.

- That's true too.

And then you might want

to go out with him.

I don't know about that.

I'm not sure about that.

You can make him over,

like a work in progress.

- Hi.

- Hi. May I help you?

Glenn wouldn't happen

to be here, would he?

Yes, right this way.

Glenn, someone

to see you.

- Ah, Miss Chelsea, I presume.

- Thanks.

Thanks, Dad.

- What the f*** is up?

- Hello.

So how do you like what I

haven't done with the place?

Uh... This is

your place?

It's kind of

a nice setup.

I've got a little deal

with Pater there.

So you're

supposed to be

a "sophisticated

escort," I read.

Would you like a little Schoenberg?

I could improvise

on it for hours.

Ahem--

So what's

on the menu?

What would you

like to know?

Well, it's not so much

what I'd like to know.

It's what I'd like

to feel.

But again...

I don't think you

really understand

what I can do for you

if this goes well.

I trust you've looked

at my site again.

You've seen

some of the girls

who are the stars of

"The Erotic Connoisseur."

I've got a very big

project coming up

that I think, if this works

out, you'd be perfect for.

I'm organizing a junket,

such as it is,

to Dubai.

You know Dubai?

Lots of money.

Very tall buildings.

Arab people with cash flowing

out of their water faucets.

I'm gonna take a bunch

of girls to Dubai.

Everybody there says that the

Russian hookers are the best.

I want to convince

the Dubai elites

that it's best

to buy American.

It's very-- it's all

on the up and up.

The great thing about

the whole project

is that it sounds like

a white slavery ring,

but it's not.

And again, I think

this could be something

that really ups your profile,

gets you more money.

I want to help you.

And you can help me help you

by giving me a

little bit of a sense

of what you're like

to be with.

How does this trip to

Dubai exactly benefit you?

It benefits

everybody.

I've got some people out

there who set up the capital.

We go out there totally

first-class all the way--

private jet,

champagne...

cocaine--

All sorts of

yummy yummy things.

We're out there.

We spend a week.

On your off-hours you

do whatever you like.

But on your on-hours

I bring you to men

who will pay $2500,

$3500, $10,000

just for the pleasure

of shaking your hand.

And then it goes

from there.

If you want

a piece of this,

it might be...

in your interest

to give me some play.

We talked about review

copy, as it were.

I'd like to see

what it's like

to be with someone

as breathtaking

as you are.

Here I have...

a new, hygienic,

lovely Q-tip.

And maybe...

to get a better sense of something,

you could take

this Q-tip

and swab it a bit

on your treasure part...

give it to me,

whereupon I will

take a little taste,

and in this fashion,

I will be able to discern

whether your treasure part

tastes like

fresh maple syrup

poured onto a hot-off-the-griddle

piece of French toast

on the one hand,

or...

a salt lick doused in

chlorine on the other.

You see, this is the thing.

This is the kind of wordplay

the kind of vivid

verbal imagery

that makes "The Connoisseur"

the connoisseur.

Oh, God.

How'd it go?

Thank you.

Not so well.

But I don't really

want to go into that.

I dealt with that and I

just want to leave it there.

But when I came home,

I tried calling Chris,

'cause I really needed him

and he wasn't there.

And meet you-- like, meet

and talk to you Wednesday?

Mm-hmm.

Okay, what is that

gonna entail?

Hopefully more money.

He said he could help

increase my rate.

That's what he said?

What did he say in

relation to the other girl?

He said he reviewed her

and she did really well.

Do you ever get intimidated

by other women's bodies

that are in

competition with you?

Not at all.

I'm very happy with what I have.

You look great, but this is

a high-stress business, right?

- You know?

- True.

I mean, there's always

somebody else.

- Hi, how are you?

- Good. Thank you.

- Hi there, how are you?

- Hi. Good.

Yeah, so what did he

say about that?

You know how Philip was acting

really strange the other day?

Yeah.

Now I know why.

Why?

Or I think

I know why.

I was shopping today.

And I saw him

and some girl outside

who I've never seen.

I think it's

that new girl,

the one the hobbyist

was talking about.

Oh, that new girl.

You think it was her.

What'd she look like?

Similar to me.

She had long brown hair,

thin, pale skin.

She's taller, though.

And that upsets you, of course.

Listen to me.

I don't know how much

this hobbyist

is playing this

to his own favor--

you guys against each other,

the new girl in the street--

to help himself out and try

to get a freebie off you.

And, honestly,

can I tell you something?

You are the best

at everything you do, okay?

And just because

there's some new girl--

there's always going to be new

girls that come on the scene,

but nobody does

what you do, okay?

So please do me a favor and

do not let it stress you out.

I know you're competitive

and want to be the best,

but you are

the best.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Can you get me

another drink?

Yes, I can get you

another drink.

Excuse me, guys.

I'll take a ginger ale and whatever

looks like a vodka something.

- What's going on, brother?

- Nothing much.

- Nice to meet you.

- Heavy date?

I'm trying

to cheer my girl up.

Not my date.

It's my girlfriend.

That's all right.

She's having a bad day.

He's been checking her out.

"Buy me."

We're having a conversation

with this one here.

Oh, yes?

He's done very well,

as you can see.

- A lot of red dots in that book.

- A lot of red dots.

Actually, that one

is available.

I love that one.

Kind of reminds me

of a crown.

When I went to meet him,

he listened.

He made me feel a way

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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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