While I was sleeping, Reverse Cowgirl reader A, a Hollywood film exec, sent me a link to this story in Variety: "Soderbergh to direct 'Girlfriend.'" A added: "you should go into consulting....strike that, you should call yourself criswell and predict the future on tv. it's more lucrative." Whether that was a reference to my proclaiming last year that whores are the new black or launching Letters from Working Girls and Letters from Johns, I do not know. Either way, I'm a big fan of Mr. Soderbergh, so this is good news, in my opinion. If it has the beauty of the "Ocean's" series, the brilliance of "Traffic," and the insanity of "Schizopolis," it should be pretty fucking awesome. The movie will be shot lo-fi like "Bubble" and released simultaneously in theaters, on cable and DVD. Perhaps equally interesting is this tidbit: "Rather than go for star power, Soderbergh may set an adult film actress to play the lead role." My first reaction to that was, "Ha! Good luck, dumbass!" Most porn stars I have known are better at giving blow jobs than emotionally emoting. But perhaps there is someone out there for Soderbergh and his GFE. Take, for example, Justine Joli. Why, Mr. Siege has already created a video test for her big audition.
The title refers to a phenomenon in which wealthy men pay not just for the quality of a sexual encounter but also for a woman who will play the role of a perfect girlfriend. The arrangement apparently involves more intimacy than the usual prostitution relationship. Soderbergh, Koppelman and Levien interviewed numerous women and fixed on an interior look at a woman who makes $1 million a year in the business.
