While I'm waiting for the materials I need to complete my Tuesday Foreign DVD report to materialize, allow me to point out that today's the day the DVD and Blu-ray disc of Steven Soderbergh's delightful The Girlfriend Experience hits the street. Among its extras is an alternate cut in which my character, The Erotic Connoisseur, is (spoiler alert?) actually shown brandishing the Q-tip which is only tearfully mentioned in the theatrical cut. Subjectively, I can't handle watching it; objectively, it may constitute the apogee of the Sydney Greenstreet/Victor Buono impersonation that is my performance. (Since I can't handle watching it, how could I come to that conclusion? I couldn't tell you.) The still reproduced here is of my lovely co-star Sasha Grey's character, Chelsea, ruminating on the strange offer in the safety of another john's hotel room. The look on her face in the actual scene is, verily, priceless; a kind of "what you say?" made flesh.
I really enjoyed the film. My review just went up, and I thougt you might be interested in skimming it since I do give a nod to your performance:
http://www.cinemaviewfinder.com/2009/09/dvd-review-girlfriend-experience.html
I just saw this and dug it pretty thoroughly. It plays to me largely as an intellectual exercise, but it’s also one of the more gorgeous things I’ve laid my eyes on this year and some of the performances are fascinating.
And I don’t know whether it was “Thanks, dad.” or “What the fuck is up?” that did it but I was laughing convulsively for about two minutes after you said it.
“My lovely co-star Sasha Grey….”
You are in an interesting club of men who can use that line.