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The Centre Of The World (DVD, 2003)

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Peter Sarsgaard plays a rich but socially inept computer engineer who meets with Molly Parker, drummer-by-day-stripper-by-night career woman. However, what should have been a simple cash-for-sex arrangement becomes a journey into their deepest erotic fantasies where love has been deconstructed and sex becomes 'The Centre of the World'.

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A young computer genius pays a stripper to spend four nights with him. But when feelings develop can they stick to the rules laid down in the deal?

Product Identifiers

ProducerWayne Wang, Peter Newman

EAN5060021175298

eBay Product ID (ePID)3958309

Product Key Features

ActorJason Mccabe, Mel Gorham, Carla Gugino, Balthazar Getty, Pat Morita, Molly Parker, Peter Sarsgaard

Film/TV TitleThe Centre of the World

DirectorWayne Wang

LanguageEnglish

Run Time88 Mins

Release Year2003

FormatDVD

FeaturesFeaturettes - 1. BEHIND THE CYBER SCENES\2. THE MAKING OF THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD WEBSITE\Alternate Endings\Extended Scene\Production Notes

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Additional InformationWayne Wang, although known for his personal drama about Chinese-American life, EAT A BOWL OF TEA, and the Hollywood equivalent, THE JOY LUCK CLUB, has always harbored a fascination with the depiction of sex in the movies. The director remarked, "In college I loved movies like LAST TANGO IN PARIS." Here, in his first digital video feature, he provides, like Bertolucci, a raw and unflinching look at love, sex and money. Working with a script he developed with Siri Hustvedt and Paul Auster, he tells the story of Richard (Peter Sarsgaard), a wealthy dot-com computer engineer who hires Florence (Molly Parker), a dancer at a strip club, to spend three days with him in Las Vegas. She provides a contract limiting her duties to a nightly erotic show, but with no actual sex. But as they develop real feelings for each other both of them are confused about the meaning that sex would have. Richard thinks it will make her his girlfriend, Florence thinks it will make her a prostitute. While this story line may seem borrowed from the comedy PRETTY WOMAN, this is a serious, intelligent film. It's intriguing script is enhanced by the visceral immediacy of the digital video photography. Overall, CENTER OF THE WORLD is an exploration of the politics and emotions that are tied to the struggle between men, women, sex, and money. The script was written by Wang, Auster, and Hustvedt but it is credited to Ellen Wong, a pseudonym that encompasses their collective work.

ReviewsPremiere - ...Involving. Thanks to Wang's tidy, knowing direction, we are subject to some fresh, unsettling insights..., USA Today - ...Compelling....It's good to see a film that actually involves serious character interaction..., Movieline - ...[The] actors give brave, unfettered performances....THE CENTER OF THE WORLD is a profoundly sad film..., Chicago Sun-Times - ...The performances are right on the money....You want real....This movie shows you real..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Parker simmers enticingly..., Box Office - ...THE CENTER OF THE WORLD benefits from intense, committed performances from both leads: Sarsgaard is intensely appealing...

ScreenwriterMiranda July, Ellen Benjamin Wong, Wayne Wang

Movie/TV TitleThe Centre Of The World

Director of PhotographyMauro Fiore