Is this a new IFC poster for Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” Part Two (“The Guerilla”) specifically? Looks that way, huh? We weren’t aware that they were making posters, but we nabbed this off of IFC’s Facebook page.
We wonder if they’ll be a poster for “The Argentine.” All we know is we want one and we certainly want a “Che” DVD when it eventually comes out too. We hope that’s loaded with extras and any scenes that were cut from the film. Villlage Voice scribe J. Hoberman mentioned one key one scene that was in the Cannes version of the film during the New York Film Festival Q&A, that was missing in the final cut, but we can’t remember what it was offhand. We hope that’s included. We would also go toe-to-toe with anyone on the web who claimed they did more coverage than us (does that constitute a delivery of a free “Che” DVD when it hits? 😀 )
Meanwhile, Soderbergh recently spoke to MTV about his next down and dirty, lo-fi project “The Girlfriend Experience” which is apparently already done shooting and possibly even completed (and a film we included in our Most Anticipated of 2009 piece) so it probably will be out in 2009 and maybe even out in the Spring (we were unsure there for a sec).
As we’ve already noted, Sodbergh has hired porn actress Sasha Grey to play the lead. She’s not a real thespian, but that was what the director was actively seeking. “She’s not trained and that’s what I’m looking for. She’s going to surprise people. She’s great in the movie.”
What is the GFE? Well if you’re expecting a straight-up arty porn think again. It’s more than just an escort service, Soderbergh explains. “[These producer friends] explained this whole world of high end escorts wherein its not just a straight sexual thing. It’s almost like a full on fake relationship. You go out to dinner and you talk and if you saw a transcript of it you’d think these people are in a relationship. I was really intrigued by that and we whipped up a story, a week in the life of somebody who does this.”