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No offense to Sasha Grey, obviously. Huge fan! But she is the subject of another “short film” by Richard Phillips who made that thing with Lindsay Lohan last week that I think was an advertisement for infinity pools? Like, I’m not sure that it was art, but I definitely would buy one of those infinity pools now if I was in the market. What is it with this guy, though? He is a painter? What does he paint? Pictures of sad clowns playing high stakes poker with purebred dogs? (Just kidding, that would kind of be fun?) Here is what he has to say about it (from W Magazine):
I think that there is a kind of a gravitas in a way. In the adult performance film, rarely do you see that side of Sasha. Or even in the way Soderbergh portrayed her, there were hints of that, but what we wanted to do was not have this film have any relationship to the adult world. We wanted to look at the dramatic potential of her and her acting as an autonomous experience. One that in a way surveys her circumstances but then projects much more. Has a more psychological portent in looking at the psychological consequences, or at least psychologically of what has come before.
Oh sure. Wait until you see this “short film,” you guys, those will be your words exactly, I bet:
This one IS a little better than the Lindsay Lohan one but the question remains: WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO BUY?! I DON’T THINK I CAN AFFORD THIS STUFF, BUT I WILL TRY, I WANT TO BE A FANCY PANTS SO I FORGET ABOUT MY EXISTENTIAL SADNESS! (Thanks for the tip, Patrick.)
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Usually after I watch a minute and a half video of Sasha Grey, I feel a lot more relaxed. Wonder what was different this time?
Not enough focus on Grey’s anatomy?
That is Sasha deep insight.
Dear Richard Phillips,
Just believe in yourself, and you will be able to make a good short film. And if you can’t, just keep trying. But please, stop posting your failed attempts on the intenet. Sharing is not part of the “believe in yourself” method.
If he only believes in himself, he can also ride a bike!
I’ve never seen any of Ms. Grey’s um, work, but I just think it’s kind of awesome that there’s a genuine porn star out there who manages to maintain an air of dignity and grace. It makes me feel that our culture is a little more mature than it really is. I mean, she’s an actual celebrity and she makes a living by being gorgeous and putting things in her butt! I love America.
I’ll feel better about everything if in 10 years she is still doing ok, but I like where your head is at.
To be fair, I think I would have fit into that category if I had ever been successful at my attempts to make it in the porn industry. I just don’t think the world was ready for Harry Peaches.
Her and the Kardashian sisters, buddy.
“…manages to maintain an air of dignity and grace.”
*putting things in her butt AND getting choked a lot.
I really enjoyed her in I Hit It with My Axe. That series was ridiculously watchable for me for some reason…
Well, she actually quit being a pornstar. Now she’s a “real” actress, with powerful roles such as Vinnie Chase’s girlfriend and a hooker in that netflix movie. Talk about gravitas!? It’s her gravitas mitzvah!
There’s a video of her having sex with like twenty dudes at once, man.
Your point being?
That’s what this video is missing. A scene with her and 20 dudes filmed with a cheap camera, nightvision on. Keep that same soundtrack and it’s PURE GOLD. Also get Lindsay to join. And that little guy from Game of Thrones, if he’s available
I like the part where she rode the funicular(!) up to her UFO(!) apartment. Its a cool apartment.
I feel like this could be half of a pretty cool Black Keys video.
Somewhere, Sofia Coppola is sobbing heavily into a pillow at the beauty and sadness of everything.
When do we get to talk about Somewhere? Because it’s unwatchable. I know this because I tried to watch and failed. And I failed hard.
Soon!
http://videogum.com/308511/the-hunt-for-the-worst-movie-of-all-time-summer-mix/franchises/the-hunt-for-the-worst-movie-of-all-time/
Seriously—all I could think about was Lost In Translation.
Attractive young woman stares out window. Thinks stuff. Thinks pensively.
SCENE, MOTHERFUCKERS. THAT’S A WRAP!
If the guy from the previous video ate this he would turn into something terrible and pointless, like splinters.
He would turn into a Brokencyde CD.
These should just be mixed into the rotation with all the boring news blips, celebrity birthdays and company ads that play on the big flat screens in banks that people mindlessly stare at while waiting in ungodly slow lines. I think that kind of captive audience would really appreciate these. At the very least people would be all weirded out about this completely blasé series being played in such a venue, and probably actually talk about it to other people. “Oh, that reminds me, I was at the bank yesterday and they were playing these videos…”
Richard Phillips is really trying to strike that middle ground between Being White is Hard and just Being Hard.
“i have a camera and i know some pretty hot women.”
– Richard Phillips
” Has a more psychological portent in looking at the psychological consequences, or at least psychologically of what has come before.” – Richard Phillips (painter, film maker, constructor of sentences)
“I think that there is a kind of a gravitas in a way.” — Richard Phillips
“I’m sure. That’s probably very true.” — You
I love how this sentence actually does not say a single thing, and yet it still says more than his short films do.
You know, the more I look at that quote, the more I believe that by “adult” he actually means “grown-ups.”
“I have a camera and I know some hot women” – Richard phillips deciding to skip film school
“I have a camera and I know some hot women and also some nerds to make CGI explosions.” –Michael Bay deciding to skip film school.
“I have a camera and I know some hot women….OR DO I?!?” –M. Night Shylaman deciding to skip film school.
“I have a camera and know how to make a playlist and can keep my face frozen for 104 minutes” –Zach Braff deciding to skip film school
“the thing about having a trust fund is, you get to be whatever you say you are.” – richard phillips
“the thing about having a trust fund is, you get to be whatever you say you are.” – richard phillips
whoooozps.
I think Sasha Grey was a wonderful porn star. She should make more porn! She was very good at porn.
She was a little loud for my tastes, but still I enjoyed it.
That is such a weird sentiment to come from Mary Worth.
i like the restrained phrasing though, makes it seem more like Mary Worth is really saying it. “my stars! Sasha Grey was simply WONDERFUL!”
“Richard Phillips is our generation’s Andy Warhol” – No one ever
“we wanted to do was not have this film have any relationship to the adult world”… so we made sure to show some side boob during the video, and have some rockin’ porno music for a soundtrack.
Richard Phillips was reportedly inspired by all of the “really great short films that came with my first computer in 1998 and would just play automatically after leaving it alone for five minutes.”
Not going to lie, this was just as bad as the Lindsey Lohan video.
is it wrong to assume he spent all of the budget on location or drugs or something? because it definitely wasn’t the lighting. yikes.
I can’t masturbate to this.
http://www.artnet.com/artwork/426109012/424046260/richard-phillips-dakota-fanning.html
you guys want to chip in and buy Gabe this painting of Dakota Fanning this guy did?
“I am a huge fan of Sasha Grey.” -Gabe
“EWWWWWWWWW DAD!!!!!!!” -Everyone else
Guys, play this with “Dear Hearts and Gentle People” by Bob Crosby in the background as I just accidentally did. I muted the video because I assumed it would sound terrible, and a bigger spoonful of sugar could probably not be found to make this turd go down.
Is gravitas an STD? Richard Phillips better get some anti-gravitas lotion
Being a follow-up to Lindsey Lohan at least puts Sasha Grey in the right context.
How can she have a hard life? She gets to ride an escalator up into her space-house.
“Artist wants to get laid so invents project involving women known not to have qualms about that sort of thing” is a good explanation of the creative process.
Okay, I’ve finally decided — Richard Phillips is worse than Lindsay Lohan.
A-ha! This only helps defend my official artistic equation, I am so full of win;
(bad music + ((“psychology” OR “psychological”)^x) = art ^ x
x being how often the ‘artist’ uses that word to describe their own work.