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The Center of the World
from Lions Gate
starring Shane Edelman, Peter Sarsgaard, Molly Parker, Karry Brown, Alisha Klass
directed by Wayne Wang

Features:

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Sex, Power, and Let's Not Be Coy About It.
  In 2000, director Wayne Wang changed his pace from studio-supported movies to make a low-budget film about sex and power. "The Center of the World" was his first digital film, shot alternately on a Digi Betacam and Mini DV. Most critics didn't like it, but it is a rare film that deals with sex as frankly as this one, an unflinching exploration of the costs and consequences of sexual power. And this is a sexy film. There is a lot of sexual game-playing in it. My only complaint is that the Mini DV used in so... more info

• Center of the World
  As a stripper, I expected to relate closely to this movie (even though I would never meet a client outside of the club). I was not disappointed. The role of the female protagonist (stripper) was obviously created with respect for the character, and the film did a good job of making an obvious division between her "real" and "night" lives, which many "stripper movies" fail to reveal. It also does a surprisingly good job of showing the storyline from two, opposite perspectives (without any sort of... more info

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  It was a very unusual movie. I was a bit confused about their relationship, but I was entertained enough to watch the whole thing.

• Sex shouldn't be boring
  Two moderately decent-looking white people who apparently aren't very good at sex go at it in this movie. If that's your thing, why not just rent a bad softcore porn film and be done with it? At least then you won't have to listen to the cornball pseudo-artistic dialogue in this film. What a crock. They could at least have cast a fine young sista like Rosario Dawson or Gabrielle Union to make this movie moan and squeal! This movie makes sex seem boring.

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