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indieWIRE: 'I’m Surprised When Anybody Likes It': Soderbergh On His GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE

• indieWIRE:: The GFE thing strikes me as a pretty cynical operation.

• Soderbergh:: In which direction?

• indieWIRE:: Just what it says about the fact that people have to pay for someone to listen to them.

• Soderbergh:: Aren’t we all doing that? You’re being paid to listen to me.

• indieWIRE:: Not much. But it’s an honor to listen to you, a privilege to listen to you.

• Soderbergh:: At one point Chelsea says, "Well, what are you looking for?" And the guy says, "I’ve been feeling stressed out, maybe I should go see a shrink, but it seems like more fun to see you."

• indieWIRE:: Wouldn’t you expect a “regular” relationship to at least provide an ear?

• Soderbergh:: I don’t have any desire to define what people should be getting out of a relationship. It really just comes down to how far we’re willing to dictate the terms for the way other people live.

• indieWIRE:: I’m not judging it.

• Soderbergh:: I’m not either. Somebody can live a life that I would never live and that I won’t condone. But unless we’re talking about sex with children, it’s really not my place to legislate how people please themselves.

• indieWIRE:: Yet what I took away from the film is that everything’s commodified - sex, companionship, sportswear - it’s all on the same spectrum.

• Soderbergh:: Absolutely.