The Center of the World (2001)
Directed by Wayne Wang
A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the verge of becoming a dot.com millionaire, she's a lap dancer at a club. He's depressed, withdrawing from work, missing meetings with investors. He wants a connection, so he offers her $10,000 to spend three nights with him in Vegas, and she accepts with conditions. Is mutual attraction stirring?
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In the years since Last Tango, a brave few have attempted baring their souls with varying results, such as Boxing Helena (1993) and Showgirls (1995) on the low end or Empire of the Senses (1976) and Crash (1996) on the high end.
There's a moment in the first story, when Marv visits his probation officer, Lucille (Carla Gugino: The Center of the World ), in the middle of the night, and he wonders how she can be a dyke with a body like that (she sleeps in the nude and doesn't bother to dress to confront her visitor), a body that would attract any man.