CENTER OF THE WORLD

Year: 2001
USA: Artisan Entertainment
UK: Momentum Pictures
Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Molly Parker, Balthazar Getty, Carla Gugino, Shirley Knight, Shane Edelman, Mel Gorham, Jason McCabe
Director: Wayne Wang
Country: USA
USA: 86 mins
UK: 88 mins
UK Certificate: 18 contains frequent strong sex and language
USA Release Date: 4 May 2001 (Limited Release)
USA Release Date: 20 April 2001 (Limited Release - Los Angeles and New York)
UK Release Date: 21 September 2001

Synopsis

CENTER OF THE WORLD is an erotic drama about a young computer wizard Richard (Peter Sarsgaard - BOYS DON'T CRY), whose immersion in the digital world has left him unaccustomed to normal social interaction. When he persuades a beautiful stripper Florence (Molly Parker - KISSED) to spend three days with him in Las Vegas, their arrangement becomes a journey into the dark secrets of their sexuality.

Shot on digital video, the film reunites director Wayne Wang with SMOKE and BLUE IN THE FACE collaborator Paul Auster, who co-wrote the script with his wife, author Siri Hustvedt.