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18-716: After being released from a mental hospital, where his stories are perceived as lies, Mickey returns to Los Angeles in search of someone named Eve. Arriving at the bar that bears her name, he is attracted to the new owner, a former call girl also named Eve. She says she bought the bar after the old owner killed herself, "over some guy". The bar is a popular spot for patrons looking for one-night stands , as well as prostitutes looking for potential clients. Despite being also attracted to Mickey, Eve refuses to commit to any one man, confessing to French radio talk show host Dr. Nancy Love that she ruined too many marriages to have one of her own. That night, Eve rebuffs Mickey's advances and sleeps with

36-405: A pimp . Call girls may work either incall , where the client comes to them, or outcall , where they go to the client. Some porn stars are known to escort as well. Many call girl agencies and independent call girls have their own websites. The internet has become the main medium through which customers find their desired escort. Generally, a picture of the woman is provided, and sometimes,

54-441: A bartender, while avoiding Zack, the wealthy married man she is having an affair with. That same night, Dr. Nancy Love answered Eve's ad for a roommate to share her house, and moves in the next day. Concealing her identity, Nancy begins to observe Eve's romantic entanglements while counseling Eve through her radio show. When Zack calls looking for Eve, Nancy asks penetrating questions and begins dispensing relationship advice, despite

72-515: A loaded gun after the fight with Zack. Soon Mickey and Eve are on a bus as a couple, en route to Las Vegas, and when a fellow passenger asks if they are gambling, Eve reveals they are about to get married. The film is reviewed favorably in Pauline Kael 's eighth collection of film reviews State of the Art : "The love roundelay Choose Me , written and directed by Alan Rudolph , on a budget of $ 835,000,

90-400: A photographer and a former soldier. Eve is intrigued but cool, and Mickey leaves when Pearl offers to get him into a hot card game where he can obtain the money for a ticket home. When she drops him off, Mickey kisses Pearl and asks her to marry him. She laughs, calling him crazy, invites him to drop by her place, and gives him Eve's address and phone number. At the game, Mickey wins big, earning

108-581: Is a prostitute who (unlike a street walker ) does not display her profession to the general public, nor does she usually work in an institution like a brothel , although she may be employed by an escort agency . The client must make an appointment, usually by calling a telephone number . Call girls often advertise their services in small ads in magazines and via the Internet, although an intermediary advertiser, such as an escort agency, may be involved in promoting escorts, while, less often, some may be handled by

126-422: Is confronted by Nancy, who tells her everything. Eve is devastated when Nancy proposes that they should "share" Mickey's affection, and she says Nancy can have him, before rushing out. Mickey returns to Eve's house to recover his suitcase, and Zack finds him there and assaults him again. Mickey prevails, recovering the money and leaving with his suitcase. He tries to catch a ride to the bus station, but spies Eve on

144-524: Is crazy. Then she tells him to leave before she goes to work. Eve calls into Nancy's show, torn between her attraction for Mickey and her fear of making another mistake. Nancy's post-coital euphoria overcomes her normal intellectual approach, and she encourages Eve to give in to, rather than resist, her feelings. When Mickey comes looking for Eve at the bar that night, she is almost ready to let him into her life, when Zack appears and assaults Mickey again. Eve takes off while they are fighting, and at her home she

162-403: Is not home. Despite being confused, he welcomes the chance to bathe and eat when she allows him in. She snoops in his suitcase while he bathes, finding memorabilia showing the truth of his stories and travels. As he eats, they talk about Eve, but sensing her loneliness he sweeps her into bed, then asks her to marry him and accompany him to Las Vegas. Nancy laughs, but reveals she does not believe he

180-492: Is pleasantly bananas. The songs are performed by Teddy Pendergrass and he's just right. The entire movie has a lilting, loose, choreographic flow to it [...] this low-budget comedy-fantasy has some of the most entertaining (and best-sustained) performances I've seen all year." The film was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival . Choose Me holds a rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews. Call girl A call girl or female escort

198-544: The 36th Berlin International Film Festival . The Moderns (1988) is a fictional love story set in 1926 Paris among well-known American expatriates such as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, whom the film's characters briefly encounter. Expatriate American artist (Carradine) re-ignites his love for his former wife ( Linda Fiorentino ), despite her marriage to a sinister, philistine art collector played by John Lone . In 1990, Rudolph wrote and directed

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216-450: The fact that she herself has been unable to maintain a successful relationship. Zack in turn resumes his pursuit of Eve, although his wife, Pearl, has secretly begun to haunt the bar hoping to catch him in flagrante . Mickey returns to the bar the next night when he cannot pay for a bus ticket home to Las Vegas . Pearl asks his opinion of a poem, and when she argues his interpretation, Mickey reveals that he taught poetry, as well as being

234-621: The ire of Zack. Zack warns Mickey not to come back, before going to meet Eve. She in turn sends Zack away, announcing their affair is over. Mickey goes to Pearl's apartment to crash, and when he wakes up begins taking pictures as she sleeps. She is just waking up when Zack walks in, still stinging from Eve's rejection, and attacks Mickey, pulling a gun and taking back the money he lost. He slaps Pearl after Mickey runs out, assuming they slept together. Mickey calls Eve's house, and when Nancy answers pleads to come over and crash, hanging up before he realizes who she is. When he arrives, Nancy tells him Eve

252-510: The private eye love story Love at Large , filmed in Portland, Oregon . After the thriller Mortal Thoughts (1991) starring Demi Moore , he directed Equinox (1992), with Matthew Modine playing a pair of separated twins. His Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), was a biopic of Dorothy Parker , with Jennifer Jason Leigh in the title role. Breakfast of Champions (1999)

270-418: The roof of the bar, and races up to see her. She pulls a gun and threatens to kill herself until he does the same; Mickey pulls a gun and promises to shoot himself the very moment Eve tells him to. Eve then breaks down and they embrace. While crying, Eve reveals that she did not actually load her gun with bullets and asks Mickey if it was the same in his case. Mickey says it was, but he has actually begun carrying

288-458: The story of the sexual relationships among a handful of lonely, but charming, people – an ex-prostitute bar owner ( Lesley Ann Warren ), an emotionally repressed radio talk show hostess (Bujold), and a disarmingly honest madman (Carradine). Trouble in Mind (1985) featured Kris Kristofferson as well as Bujold, Carradine and Divine , in a rare, out of female drag, performance. The film was entered into

306-1020: The type of sexual services she offers. Alan Rudolph Alan Steven Rudolph (born December 18, 1943) is an American film director and screenwriter. Rudolph was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Oscar Rudolph (1911–1991), a television director and actor, and his wife. He became interested in film and was a protégé of director Robert Altman . Rudolph worked as an assistant director on Altman's film adaptation of Raymond Chandler 's The Long Goodbye and later on Nashville . Rudolph's films focus upon isolated and eccentric characters and their relationships, and frequently are ensemble pieces featuring prominent romanticism and fantasy. He has written most of his films. In addition, he has repeatedly worked with actors Keith Carradine and Geneviève Bujold , and composer Mark Isham (see list of film director and composer collaborations ). Director Rudolph came to prominence with Choose Me (1984),

324-423: Was an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut 's metafictional novel, with Albert Finney as the wildly prolific but terminally under-appreciated writer Kilgore Trout . The film was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival . Rudolph has also turned to painting, and In April 2008, presented a solo show of his paintings at Gallery Fraga, Bainbridge Island, Washington . In 2017, he directed Ray Meets Helen,

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