Described as a modern-day Hollywood version of
Day for Night, director
Steven Soderbergh's first digital video production was also shot employing a modified version of the frills-free
Dogma 95 rules set forth by
Lars von Trier and
Thomas Vinterberg, allowing a relatively small budget of about two million dollars.
Julia Roberts and
Blair Underwood star, respectively, as Francesca and Calvin, actors performing in a motion picture directed by
David Fincher and co-starring
Brad Pitt (who play themselves). Woven in and out of the film production story thread are several other subplots including one about a lovelorn woman, Linda (
Mary McCormack); the self-absorbed Gus (
David Duchovny); and a husband, Carl (
David Hyde Pierce), whose wife (
Catherine Keener) is falling for Calvin. Described initially as a follow-up to Soderbergh's independent breakout hit, sex, lies and videotape, Full Frontal isn't a sequel in the strictest sense of the word and is only thematically related to the earlier film in its exploration of voyeurism and sexuality. The film also stars
Brad Rowe,
Enrico Colantoni, and
Nicky Katt. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide