Why add narration? Im trying to view it as kind of a Japanese line drawing. Director Steven Soderbergh was also the cinematographer. direct, produce, edit, and shoot all 20 episodes, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Thats my ultimate goal. And the way he makes movies doesn't just push the films artistically it . 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His breakthrough led to success in Hollywood, where he directed the crime comedy Out of Sight (1998), the biopic Erin Brockovich (2000) and the crime drama Traffic (2000). A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh is an acclaimed and prolific filmmaker. But the public wanted an encore. Will I just at some point feel like Im out of ideas? "I've always had an attraction to caper movies, and certainly there are analogies to making a film. Your parents were middle class, right?Yeah. Whitacre wore a wire for two-and-a-half years for the FBI as a high-level executive at a Fortune 500 company, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), in one of the largest price-fixing cases in history. [90][91], In February 2016, Soderbergh officially came out of his retirement to direct a NASCAR heist film, Logan Lucky, starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, and Daniel Craig, among others. While he was still at a very young age, his family moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father was a . The line that really, really hit me was Theres absolutely nothing sexier than a body in motion. That statement applies, to some extent, to every movie youve done. I never feel like, Oh, youve done that before. [110] From Mosaic writer Ed Solomon, it stars Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, David Harbour, Amy Seimetz,[111] Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta, Kieran Culkin, Brendan Fraser, Noah Jupe, Bill Duke, Frankie Shaw and Julia Fox. 2023 Vox Media, LLC. deWaard, Andrew, and R. Colin Tait (2013). And ultimately, its in aid of getting at something that I think really matters to the audience more than the lighting which is the cast, the performance, how they feel about the people that theyre watching on the screen. So Soderbergh and Jacobs started developing a Magic Mike Broadway show about the characters early years, which they paused in 2019 after key members of the team departed over creative differences. Meanwhile, Tatum and his regular co-choreographer and dance partner, Alison Faulk, had been developing a revue-style stage show (with no story or singing, just dancing), Magic Mike Live, inspired by the finale of the second movie, wherein Mike and the lads perform themed numbers at a strippers convention. So Im giving up that Im not Roger Deakins or Emmanuel Lubezki. Watch on. An enjoyably indulgent but paper-thin adaptation shrinks Taylor Jenkins Reids best-selling novel into a claustrophobic love triangle. The earlier film featured the likes of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. and was a huge hit. Or Marion Cotillard in Contagion when she realizes that the people she was spending time with have been given placebos and not real vaccines. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. Watch the first trailer for Let Them All Talk below. As of 2018, Soderbergh's entire feature filmography has grossed over US$2.2billion worldwide in sales. [145] Money is central to many of his movies as Soderbergh believes that it serves as an obsession unrivaled by any other. You love to capture moments, and that sense of immediacy seems very important to you. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! My metabolism isnt really built to do that. [6], After Soderbergh returned to Baton Rouge, he wrote the screenplay for Sex, Lies, and Videotape on a legal pad during an eight-day cross country drive. Things are always going wrong. [8] Soderbergh submitted the film to the 1989 Cannes Film Festival where it won a variety of awards, including the Palme d'Or. [13] For his script, Soderbergh received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 62nd Academy Awards. It opened in selected theaters and HDNet simultaneously, and four days later on DVD. American movies have gotten a little weird about sex. Other actors who have appeared in numerous Soderbergh films include Luis Guzmn, Jude Law, Ann Dowd, Joe Chrest,[155] Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, and Albert Finney. ', HBO Films Backs Steven Soderbergh's Liberace Pic 'Behind The Candelabra'; Set For Summer 2012 Shoot | The Playlist, "Steven Soderbergh takes NYC back a century or so for Cinemax series 'The Knick', "Watch: First Footage From Steven Soderbergh's 'The Knick' & More 2014 TV Highlights", "Steven Soderbergh Says More 'The Knick' Is Coming, Reveals Rough Plan For Season 3 & Beyond", "Steven Soderbergh Cuts "Heaven's Gate" Down to Size", "Steven Soderbergh Takes A Cleaver To Michael Cimino With HEAVEN'S GATE: THE BUTCHER'S CUT! Steven Soderbergh, who has become admirably prolific in the age of streaming, is a director of paradox. "[53] Soderbergh's response to such criticism: "I don't think it's going to destroy the movie-going experience any more than the ability to get takeout has destroyed the restaurant business. Will I just at some point feel like Im out of ideas? At 26, Soderbergh became the youngest solo director to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and the film garnered worldwide commercial success, as well as numerous accolades. [22] Two years later, he directed the drama King of the Hill (1993), which again underperformed commercially, but fared well with critics. [132] A primary way he achieves suspenseful soundscapes is by introducing audio before visuals in cut scenes, alerting the viewer of a sudden change in tone. The film was originally set to premiere on HBO Max,[117] but was instead released in theaters on February 10, 2023. [162] "After winning the LA and New York film critics awards, I really felt like, this can only get worse".[162]. 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. The last 25 minutes of Steven Soderbergh 's new star-studded crime drama, No Sudden Move which opened in theaters and on HBO Max on Thursdaytakes a turn you likely won't see coming. What was it that made you want to revisit Magic Mike one more time?This one is a combination of everything weve been trying to load into these movies and, at the same time, an expansion. For Traffic, he won the Academy Award for Best Director. Thats where Soderbergh saw the production and was just so knocked out that I wanted to glom onto what they had done, he explains. I told [Soderbergh] he was gonna ruin everything for every director, and every production designer, and everything else, because he made the movie for 25 cents I know thats what I was paid, Streep said. [3] Soderbergh discovered filmmaking as a teenager and directed short films with a Super 8 and 16mm cameras. I was not going for a kind of typical, classical composition or movement. Even (or especially) if you havent watched any of the movies. Finding the Right Balance Between Weird and Cinematic with Cinematographer Ross Riege, Where to Watch All the 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films. [166], Soderbergh's entire filmography is routinely analyzed and debated by fans, critics, film academics, and other film directors. [149] He has said that Peter Yates' 1972 crime-comedy The Hot Rock inspired the tone of the Ocean's films. Jorge Luis Borges described something as two bald men fighting over a comb. All the audience cares about is the story and the characters. [52] National Association of Theatre Owners chief executive John Fithian indirectly called the film's release model "the biggest threat to the viability of the cinema industry today. [76] Around that time, he gave a much publicized speech at the San Francisco International Film Festival, detailing the obstacles facing filmmakers in the current corporate Hollywood environment. All Rights Reserved. But yes, one of my favorite things to do is to have a camera close to somebodys face as a penny is dropping. He was doing the camerawork, so you sort of watched his brain right behind the camera, spinning like a top. Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, Jon Hamm, Amy Seimetz, Brendan Fraser, and other stars of the director's new film 'No Sudden Move' talk about being on-set with Soderbergh. Cinema is a specificity of vision. [60][61], Soderbergh's first film of 2009 was The Informant!, a black comedy starring Matt Damon as corporate whistleblower Mark Whitacre. Literally, hes like, How do I make money so I can pay my rent and eat? [13] Movie critic Roger Ebert called Soderbergh the "poster boy of the Sundance generation". Soderberghs many heist pictures (the Oceans trilogy especially) are obvious examples, but the best may be the chronicles of Mike Lane, Channing Tatums self-effacing master of the bump-and-grind who cant quit quitting the stage. 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