You wouldnt think a close-up of somebody thinking would have the power that it does because, in theory, its static. "The fact that I'm not an identifiable brand is very freeing," says Soderbergh, "because people get tired of brands and they switch brands. Theres a purpose to the movement. [158] Soderbergh rejected Holmes' score for his 2006 film The Good German, but brought him back on for subsequent movies, most recently Logan Lucky (2017). A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh is an acclaimed and prolific filmmaker.. Soderbergh's directorial-breakthrough indie drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) lifted him into the public spotlight as a notable presence . His final televised project before heading into retirement was Behind the Candelabra. This guy was the auteur of at least two decades of . (2009); Contagion (2011); Haywire (2011); Magic Mike (2012); Side Effects (2013); Logan Lucky (2017); Unsane (2018); Let Them All Talk (2020); No Sudden Move (2021); and Kimi (2022). One of my favorite moments in any of your movies is the close-up of Andie MacDowell in Sex, Lies, and Videotape where she figures out who her husband is sleeping with. Things are always going wrong. Theyre bookends. I wrote down some lines from Magic Mikes Last Dance that seem as if they might mean something to you beyond their function in the movies plot. A spit take to me is just always funny, and I wish I had more of them in my filmography. Now, with two seasons of "The Knick". All 165 Pink Floyd Songs Ranked, From Worst to Best. [166], Soderbergh's entire filmography is routinely analyzed and debated by fans, critics, film academics, and other film directors. "[162] He often takes cinematography credits on his feature films under the alias Peter Andrews, the given name of his father, and editing credits under Mary Ann Bernard, that of his mother. Channing goes, All those moves are great, but youve gotta keep the connection with her and its gotta be more personal. And Channing does exactly the same moves as him but better. . [126] He is known for tracking aesthetic transitions with a variety of colored washes, most notably yellow to symbolize open, socially acceptable situations while blue washes typically symbolize illegal or socially illicit endeavors. [157] Composer Cliff Martinez has scored eleven Soderbergh films starting with Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) and ending with Kimi (2022). Thats what I see when I imagine something. Soderbergh has managed to do this consistently throughout his career, and he doesn't appear to be slowing down. It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 18, 2021. And Everything Is Going Fine (2010) Soderbergh's posthumous tribute to Spalding Gray, made . Thats why all these discussions about capture medium are kind of irrelevant at the end of the day. I just want to make sure Ive got this correct: This movie was built around the preexisting live show?Yup. [49], A year later, Soderbergh directed Bubble (2005), a $1.6million film featuring a cast of nonprofessional actors. What makes that scene funny?Its the turbocharged version of being completely lost creatively, of feeling absolutely overwhelmed and underprepared. Its interesting the way its presented because it is a dance routine. They both have their clothes on, but theyre basically having sex in a variety of positions. To grind on one thing for seven or eight days? It meant the shots needed to be longer and I had to do it in fewer cuts than I might normally. [133][167] His early workparticularly his 1989 film, Sex, Lies, and Videotapehas been noted as foundational to the Independent Cinema movement. Soderbergh would later refer to Schizopolis as his "artistic wake-up call". 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. [45], Soderbergh directed Ocean's Twelve, a sequel to Ocean's Eleven, in 2004. [26][168][169] After directing his first film, Soderbergh's relative youth and sudden rise to prominence in the film industry had him referred to as a "sensation", a prodigy, and a poster boy of the genre's generation. Starting in 2000 with his film Traffic, Soderbergh has used various pseudonyms when directing films in order to hide the fact that he edits, writes, and arranges in opening and closing credits. And short., Streep said, I mean, they would give us the outlines of a situation, and then we knew where we had to end up. None of the lights, and the trucks, all that stuff that goes into making movies, theres none of it. None of the lights, and the trucks, all that stuff that goes into making movies, theres none of it. Im aware that this stuff is gonna get judged and compared to other movies that have musical sequences. We didnt want to take a kind of ironic pose or get meta about it because I didnt want people stepping out of the movie. Even (or especially) if you havent watched any of the movies. [86][87] On September 22, 2014, he uploaded a black-and-white silent version of Raiders of the Lost Ark, with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's score of The Social Network. [5] He attended the Louisiana State University Laboratory School for high school before graduating and moving to Hollywood to pursue professional filmmaking. You can probably put together half a dozen different shots of characters in my movies beginning to understand something while theyre on the move and as they understand it, increasing how quickly theyre moving. How long can you keep going like that? [123][124] Soderbergh's experimental style and tendency to reject mainstream film standards stems from his belief that "[filmmakers] are always, in essence, at the beginning of infinity there is always another iteration always will be. Watch the first trailer for Let Them All Talk below. Steven Soderbergh Shooting "High Flying Bird" on an iPhone. The film was released on September 18, 2009. [10] The film was considered to be the most influential catalyst of the 1990s Independent Cinema movement. [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. "This is the holy grail . Theres no way in hell Im going to do that! Cut to: them doing it.To me, thats the equivalent of a spit take. [83] After completing the second season, Soderbergh revealed he was finished directing for the show and said, "I told them [Cinemax] that I'm going to do the first two years and then we are going to break out the story for seasons 3 and 4 and try and find a filmmaker or filmmakers to do this the way that I did. [77], Soderbergh had planned to commence production in early 2012 on a feature version of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., also written by Scott Z. Burns. [127] In line with these washes, Soderbergh is liberal in his usage of montages as he believes that they are equally important story-telling as dialogue is. It's the kind of film where you need the director telling you what he meant to do and what went wrong and how the actors screwed up and how there was no money for retakes, etc. And you can see by that expression that he knows shes right.This is how shit gets solved. Theres a micro-pause in there that if you dont nail it, its not funny. On a scale of laminated-eyebrow drama to Lemon Lady Secrets. Influencers: Profiles of a Partnership 2022, How to Pitch Stories and Articles to IndieWire, Warner Bros. 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