Thats the kind of energy and freedom I wanted to get from her. I dont have the grandiosity gene. Catherine Zeta-Jones received a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Helena in Traffic and reteamed with him for Ocean's Twelve and Side Effects. [154], Soderbergh has worked with various actors, composers, and screenwriters throughout his filmmaking career. "[129], In Ocean's Twelve (2004), he had actress Julia Roberts play the part of Tess, a character then forced to play a fictionalized version of Roberts. There wasnt a lot of it around, things were tight, but it was never talked about as having meaning beyond its ability to pay your rent and bills. Go watch Kafka and King of the Hill and Bubble and Haywire and see if your genius label survives. We all know Steven Soderbergh has a penchant for working fast, but who knew he could assemble a film that stars Meryl Streep, Dianne Wiest, and Candice Bergen that finished principal photography in two weeks?. We didnt want to be winking at the audience, you know what I mean? Soderbergh, after announcing that he was ending his own career as a director of theatrical features in 2011 in order to focus on painting and non-cinema work only to go on to direct several more films while preparing to retire and to ultimately direct, produce, edit, and shoot all 20 episodes of Cinemaxs The Knick has returned to the directors chair for Last Dance, and he also serves as director of photography and lead camera operator (under the pseudonym Peter Andrews) and editor (as Mary Ann Bernard). Channings great at playing someone whos not quite prepared for the thing theyre being asked to do. Its fun to watch him flail. The book, by Michael Lewis, tells of how Billy Beane, general manager of Oakland Athletics, used statistical analysis to make up for what he lacked in funds to beat the odds and lead his team to a series of notable wins in 2002. Per HBOs synopsis, Let Them All Talk tells the story of a celebrated author (Streep) who takes a journey with some old friends (Bergen and Wiest) to have some fun and heal old wounds. Soderbergh would later refer to Schizopolis as his "artistic wake-up call". 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. It's an approach in which everything matters. Those were my three sort of touchstones because Max seemed to me like a character out of a Lina Wertmller movie. [4] As a child, he moved with his family to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he lived during his adolescence, and then to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father became Dean of Education at Louisiana State University (LSU). Everything You Never Thought to Ask About In-flight Entertainment, Warner Bros. Discoverys licensing chief on how movies and TV get on planes, editing decisions, and the curious case of. Critical, public and commercial reception to Soderbergh's directorial feature films as of August 29, 2022. [9] At 26, he was the youngest solo director to win the award and second-youngest director after French directors Louis Malle and co-director Jacques Cousteau (Malle won it aged 23). Palmer, R. Barton, and Steven Sanders (2011). Around the time Soderbergh was being vetted for a Bond film, he had decided to take a brief hiatus from filmmaking due to the current Hollywood system. Thats where Soderbergh saw the production and was just so knocked out that I wanted to glom onto what they had done, he explains. There was some experimentation with What if Victor was the narrator? and What if Victor and Zadie were both the narrators? We tried a lot of different things before we circled back to the original idea. [27] In the movie's introduction, he said: In the event that you find certain sequences or events confusing, please bear in mind this is your fault, not ours. The series followed doctors at a fictionalized version of the Knickerbocker Hospital in Manhattan in the early twentieth century. [82] It began airing in August 2014 to critical acclaim. Im aware that this stuff is gonna get judged and compared to other movies that have musical sequences. I feel like, Well, if thats what it needs, its what it needs. Every scene has to fight its way into the project. Chief among the things Rolling Stone writer Marlow Stern wanted to know, why does this Oscar and . [81], In May 2013only months into his retirementSoderbergh announced that he would direct a 10-part miniseries for Cinemax called The Knick. The guerrilla filmmaking style on Let Them All Talk was reinforced by the lack of a script, with Soderbergh handing his ensemble basic outlines of scenarios to experiment with in terms of the dialogue. I miss when its I dont know if controlled is the right word? Even (or especially) if you havent watched any of the movies. [28] The film switched languages multiple times mid-scene without subtitles, leaving large parts of it incomprehensible. Burns. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us. [130] During the production stages of The Girlfriend Experience (2009) he cast adult film star Sasha Grey in the lead role. There was Steven and this new camera.. You usually zero in on directorial influences for each project and they become key ingredients.The three filmmakers I was thinking about while we were doing this one were Ernst Lubitsch, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Lina Wertmller. "[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. Soderbergh has managed to do this consistently throughout his career, and he doesn't appear to be slowing down. Hes never been with anybody for whom where the moneys coming from is not an issue. I said, Well, what is she gonna say about this author from another century? And so overnight, [Eisenberg] produced this enormous bunch of ideas, and a biography. [157] Composer Cliff Martinez has scored eleven Soderbergh films starting with Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) and ending with Kimi (2022). His final televised project before heading into retirement was Behind the Candelabra. "[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. She was always there. I wanted a more intimate relationship with the cast. 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. The answer is that the movie will be absolutely unwatchable, just like almost every other Soderbergh movie. Soderbergh's many heist pictures (the Ocean's trilogy especially) are obvious examples, but the best may be the chronicles of Mike Lane, Channing Tatum's self-effacing master of the bump-and . How much shooting did you personally do on this movie?The only time I wouldnt be operating the camera was if we had a shot that was so elaborate that it required a remote head, which would mean a geared head with wheels, which I cant do well. . But they didnt tell us how to get there.. A spit take to me is just always funny, and I wish I had more of them in my filmography. He's a genius. Credited to his pseudonym Mary Ann Bernard and dubbed "The Butcher's Cut", Soderbergh's version runs 108 minutes. It's easy to fall into that because it's a very isolated position to occupy and it's easy to keep other elementspeople and ideasat a distance. [7] The movie tells the story of a troubled man who videotapes women discussing their lives and sexuality, and his impact on the relationship of a married couple. [19], Soderbergh's directorial debut was followed by a series of low-budget box-office disappointments. They cant just do this shit repeatedly all day. [160] Often editing the films himself, he also works with editor Stephen Mirrione and frequently collaborates with screenwriters Scott Z. Burns, Lem Dobbs and Ed Solomon. I want to lock and fold him! It's improbable to think he COULDN'T produce this film in 12 days. [15][16] In 2006, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and the American Film Institute nominated it as one of the greatest movies ever made. His feature films are often distinctive in the realm of cinematography as a result of his having been influenced by avant-garde cinema, coupled with his use of unconventional film and camera formats. Ive gotta see it, and Im always willing, if I feel like Im bumping on something, Ill either stop or Ill tear it up. [3] Soderbergh's paternal grandfather immigrated to the U.S. from Stockholm. It was important to me. One of the classics youve done it a lot, and it never fails to get a laugh is No, no, no, no, no, no! It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 18, 2021. What Does the Ending of 'American Psycho' Mean? Whats their job? [136] Soderbergh filmed the entirety of Unsane (2018) on an iPhone 7 Plus with its 4K digital camera using the app FiLMiC Pro. [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. If Channing and Reid and the choreographic team hadnt created the live show, the movie wouldnt exist. [134] A variety of his feature films have been shot using a diverse range of camera equipment. You can fall and somebody can get seriously hurt. 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). Why add narration? Watch the Trailer Here! This email will be used to sign into all New York sites. 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. 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. [65] With a cast including Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard and Jude Law, the film follows the outbreak of a lethal pandemic across the globe and the efforts of doctors and scientists to discover the cause and develop a cure. The film was produced entirely by Soderbergh, with no studio involved in anything other than theatrical distribution. [148] His directorial debut, Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), was influenced by Mike Nichols' 1971 American comedy-drama Carnal Knowledge. [141], When working with actors, Soderbergh prefers to pursue a non-intrusive directorial style. After Griffin wrote the screenplay, Soderbergh signed on to direct. [38] In the same year, Soderbergh made Full Frontal, which was shot mostly on digital video in an improvisational style that deliberately blurred the line between which actors were playing characters and which were playing fictionalized versions of themselves. And short., Wiest revealed the film was shot with no equipment. The only equipment was sound equipment. [11][12] At age 26, Soderbergh became the youngest solo director and the second youngest director to win the festival's top award. I think Mike shares that attitude. Steven Soderbergh, Joined by Slamdance co-founder Peter Baxter, talks about his experiences at Park City's other film festival, filming on an iPhone, taking a movie to Netflix and why his ret The other Magic Mike films dont have any.Reid and I really liked the idea of Zadie narrating the film and knowing these two characters better than they know themselves, even though shes a 16-year-old. "Steven held the camera in a wheelchair and just rolled along. 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. Steven Soderbergh Shooting "High Flying Bird" on an iPhone. [13] For his script, Soderbergh received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 62nd Academy Awards. At a time when . The whole show is in a silly, goofy mood. Watch on. I think its a very interesting time to be having conversations about what is desire, what is fantasy, what is the difference between sexuality and sensuality. [171], Soderbergh was nominated twice for Best Director for two separate films at the 73rd Academy Awards, the first occurrence of such an event since 1938. [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. Its kind of a teasing, cheerful nod to the way sex scenes would be done back in the days when mainstream movies had sex scenes.I remember being in Miami, watching Channing and Alison Faulk, the choreographer, go through the paces of that scene. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. [78] In November 2011 Soderbergh withdrew from the project due to budget and casting conflicts,[79] and was eventually replaced by Guy Ritchie. My dad was a college professor, but he had six kids. [43] The series was both partially improvised and each episode being produced in the five days prior to airing to take advantage of topical events that could be worked into the fictional narrative. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Im more earthbound. It's a dialogue-driven movie that relies heavily on improvisation. [99] His usage of an iPhone in 4K to film the movie was considered "inspirational to aspiring filmmakers" for breaking down the perceived costs associated with producing a feature film in the United States.[100]. [35] Both films would be nominated at the 2001 Academy Awards, making him the first director to have been nominated in the same year for Best Director for two different films since Michael Curtiz in 1938. When it starts to get really, really crazy and intimate, thats when I decided on the spot, Okay, Ive really gotta get in there. Its the first time Mikes actually in a relationship while the movies happening, which was, I think, a necessary evolution for the character. Why would you want to do that?Well, the question you need to ask yourself in those situations is, Why is it better to do this in one shot instead of using the most powerful tool potentially thats ever been created in any art form? Then it was made in two weeks, and it was a free ride on the boat., Related I never feel like, Oh, youve done that before. 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. [28] Soderbergh co-wrote the script for the 1997 horror-thriller Nightwatch with Danish filmmaker Ole Bornedal. Would that still be pleasurable to me? That requires a way of thinking not only about the world but about yourself as an artist that I dont have. You sometimes have to hear stuff you dont want to hear. When I watch directors who are obsessed with doing every scene in one shot, I think, I see you trying to stuff things into this same little box, and half the time you cant even close the lid. In 2009, Soderbergh appeared before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, and "cited the French initiative in asking lawmakers to deputize the American film industry to pursue copyright pirates," indicating he supports anti-piracy laws and Internet regulation. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! But its also, for me, my favorite thing a process film. Tatum is the only cast member reprising his role from the previous movies, but Steven Soderbergh, who helmed the first movie, returned to direct Magic Mike's victory lap. We had this tiny little seat with coasters, like five sets of wheels on the bottom of it. Covering Rammsteins Du Hast in Berlin. That was the appeal of making this movie. The actors work for scale, and a cruise. 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. [156] Among those who have won awards for their work with Soderbergh, Roberts won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her lead in Erin Brockovich; Benicio del Toro also won an Academy Award for his work in Traffic, and later starred as the title role in Che. At Fincher HQ, Soderbergh opens up a midsize MacBook Pro and connects it to a slim, one-terabyte drive. [14][15] In 2002, he was elected first Vice President of the Directors Guild of America. He has stated that he does not want it seen by the public, and only intended it for the cast. Whos paying them? Take your career and your day rate to the next level. Youve gotta step up to her level. The filmmaker in him didn't die as he . This sort ofguerrilla filmmaking seems to go perfect with Soderbergh, who shot the horror Unsane on an iPhone and did the same with High Flying Bird. 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. 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. Privacy Policy and ', 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 held the camera in a wheelchair and just rolled along. Will I just at some point feel like Im out of ideas? [85] On April 21, 2014, Soderbergh released an alternate cut of Michael Cimino's controversial 1980 Western Heaven's Gate on his website. What was most exciting for me after I saw the live show in its final form was the idea of making a movie about how Channing came up with that show. Northern Irish composer David Holmes joined him in 1998 to score Out of Sight and rejoined him in scoring his Ocean's trilogy. direct, produce, edit, and shoot all 20 episodes, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. ", guerrilla filmmaking seems to go perfect with Soderbergh, who shot the horror. Its the shot of Julia in the first Oceans movie realizing that George may still be somewhere on the casino property and she needs to find him. They were rehearsing in water for weeks and weeks and weeks to do that. While he was still at a very young age, his family moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father was a . This is how we want to do this so that every two years, whoever comes on, has the freedom to create their universe. His film career spans a multitude of genres, but his specialties are psychological, crime and heist films. [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. The film returned one tenth of its budget and received mixed reviews from critics. And the way he makes movies doesn't just push the films artistically it . None of the lights, and the trucks, all that stuff that goes into making movies, theres none of it. To grind on one thing for seven or eight days? [48] His film Out of Sight was listed as one of the best movies of the 1990s by Rolling Stone. All rights reserved. Discovery Files Lawsuit Against Paramount Over 'South Park' Streaming Rights, 'Love & Death' Trailer: Elizabeth Olsen Transforms into Candy Montgomery for HBO Max, 23 Controversial Film and TV Book Adaptations That Rankled Their Audiences and Authors. Using his MacBook Pro, Soderbergh could even edit on the train. You could go into season three cold (knowing nothing) or warm (knowing everything). [96][97] The film was released on March 23, 2018[98] and was well received by critics, with Scott Meslow of GQ noting its relevance to the modern plight of women in patriarchal societies, and called it a "nerve-jangling modern-day Kafka story". It's the motivated reasoning that he's a "genius" that's allowed him to survive for so long. I was reading these biographies of Bob Fosse while we were in prep, and to hear the descriptions of how long they were shooting some of these sequences in some of those movies, I thought, Oh wow, that would be nice to have a week to shoot one sequence. American movies have gotten a little weird about sex. [161], Soderbergh is a vocal proponent of the preservation of artistic merit in the face of Hollywood corporatism. ", Soderbergh (in 2008) on his transition from Sex, Lies, and Videotape to more stylized, heist and psychological thrillers. [44], "The reason my career took such a left turn at a certain point was because I realized I was in danger of becoming a formalist. Thats where Victor (Maxs butler) and Zadie (Maxs teenage daughter) were created, from Reid and I watching and talking about the Lubitsch films from the 30s. As you can imagine, Channing and his partner in that scene, Kylie Shea, spent weeks on that routine. The rare Soderbergh outing that opted to use non-professional actors as opposed to his typical star-studded . [70] Throughout 2012, Soderbergh had announced his intention to retire from feature filmmaking. 12 days of shooting. Soderbergh (left) uses an iPhone 8 to film the Netflix film High Flying Bird. Now, with two seasons of "The Knick". It was really interesting. [108], No Sudden Move (formerly Kill Switch) is a 1950s period crime film shot in Detroit from September[109] to November 2020. What I am capable of is an entire body of work that somebody might look at and go, Okay, thats hard. [93][94] Logan Lucky was met with widespread critical acclaim, Matt Zoller Seitz writing for Roger Ebert stated: "The odds seem stacked in Logan Lucky's favor the instant you spot 'Directed by Steven Soderbergh' in the opening credits". 15. Lets do it! (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). The water dance was the moment that made me wish the movie were in IMAX.Well, we have some of those screens! . Hook (1991) Let me say for the record that I am a Spielberg defender, as many of us born in the '70s and '80s are hardwired to be. A spit take to me is just always funny, and I wish I had more of them in my filmography. The other possibility is that you dont want to be boxed in by any preconceptions you brought to the set.Im sure people would appreciate more of an idea of what were going to do. As I was walking out the door, I said, Theres no universe where Salmas going to do all that. And when I came back, Salmas like, No, no, no, no! It opened in selected theaters and HDNet simultaneously, and four days later on DVD. Steven held the camera in a wheelchair and just rolled along. Soderbergh claims to not be a fan of possessory credits, and prefers not to have his name front and center at the start of a film. 23 Controversial Film and TV Book Adaptations That Rankled Their Audiences and Authors Our window each day was about 45 minutes. They center on themes of shifting personal identities, vengeance, sexuality, morality and the human condition. 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