The rare Soderbergh outing that opted to use non-professional actors as opposed to his typical star-studded . You like shooting people, you like shooting bodies, you like shooting faces. I wanted to control that. [106] It stars Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, Jeffrey Wright, Matthias Schoenaerts, James Cromwell and Sharon Stone and premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2019[107] before airing on Netflix. [36][37], In early 2001, he was approached to direct Ocean's Eleven, a reboot of the 1960s Rat Pack-movie Ocean's 11 by Ted Griffin. A spit take to me is just always funny, and I wish I had more of them in my filmography. [9][121][122] Film critic Drew Morton has categorized his stylistic approach to films akin to the French New Wave movement in filmmaking. Im trying to imagine whether I could stand being John Huston directing The Dead from a wheelchair with an oxygen mask strapped to my face. Also, I didnt follow through on it, but I had this idea: I wanted to create a logo for IMAX showings with a trademark card that says, Photographed in GUYMAX., Its a pity, in my opinion, that American movies dont have a place for Channing Tatum to be dancing all the time.I think if you asked him, he would tell you he left it all on the field. ", guerrilla filmmaking seems to go perfect with Soderbergh, who shot the horror. Ocean's Eleven marks the beginning of the Ocean's franchise and it was essentially a remake of the 60s film of the same name. Thats where Soderbergh saw the production and was just so knocked out that I wanted to glom onto what they had done, he explains. 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. Ive gotta see it, and Im always willing, if I feel like Im bumping on something, Ill either stop or Ill tear it up. "[44], "The simplest way that I can describe it is that a movie is something you see, and cinema is something that's made. What Does the Ending of 'American Psycho' Mean? [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. Your parents were middle class, right?Yeah. Hes struggling to make a living thats his issue. Here we go.. 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. [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. Soderbergh nearly filmed a feature adaptation of the baseball book Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt and Demetri Martin. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. Salma Hayek and Channing Tatum in one of their dance scenes. How to Make Money as a Cinematographer is a new in-depth online course from No Film School, available now. How do they pay rent? How long can I love what Im doing to the extent that I want to get up every day and keep doing it? I think Mike shares that attitude. [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. And, you know, we got through it and nobody got hurt. How long can I love what Im doing to the extent that I want to get up every day and keep doing it? But they didnt tell us how to get there.. The result is a collaboration between Soderbergh, Tatum, and screenwriter Reid Carolin that fictionalizes the origin story of a show that actually exists in real life. [151], In 2018, Soderbergh launched a Bolivian grape spirit brand called "Singani 63". Lets do it! [22] Two years later, he directed the drama King of the Hill (1993), which again underperformed commercially, but fared well with critics. Thats the kind of energy and freedom I wanted to get from her. November 6, 2020 at 2:47AM, Edited November 6, 2:48AM. He was doing the camerawork, so you sort of watched his brain right behind the camera, spinning like a top. [11][12] At age 26, Soderbergh became the youngest solo director and the second youngest director to win the festival's top award. In the third installment of the franchise, Magic Mikes Last Dance, hes back in the limelight after dramatically leaving it, this time in London, where hes choreographing and starring in a theatrical revue financed by his beautiful patron-slash-lover (played by Salma Hayek, who, yes, dances with Tatum in two numbers). Their revue opened at the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in 2017 and was an instant sensation; in 2018, a revised version debuted in Londons Leicester Square. Which means None of the lights, and the trucks, all that stuff that goes into making movies, theres none of it. All Rights Reserved. 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"The fact that I'm not an identifiable brand is very freeing," says Soderbergh, "because people get tired of brands and they switch brands. Pretty quickly, it gets down to very few. 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. Youre making me think about the opening of Out of Sight, after George Clooney leaves the bank and you see his anger building and he throws his tie down. Many of Soderbergh's films are anchored by multi-dimensional storylines with plot twists, nonlinear storytelling, experimental sequencing, suspenseful soundscapes and third-person vantage points. Tatum played the title mentor character, while Alex Pettyfer played a character based on Tatum. Its either explicit but kind of clinical, or its just avoided. Since his return from self-proclaimed retirement five years ago, Steven Soderbergh has been working at a breathtaking pace, directing a stream of robust thrillers and talky dramas. 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. His final televised project before heading into retirement was Behind the Candelabra. 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. Scott Tobias of The A. V. Club has noted his method of experimental filmmaking as "rigorously conceived, like a mathematician working out a byzantine equation". I mean, they would give us the outlines of a situation, and then we knew where we had to end up. [58] Soderbergh directed Che, which was released in theatres in two parts titled The Argentine and Guerrilla, and was presented in the main competition of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, on May 22. 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. [132] His frequent collaborations with composers Cliff Martinez, David Holmes, and most recently Thomas Newman, provide his films with "the thematic and sonic landscapes into which he inserts his characters. 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. Now, with two seasons of "The Knick". A spit take to me is just always funny, and I wish I had more of them in my filmography. And you can see by that expression that he knows shes right.This is how shit gets solved. The series starred Clive Owen, Andre Holland, Jeremy Bobb, Juliet Rylance, Eve Hewson and Michael Angarano and was filmed in 2013. If you cant be Roger Deakins, being Albert Maysles is not a bad trade-off.Not at all! [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). [13] For his script, Soderbergh received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 62nd Academy Awards. I dont come in with shots. He positions himself as a classical professional who can take on any subject and. Hes like, Okay, Harry, try doing a lap dance. And Harry does these moves. I think you pull it, Joshua Jackson says to Lizzy Caplan sensually. [50][51] Theater-owners, who at the time had been suffering from dropping attendance rates, did not welcome so-called "day-and-date" movies. Soderbergh's directorial-breakthrough indie drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) lifted him into the public spotlight as a notable presence in the film industry. In the film, the lead actors all play longtime friends who reconvene on an ocean liner. He was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director for Traffic and received best director nominations at the year's Golden Globe and the Directors Guild of America Awards. [137] He filmed with three rotating iPhones using a DJI stabiliser to hold the phone in place. Director Steven Soderbergh was also the cinematographer. Those were my three sort of touchstones because Max seemed to me like a character out of a Lina Wertmller movie. IndieWire is a part of Penske Media Corporation. To grind on one thing for seven or eight days? 12 days of shooting. Its the first time Mikes actually in a relationship while the movies happening, which was, I think, a necessary evolution for the character. Thats why all these discussions about capture medium are kind of irrelevant at the end of the day. Not that complicated. [130] In Haywire (2011), Soderbergh cast and eventually launched the film career of professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Gina Carano. [23] Based on the memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film is set during the Great Depression and follows a young boy (played by Jesse Bradford) struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother falls ill and his father is away on business trips. What goes into deciding how to shoot one of your dance scenes? To me, its always front and center when I start thinking about the characters: What do they do, actually? 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? I've never had a desire to be out in front of anything, which is why I don't take a possessory credit. [62][63] Also in 2009, Soderbergh shot a small improvised film with the cast of the play, The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg, a comedy about a theatre company staging Chekhov's Three Sisters. [170], After screening Sex, Lies, and Videotape at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, Soderbergh was given the festival's top award, the Palme d'Or. 17-Down, Three Letters: Party for One artist Carly ___ Jepsen. We didnt want to be winking at the audience, you know what I mean? But before Mike hits the stage for one final hip thrust, Mr. Soderbergh has some explaining to do. And shes right! [134] A variety of his feature films have been shot using a diverse range of camera equipment. The actors work for scale, and a cruise. This email will be used to sign into all New York sites. [39][40] Rolling Stone credited the movie with "[spawning] a new era of heist movies". Let us know what you think in the comments. [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. [80] It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. [78] In November 2011 Soderbergh withdrew from the project due to budget and casting conflicts,[79] and was eventually replaced by Guy Ritchie. Outside of Let Them All Talk, Oscar winner Soderbergh most recently served as executive producer on the Quibi series Wireless as well as Bill and Ted Face the Music. Soderbergh is meanwhile at work on another film for HBO Max and Warner Bros., No Sudden Move, starring Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, David Harbour, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta, and more. ", "sex, lies, and videotape Movie Review (1989) | Roger Ebert", "Guild's National Board elects Martha Coolidge first woman president of DGA", Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steven_Soderbergh&oldid=1141828129. Its so central to all of our lives. This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 00:57. Every scene has to fight its way into the project. "[71] Soderbergh later said that he would retire from filmmaking and begin to explore painting. [32] The critical reception of the movie began a multi-movie artistic partnership between Clooney and Soderbergh. 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 . The 96-minute film was submitted to the Cannes Film Festival to such a "chilly response" that he reworked the entire introduction and conclusion before releasing it commercially. Hes never been with anybody for whom where the moneys coming from is not an issue. [49], A year later, Soderbergh directed Bubble (2005), a $1.6million film featuring a cast of nonprofessional actors. [14][15] In 2002, he was elected first Vice President of the Directors Guild of America. Theres a micro-pause in there that if you dont nail it, its not funny. I dont see locations, I dont see masses of elements being coordinated, I see this: [Holds both hands horizontally in front of his face one at mid-forehead, the other below his chin.] And lets be clear: I dont have a lot of takes. I liked the idea of Max being wealthy and Mike, you know, having to wrap his head around what it means to be with somebody whos that well off. The film performed poorly commercially grossing $5.9million worldwide against a budget of $32million. The series followed doctors at a fictionalized version of the Knickerbocker Hospital in Manhattan in the early twentieth century. I never feel like, Oh, youve done that before. Burns. . But that wasn't the best representation of meeven as a person. I can make it do anything I want. Hes better at it. I wanted it to feel sloppy is not the right word, but rough. [9] Its critical performance led it to become a worldwide commercial success, grossing $36.7million on a $1.2million budget. [149] He has said that Peter Yates' 1972 crime-comedy The Hot Rock inspired the tone of the Ocean's films. You shouldnt do that again. I need to see it. [29] During the months following his debut of Schizopolis, he released a small, edited version of the Spalding Gray monologue film Gray's Anatomy. I want to read them to you now and get your reactions. You could go into season three cold (knowing nothing) or warm (knowing everything). [156], Soderbergh has frequently relied on Jerry Weintraub to produce many of his films. 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. Why add narration? I mean, Im excited about people seeing the movie and, eight minutes in, watching this sequence between Channing and Salma which involves activity that you dont see movie stars engage in very often. Why did he decide to un-quit a part of show business he never really gave up? Written by American short story master Deborah Eisenberg, the film debuts on HBO Max on December 10. *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. [14] His relative youth and sudden rise to prominence in the film industry had him referred to as a "sensation" and a prodigy. 23 Controversial Film and TV Book Adaptations That Rankled Their Audiences and Authors "[47][48] Also in 2004, Soderbergh produced and co-wrote the adapted screenplay for the film Criminala remake of the Argentine film Nine Queenswith his longtime assistant director Gregory Jacobs, who made his directorial debut with the film. You can look at them and think "Wow this was shoot on an iphone" [139] He then filmed the entirety of 2019's High Flying Bird on an iPhone 8. None of the lights, and the trucks, all that stuff that goes into making movies, theres none of it. [133], Soderbergh's early filmson account of his youth and lack of resourceswere primarily filmed on Super 8 and 16 mm film formats. Its not gone, but its treated in such a strange way! Shot in the summer of 2012, it starred Michael Douglas as legendarily flamboyant pianist Liberace and Matt Damon as his lover Scott Thorson. This third episode in the hugely successful Magic Mike franchise brings back star Channing Tatum and also introduces Salma Hayek to the series. 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. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! 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. [68][69] In September and October 2011, he shot Magic Mike, a film starring Channing Tatum, about the actor's experiences working as a male stripper in his youth. You will need to see the picture again and again until you understand everything". Literally, hes like, How do I make money so I can pay my rent and eat? Why Steven Soderbergh's 'Solaris' Sets the Standard for Movie Remakes. Its nun versus AI in Damon Lindelofs new series. Faces are in action too. Steven Andrew Soderbergh (/ s o d r b r /; born January 14, 1963) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. Thats my ultimate goal. Does a check show up every Thursday? 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Theres so much of her in the film because we were building these scenes based on conversations we were having with her. Im trying to view it as kind of a Japanese line drawing. Did Cirie go too far by bringing family matters into the game? To demonstrate this he created a very short iPhone/YouTube video, "Brandy VS Singani 63", that asks people to give their thoughts regarding brandy and Singani 63. [89] In September 2015, Soderbergh was announced to be directing Mosaic, a series for HBO. [46] Matt Singer of IndieWire called it a "Great Sequel About How Hard It Is to Make a Great Sequel. [30], Soderbergh's reemergence began in 1998 with Out of Sight, a stylized adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel, written by Scott Frank and starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. Why Steven Soderbergh shot Unsane with an iPhone and is already doing it again with NBA drama out later this year It was as close as having the camera be a pen as you can get, Steven Soderbergh . I miss when its I dont know if controlled is the right word? Disagreements between Sony and Soderbergh about revisions to Steven Zaillian's version of the screenplay led to Soderbergh's dismissal from the project only days prior to filming in June 2009. [3] Soderbergh's paternal grandfather immigrated to the U.S. from Stockholm. Who were your filmmaking inspirations on this movie? 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 [28] The film switched languages multiple times mid-scene without subtitles, leaving large parts of it incomprehensible. None of the lights, and the trucks, all that stuff that goes into making movies, there's none of it. That was the appeal of making this movie. ", Soderbergh (in 2008) on his transition from Sex, Lies, and Videotape to more stylized, heist and psychological thrillers. In his film Contagion (2011), he used a multi-narrative "hyperlink cinema" style, first established within the Ocean's trilogy. [147], When asked about the top eleven films he regarded among the best, Soderbergh listed the following, in order: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953), All The President's Men (1976), Annie Hall (1977), Citizen Kane (1941), The Conversation (1974), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Jaws (1975), The Last Picture Show (1971), Sunset Boulevard (1950), The Third Man (1949). [136] Soderbergh filmed the entirety of Unsane (2018) on an iPhone 7 Plus with its 4K digital camera using the app FiLMiC Pro. I wanted a more intimate relationship with the cast. [81], In May 2013only months into his retirementSoderbergh announced that he would direct a 10-part miniseries for Cinemax called The Knick. If Im reading something that Im sparking to or if Im imagining something from scratch, I see faces. Unsane was kinda cookie-cutter, B-schlock, but that was what he was going for anyway. Soderbergh spent much of his adolescence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father was a professor and administrator at Louisiana State University. 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. Steven Andrew Soderbergh was born on January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the second of six children of Mary Ann (Bernard) and Peter Soderbergh. Shes so smart and shes so quick that, if you cant keep up with her, shell just run right over you. [128], Soderbergh is known for having a combative relationship with Hollywood and the standards of studio filmmaking. 15. My dad was a college professor, but he had six kids. [166], Soderbergh's entire filmography is routinely analyzed and debated by fans, critics, film academics, and other film directors. What does it cost to live on that ship? [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. "[125], On a technical level, Soderbergh prefers sustained close-ups, tracking shots, jump cuts, experimental sequencing, and frequently skips establishing shots in favor of audio and alternative visuals. Are you sitting?Im sitting, and Ive got the camera cradled just above the ground, and Im pushing myself with this wheeled seat wherever. As far as Im concerned, Ive never made anything that somebody would look at and go, I cant do that, the way I do when I look at something like Come and See. Where does Lubitsch come into play?Lubitsch is for the classic Hollywood comedy complications and characters. 33. I wanted that kind of fluidity with the camera that he really I wouldnt say pioneered, but when he rolled up in collaboration with Vittorio Storaro and moved the camera the way he moved it, especially in The Conformist, that was something that I was looking to key off of. You should just service the viewer, make your point, and move on. Director Steven Soderbergh continues his foray into streaming movies with his latest, Let Them All Talk, a largely improvised nostalgia-tinged journey starring Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, and Dianne Wiest as old friends reuniting. The movie is based on a Deborah Eisenberg short story, and she actually got screenwriting credit here as well. The iPhone 11 Pro's new triple rear camera can instantly switch during video recording between a 26mm f/1.8 . "I've always had an attraction to caper movies, and certainly there are analogies to making a film. 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