steven soderPOLLgh is the one to search for
― a fake wannabe trying to be a pimp (history mayne), Thursday, 15 September 2011 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Getting Away With It is very smart and enjoyable and one of the main reasons I'll always give Soderbergh the benefit of the doubt.
― Science, you guys. Science. (DL), Thursday, 15 September 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Sad irony having that Slate article slathered in ads for Moneyball.
― Corn Maze to the Dark Side (Eazy), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't have a problem with ranking OOS and The Limey as his beset, and Kois is OTM about Traffic and his Best Director Oscar ("it's a helpful reminder that, to the Academy, "best directing" usually means 'most directing'").
― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 September 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
sex lies & videotape is still brilliant imo
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 18 November 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
although weirdly for such an important film, it doesnt seem to have retained its stature
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 18 November 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/film/15082547/steven-soderbergh-interview
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
hm, re-editing 'kafka' sounds interesting i guess?
glad hes not into super-quick-cutting action steez
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
Did not know his new flick stars Gina Carano. Infinitely more interested in seeing it now.
― Put another Juggle in, in the Juggalodeon (kingfish), Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
new flick looks *~dope~*
― omar little, Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
heard bad things
― (govtname)mac (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
don't care
Soderbergh should make another "Schizopolis," not this commercial garbage. He's been a whore since he started working with George (C)loon(e)y.
― Static Electricity, Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
consider yourself 'snapped', george, if you're reading tonight
― (govtname)mac (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.celebitchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wenn3103499.jpg
― omar little, Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
AV Club liked it
― Put another Juggle in, in the Juggalodeon (kingfish), Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://latimesherocomplex.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/haywire1.jpg?w=600&h=379
― Put another Juggle in, in the Juggalodeon (kingfish), Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
official ilx thread for steven soderbergh's haywire starring gina carano and bearded antonio banderas
― maghrib is back (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
I put this in the Side Effects thread too:
http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/steven-soderbergh-in-conversation.html
― to each his own but (Eazy), Monday, 28 January 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
thanks for that, great interview
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 28 January 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
When I hear people talk about 2025, I’m like, this could all turn into Mad Max a lot sooner than that! I was talking to Dr. Larry Brilliant, who consulted on Contagion, and I asked him, “Does the world seem to be spinning out of control as fast as I think it is?” And he said, “Oh, yeah.”
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
i admire this dude's relentless work ethic
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
bummed Che went off of netfilx before i got around to watching them
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 02:52 (eleven years ago) link
Che is great.
― ryan, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
and i've caught Contagion so many times on HBO that I've begun to think of it as a kind of minor masterwork.
― ryan, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
I love Soderbergh interviews. The one time I talked to him he was a blast. Love that even he recognizes "Out of Sight" as his one movie where absolutely everything seemed to go right, 100%. Even the timing, which he had nothing to do with. If he made the exact same movie today, it would not be the same, because Clooney and Lopez now are totally different creatures.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
ive only seen about half of his films but i've liked them all
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 04:59 (eleven years ago) link
"getting away with it" covers exactly that out of sight timing thing, but as a diary as it happened. recommended.
― caek, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
"But an alarming thing I learned during Contagion is that the people who pay to make the movies and the audiences who see them are actually very much in sync. I remember during previews how upset the audience was by the Jude Law character. The fact that he created a sort of mixed reaction was viewed as a flaw in the filmmaking. Not, 'Oh, that’s interesting, I’m not sure if this guy is an asshole or a hero.' People were really annoyed by that. And I thought, Wow, so ambiguity is not on the table anymore. They were angry."
great interview!
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 10:35 (eleven years ago) link
apparently I've seen 18 of his features and only actively disliked The Informant! But that was certainly a gutsy attempt at, well, something.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
I enjoyed it, because I had read the book and appreciated the fact that Soderbergh transformed what was a metaphorical farce into an actual farce. Also, Matt Damon's mustache.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Dr. Larry Brilliant?
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
it helps when farce is funny.
Lawrence "Larry" Brilliant is an American physician, epidemiologist, technologist, author, and the former director of Google's philanthropic arm Google.org.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
Loved the informant
― b'hurt's tauntin' (darraghmac), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
Helps when farce is funny, but I'll take simply silly in a pinch.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
prefer Schizopolis and The Girlfriend Experience.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
Co-sign on the former, but the latter is "Bubble"-level lark.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
Bubble's a good one too -- but a lark?
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
I do like how Soderbergh clearly flips channels, surfs the web, etc., finds some neo-actor who intrigues him and builds a movie around her. Oh, look at this extreme porn star! I'll make a movie around her. Hey, check out this extreme fighter? I'll make a movie around her. Hey, check out this host of some E! show! I'll date her!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Lark in the sense that it was at least partly an experiment - can I whip together this ultra-low budget film with no stars and then find an alternative distribution method?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, he married Jules Asner? Good for him.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
comedian friend's FB status: "Saw SIDE EFFECTS tonight -- outside of some rectal bleeding, I loved it!"
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
Whose rectum was bleeding? Your friend's?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
He should see a doctor, and be sure to tell the theatre to throw a towel over that seat.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
The Girlfriend Experience and MM my favorites of the last ten years.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
I preferred Haywire to MM, in fact I generally prefer his smaller 'experiments', such as The Girlfriend Experience, to the likes of Contagion and The Informant!. sex, lies and videotape and Out of Sight are still his best work, though, I'd say.
― DavidM, Monday, 4 February 2013 11:53 (eleven years ago) link
GFE directors cut is much better than the original
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 4 February 2013 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
wow http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-steven-soderbergh-12-hour-john-barth-adaptation-james-greer-20130402,0,3573297.story
― johnny crunch, Friday, 5 April 2013 23:40 (eleven years ago) link
Soderberg can't be worse than Gus van Sant, who seems to have no particular aptitude towards movie-making.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 5 April 2013 23:55 (eleven years ago) link
The adaptation was done, at least in part, by James Greer, the novelist and former Guided by Voices bassist who lives in Los Angeles when not on tour with his band Détective.
Surely one of the most impressive rock critic to film tales since Crowe. Spin mag, Kim Deal fiance, bassist in GBV, novelist, screenwriter ...
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 April 2013 00:08 (eleven years ago) link