Its ensemble cast includes marion cotillard, matt damon, laurence fishburne, jude law, gwyneth paltrow, kate winslet, bryan cranston, jennifer ehle, and sanaa lathan. The similarities to the original end there, as ocean conspires with his old pal rusty ryan. That honour goes to sean bakers excellent tangerine. Oct 11, 2017 steven soderbergh and elvis mitchell discuss mosaic at future of storytelling 2017. World book day 2020 emphasizes how much our reading habits have shifted. Following his retirement from filmmaking earlier this year, steven soderbergh has filled his time with some interesting endeavors. The following day, soderbergh s twitter novella glue began with the laconic april 28 tweet i will now attempt to tweet a novella called glue. Sep 28, 2019 director steven soderbergh talks with scott simon about his new comedy film starring meryl streep, called the laundromat. While he was still at a very young age, his family moved to baton rouge, louisiana, where his father was.
The film starred matt damon, kate winslet, gwyneth paltrow, and jude law in lead roles. Soderbergh isnt the first to take shortform storytelling to twitter. Steven soderberghs twitter novella is now a hardcover. Steven soderbergh is the only guy doing quarantine right. Contagion is a 2011 american thriller film directed by steven soderbergh. Steven soderbergh learned making contagion a virus was. Steven soderbergh agent, manager, publicist contact info. Sep 29, 2015 the 50 year old steven soderbergh wrote 1989s sex, lies, and videotape and 2002s remake of solaris.
However, the scifi drama flick has suddenly been grabbing headlines these days. What hangs over steven soderbergh is the fatal notion that he can do some films for himself and some for the business david thomson thu 12 feb 2009 19. Steven soderbergh writes twitter novella after his. Dec, 2019 steven soderbergh on the 20th anniversary of the limey a long, candid conversation with the filmmaker on his pulp masterpiece and netflix, parasite, the movies of 1999, the sixties. Steven soderberghs the laundromat walks us through the. Steven soderberghs 12hour john barth adaptation, via. The 50 year old steven soderbergh wrote 1989s sex, lies, and videotape and 2002s remake of solaris. Until a few weeks ago, steven soderbergh s contagion was just a wellmade, mediumgrossing, scientistapproved medical thriller from 2011, best remembered for killing gwyneth paltrow and then.
Steven soderbergh is the only guy doing quarantine right gq. In many ways, its soderbergh s least distinctive film. Last may, pulitzer prizewinning author jennifer egan published an 8,500word sciencefiction story on twitter. Soderbergh s liberace, behind the candelabra in his new hbo film, the acclaimed director examines the fiveyear relationship between the. Soderbergh was born on january 14, 1963, in atlanta, georgia, to mary ann nee bernard and peter andrew soderbergh, who was a university administrator and educator. The book is a 768page epic a satirical epic set on a maryland tobacco farm in. As with its predecessor, oceans eleven opens with its titular hero danny ocean george clooney stepping into the frank sinatra role eager for a new challenge. Steven soderbergh has offered to shoot magic mike 2 channing tatum, star of original film, says followup may be his own directing debut published. Every year, director steven soderbergh publishes a list of the movies, books, tv series, short films, and short stories hes watched and read over the course of the year one of the inspirations for my media diet posts.
Steven soderbergh talks postretirement plans, painting, twitter, behind the candelabra, comic book movies, and more by adam chitwood february 7, 20. Oct 10, 2019 starring gary oldman, antonio banderas and meryl streep, the film is a typical soderbergh picture in that its a sardonically amusing story of economic malfeasance fixated on procedure, but it. Steven soderbergh sex, lies, and videotape movie edition screenplay. Steven soderbergh s high flying bird is a funny and fleet latecapitalist critique the film is as preachy as a vintage pinko melodrama of social protest but funny and fleet enough that its. Steven soderbergh booking agent, manager, and publicist contact info. For steven soderbergh, a farreaching speech and a twitter novella indicate a retirement that is anything but idle. Steven soderbergh writes twitter novella after his retirement from. The following day, soderberghs twitter novella glue began with the laconic april 28 tweet i will now attempt to tweet a novella called glue. Steven soderbergh is not the first director to make movies with an iphone. For many creators, the key to making good work is to read and watch widely with an emphasis on quality its difficult make great work if your ingredients are poor. That ease of adoption is what makes mosaic, and any who follow its lead, so. Its based on the panama papers and global money networks.
Oceans eleven by steven soderbergh george clooney, brad. Interviews charts the rise and fall and rise of the writerdirectorproducers surprising career from 1989 to. Steven soderbergh writing a twitter novel business insider. Steven soderbergh the director behind oceans 11, magic mike, and, now, logan luckyquit hollywood in disgust over what it had become. The 1981 novel about a fictional virus called wuhan400 chinas. Feb 12, 2009 what hangs over steven soderbergh is the fatal notion that he can do some films for himself and some for the business david thomson thu 12 feb 2009 19. Steven soderbergh born january 14, 1963, american filmmaker. Donald trump is fighting with danny zuker, mel brooks just joined for twitter s comedyfest and magic mike director steven soderbergh is tweeting a novella. His father was of swedish and irish descent, and his mother was of italian ancestry.
From his flavor of the month status with his debut film sex, lies, and. Getting away with it is a hilarious, insightful conversation between two visionary directors, steven soderbergh and richard lester, about the manifold joys and hardships of being a filmmaker. While vine has captured the imagination of microfilmmakers, soderbergh has opted to flex taut writing muscles on twitter. May 20, 2020 steven soderbergh is the only guy doing quarantine right the filmmaker says hes written three screenplays in lockdown, including a sex, lies, and videotape sequel. Stephen lovekingetty oscarwinning traffic and magic mike director steven soderberghs latest project is writing a novella. From his breakout beginnings in 1989 with sex, lies, and videotape to 20, when he retired from bigscreen studio movie making to focus on other pursuits including television, the directors output resembles nothing less than an elaborate experiment. Sex, lies, and videotape by steven soderbergh 19900801 by steven soderbergh jan 1, 1653.
Publishers report sales boom in novels about fictional epidemics. Steven soderberghs twitter novella is now a hardcover book but. David thomson profiles steven soderbergh film the guardian. Steven soderbergh celebrity profile check out the latest steven soderbergh photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Apr 30, 20 steven soderbergh is tweeting his new novella. An early pioneer of modern independent cinema, soderbergh is an acclaimed and prolific filmmaker soderbergh. Soderbergh explores a new medium the new york times. But the controversial director has never been shy about embracing new technology and when the opportunity came to make his first movie with an iphone, soderbergh went for it. One would presume that it would be hard to spoil the ending of a movie based on a book about recent realworld events, but the laundromat is directed by steven soderbergh in a playful. Steven soderbergh s cinemamaking star has blazed with sex, lies, and videotape, sputtered with the underneath, and flared again with the acclaimed movie traffic. Soderbergh can twitpic an establishing shotwhich he does, of amsterdam along with pics of other locations or just vaguely suggestive images. Soderbergh s freshman film, sex, lies and videotape, inaugurated a movementin us independent cinema.
The iphone movies of steven soderbergh smartphone film pro. Steven soderberghs 2011 film contagion predicted a. The long and prolific career of steven soderbergh b. Steven soderbergh talks postretirement plans, painting. He has made a number of very successful and respected films, and yet this, his first, was probably his best. In 2009, steven soderbergh was about to direct moneyball, the film adaptation of michael lewiss nonfiction book about an effort to assemble a championship major league baseball team on a. Steven soderbergh s cinemamaking star has blazed with sex, lies, and videotape, sputtered with the underneath, and flared again with the acclaimed movie traffic steven soderbergh.
When i took a creative writing course at university, my instructor had an angle that i still follow. Steven soderberghs 2011 virus thriller contagion has gotten a second. Steven soderbergh is contemporary hollywoods most innovative and prolific f. Though a generation apart, both share the infectious passion of cinephilia. Aug 01, 2017 steven soderberghthe director behind oceans 11, magic mike, and, now, logan luckyquit hollywood in disgust over what it had become. Steven soderbergh tweets a thrilling crime novella the verge. A new digital book chronicles the process by which episodes of the cinemax show is made. Short story 0101 sleuth 72, billions, the last panthers 4, shadow of a doubt. Contagion, steven soderbergh s 2011 thriller, is climbing up the charts people are streaming it because of coronavirus fears. Logan lucky by steven soderbergh channing tatum, adam. Netflixs high flying bird is the perfect quarantine watch.
Steven soderbergh, in full steven andrew soderbergh, born january 14, 1963, atlanta, georgia, u. Steven soderbergh unsane exclusive interview youtube. Steven soderbergh s feature films present a diverse range of subject matter and formal styles. An occasional drop of creative detritus from the closethard drive of the artist soon to be known as steven soderbergh. Aug 16, 2017 steven soderberghs logan lucky is a slick comedy about the underdog and that goes for both the hillbillies at its center and the director himself by k. From his breakout beginnings in 1989 with sex, lies, and videotape to 20, when he retired from bigscreen moviemaking to focus on other pursuits including television, the directors output resembles nothing less than an elaborate experiment. Interviews charts the rise and fall and rise of the writerdirectorproducers surprising career from 1989 to 2001. Productions may have halted because of the global health crisis, but hollywood should certainly have plenty of scripts to pick from once the shutdown begins to lift and filmmaker steven. How steven soderbergh meticulously crafts knick scenes wired. The hollywood director who brought you traffic and, umm magic mike is tweeting his new book, a novella called glue. Steven soderberghs twitter novella is now a hardcover book. Director steven soderbergh may have finally given up filmmaking for good, but hes still keeping busy. Steven soderbergh has written a sex, lies, and videotape. Steven soderberghs new thriller, unsane, starring clare foy as a young woman who has been the victim of a stalker, is a pretext for a passionate technical exercise.
What will happen is i build up a bunch of stuff and blow it out all at the. Steven soderbergh plans to direct a 12hour adaptation of john barths 1960 novel the sotweed factor. Jan 07 seen, read 2019 movies, tv series, books and plays seen, read in 2019. Oceans eleven is a hodgepodge of some of the directors pet influences. Imagine steven soderbergh sitting for hours in the darkness of his home office, tweeting and tweeting and tweeting and tweeting. Nov 09, 2017 the oscarwinning director, at the tokyo international film festival for a world of steven soderbergh showcase, also talks about creativity in uncertain times. Book overview the long and prolific career of steven soderbergh b. Steven soderbergh is writing a novella called glue on twitter fifty authors, including ian mcewan, hilary mantel, and j. Soderbergh spent much of his adolescence in baton rouge, louisiana, where his father was a professor and administrator at louisiana state university. Plotting director steven soderberghs latest projectan interactive smartphone app called mosaicrequired covering most of the walls in a chelsea loft with colorcoded cards and notes. Rowling, are contributing annotated first editions of their.
The possible sex, lies, and videotape sequel is an idea that had been circling for a while but lockdown gave soderbergh the impetus to sit down and finally hash out the screenplay. Steven soderberghs twitter novella is now a hardcover book but you can read it online by joe berkowitz 1 minute read retirement means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Steven soderbergh with his wife, jules asner, at the 2009 venice international film festival. Jan 26, 2019 steven soderbergh, joined by slamdance cofounder peter baxter, talks about his experiences at park citys other film festival, filming on an iphone, taking a movie to netflix and why his. Soderberghs directorial breakthroughindie drama sex, lies, and videotape 1989lifted him into the public spotlight. Steven soderbergh on refining his logan lucky experiment.
Contagion, steven soderbergh s 2011 movie about a deadly pandemic, hit the top 10 on the itunes movie rental chart this week. The cinema of steven soderbergh columbia university press. Directed by steven soderbergh and written by oscarwinning moonlight scribe tarell alvin mccraney, high flying bird debuted on netflix early last year, but it has an even greater resonance in. He tweeted an entire novella, and now he has posted a log of all the films and television shows he watched, and all the books and plays he read, in 2009 as you will see in the log below, soderbergh spent much of that year in preparation for the scheduled june. Steven soderbergh says 8 million people watched high flying bird on netflix by claire spellberg oct 16, 2019 more people saw high flying bird than would have ever seen it in theaters. He gives a great answer about shooting the movie on. Steven soderbergh and richard lester are a generation apart, but theyshare a sense of humour and a passion for cinema.
The filmography of steven soderbergh catalogues the filmmaking of american director, producer, and screenwriter, steven soderbergh. The steven soderbergh directorial film contagion which released in the year 2011 had reportedly grabbed eyeballs due to its gritty plotline and realistic performances. A ragtag group of con artists and excons team up for the heist to end all heists in this highprofile remake of the 1960 rat pack favorite. Steven soderbergh s latest film, contagion, follows the rapid progression of a fatal airborne virus that kills its hosts within days. Apr 02, 2015 the long and prolific career of steven soderbergh b. Upgrade to a letterboxd pro account to add your favorite services to this listincluding any service and country pair listed on justwatchand to enable oneclick filtering by all your favorites.
The plot concerns the spread of a virus transmitted by respiratory droplets and fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to. As the fastmoving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure, struggle to survive, and stop the gradual disintegration of society. Steven soderbergh is the only guy doing quarantine right the filmmaker says hes written three screenplays in lockdown, including a sex, lies, and videotape sequel. Steven soderberghs inspired iphone experiment in unsane. Steven soderberghs twitter novella hollywood reporter. World book day emphasizes how much our reading habits have. Steven soderbergh talks filming high flying bird with an. Steven soderberghs new app, mosaic, will change how you. Soderbergh hinted he was working on a new writing twitter project in february, telling collider of his tweeting habits. Steven soderbergh contact info name, email address, phone number. Steven soderbergh is an american filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and actor born in atlanta, georgia on january 14, 1963. He has directed 28 feature films and eight television programs. Mar 19, 2018 stefan pape sits down for an extended interview with director steven soderbergh to talk about his new film, unsane, which was shot on an iphone.
Its unverified by twitter, but the photo attached to the profile certainly looks. Contagion by steven soderbergh marion cotillard, matt damon. Steven soderbergh on the 20th anniversary of the limey. Steven soderberghs logan lucky is a slick comedy about the. From his breakout beginnings in 1989 with sex, lies, and videotape to 20, when he retired from bigscreen studio movie making to focus on other pursuits. Soderbergh s bubble changes the rules the new lowbudget film from director steven soderbergh promises to shake things up in the movie industry. Us director steven soderbergh addresses a press conference for the film side effects presented in the berlinale competition of the 63rd berlin international film festival in berlin on. For steven soderbergh, it has meant, turning his attention away from directing theatrical releases at a breakneck pace, and working on any.
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