Is the work of Steven Soderbergh the most overrated thing ever?

hm, re-editing 'kafka' sounds interesting i guess?

glad hes not into super-quick-cutting action steez

Did not know his new flick stars Gina Carano. Infinitely more interested in seeing it now.

new flick looks *~dope~*

heard bad things

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.

consider yourself 'snapped', george, if you're reading tonight

http://www.celebitchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wenn3103499.jpg

AV Club liked it

http://latimesherocomplex.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/haywire1.jpg?w=600&h=379

official ilx thread for steven soderbergh's haywire starring gina carano and bearded antonio banderas

I put this in the Side Effects thread too:

http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/steven-soderbergh-in-conversation.html

thanks for that, great interview

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.”

i admire this dude's relentless work ethic

bummed Che went off of netfilx before i got around to watching them

Che is great.

and i've caught Contagion so many times on HBO that I've begun to think of it as a kind of minor masterwork.

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.

ive only seen about half of his films but i've liked them all

"getting away with it" covers exactly that out of sight timing thing, but as a diary as it happened. recommended.

"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!

apparently I've seen 18 of his features and only actively disliked The Informant! But that was certainly a gutsy attempt at, well, something.

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.

Dr. Larry Brilliant?

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.

Loved the informant

Helps when farce is funny, but I'll take simply silly in a pinch.

prefer Schizopolis and The Girlfriend Experience.

Co-sign on the former, but the latter is "Bubble"-level lark.

Bubble's a good one too -- but a lark?

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!

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?

Wait, he married Jules Asner? Good for him.

comedian friend's FB status: "Saw SIDE EFFECTS tonight -- outside of some rectal bleeding, I loved it!"

Whose rectum was bleeding? Your friend's?

He should see a doctor, and be sure to tell the theatre to throw a towel over that seat.

The Girlfriend Experience and MM my favorites of the last ten years.

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.

GFE directors cut is much better than the original

wow http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-steven-soderbergh-12-hour-john-barth-adaptation-james-greer-20130402,0,3573297.story

Soderberg can't be worse than Gus van Sant, who seems to have no particular aptitude towards movie-making.

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 ...

Interesting - I read that for a class in college.

He actually came to meet with my freshman writing class, it was kinda cool (Barth, that is).

psyched for this (i mean, if it actually materializes ever)

love that book

Finally caught up with Magic Mike. Surprisingly well made and good looking (not just taking about the cast here); he actually seems invested in this film rather than seeming, as he so often does to me, like he's tossing it all together so he can get on to the next thing. Saying this is Tatum's best performance probably sounds like faint praise, but he's really good in this film. His scenes with the sister and especially the one in the bank are terrific.

https://vimeo.com/65060864

Transcript:
http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/steven-soderbergh-state-of-cinema-address/