In the opening dance, I wanted that first sequence to take place at that specific time of day where youre in magic hour and its starting to bleed into nighttime, which meant we had to shoot it in pieces over the course of three days. 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. [56] Grossing $311.3million on an $85million budget, it is the second highest-grossing film of his career after the first Ocean's. But there was a lot of discussion about whether the movie needed it. It was really interesting. And then Salma comes up out of the audience, stops the whole thing, and goes, Youve got this amazing space, and youve got somebody stuck in a chair. Which means The scenes where shes debating or challenging Mike to make something better: Those were all conversations we were having with Salma in which she was challenging us to make the movie better. 15. And the way older, completely improvised Schizopolis is one of my favorite movies. If the Walt Disney Co. had made a movie about male strippers, it might look something like "Magic Mike's Last Dance," a soft, in-name-only sequel to the . 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. 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. That sounds like an awesome collaboration, I think [Soderbergh]s the most fearless filmmaker, and his intellect is so piercing," she said. [76] Around that time, he gave a much publicized speech at the San Francisco International Film Festival, detailing the obstacles facing filmmakers in the current corporate Hollywood environment. Sunlight is your Gaffer. And short., Wiest revealed the film was shot with no equipment. Meaning a film about the actual process of doing a thing.Right. [26], Soderbergh directed Schizopolis in 1996, a comedy which he starred in, wrote, composed, and shot as well as directed. [32] The critical reception of the movie began a multi-movie artistic partnership between Clooney and Soderbergh. 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. Unsane was kinda cookie-cutter, B-schlock, but that was what he was going for anyway. 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. How do they pay rent? I wanted a more intimate relationship with the cast. I wanted something that just felt spontaneous. Soderbergh gave the cast . Action is, simply, where the action is. 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. 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. Written by American short story master Deborah Eisenberg, the film debuts on HBO Max on December 10. Oscars producer Steven Soderbergh has opened up about the decisions made to change the show order of this year's ceremony and whether he regrets not allowing Zoom acceptance speeches.. You should just service the viewer, make your point, and move on. The Ellen Barkin/Rusty Ryan story still doesn't work, but it's a fitting, pleasant conclusion. Hes like Matthew Broderick in the body of Burt Lancaster.There is a thing that came out of conversations with Salma that I was really happy with when hes teaching one of the dancers. That would not be fun for me. 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. The film performed poorly commercially grossing $5.9million worldwide against a budget of $32million. 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! [145] Money is central to many of his movies as Soderbergh believes that it serves as an obsession unrivaled by any other. The film returned one tenth of its budget and received mixed reviews from critics. [106], He also produced the off-broadway play The Fears, his first stage credit. Lets Do the Thing: How Online Were You in February 2023? [128], Soderbergh is known for having a combative relationship with Hollywood and the standards of studio filmmaking. His film career spans a multitude of genres, but his specialties are psychological, crime and heist films. I never saw anything "unwatchable" made by soderbergh. Thats where Soderbergh saw the production and was just so knocked out that I wanted to glom onto what they had done, he explains. Our window each day was about 45 minutes. "Toothless" probably isn't the first word "Magic Mike" fans want to associate with Channing Tatum's aging exotic dancer series, but there's no denying the female-targeting franchise has dulled its bite over the past decade. [143] Richard Brody of The New Yorker stated that Soderbergh is focused on the process of presenting ideas through film rather than their actual realization. But yes, one of my favorite things to do is to have a camera close to somebodys face as a penny is dropping. Soderbergh (left) uses an iPhone 8 to film the Netflix film High Flying Bird. 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. He filmed all of The Girlfriend Experience (2009) on a Red One camera, which has retailed for $17,500[135]a relatively inexpensive camera for a movie produced for $1.3million. Its so central to all of our lives. [142], Soderbergh's films often center the themes of shifting personal identities, sexuality, and the human condition. He just does it better. Steven Soderbergh, in full Steven Andrew Soderbergh, (born January 14, 1963, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.), American film director who worked in disparate genres, directing both idiosyncratic independent films and popular box-office successes. Thats a lack of imagination on my part, that I cant decide how I want to stage it until Ive seen it. The film is written by Richard LaGravenese, based on Thorson's book Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace, and produced by HBO Films. Netflix. [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. But Last Dance answers it with meta-textual acuity: When we remeet Mike, his furniture business has been destroyed by the pandemic and hes swearing to Hayeks Max that he is finished with erotic dancing; two minutes later, hes gyrating around her and agreeing to perform in her London theater. Like, How few strokes can I create an image with? You tell a lot of jokes with cuts. In the film, the lead actors all play longtime friends who reconvene on an ocean liner. Steven held the camera in a wheelchair and just rolled along. 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 thatstarsMeryl Streep, Dianne Wiest, and Candice Bergen that finished principal photography in two weeks? 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. It was shot in 2019, primarily aboard the ocean liner Queen Mary 2, and also in New York and the UK, and premiered on December 10, 2020, on HBO Max. When Im shooting, I dream every night about shooting and its always going wrong. Lets push it further! I need to see it. [130], Soderbergh's films are centered on suspenseful and ambient soundscapes. [138] In January 2018, he expressed an interest in filming other productions solely with iPhones going forward. It isnt often that youre able to do that with something that doesnt feel cheesy or cloying. Soderbergh: Absolutely, and that's challenging for everybody but also provides opportunities to learn new stuff. ", Soderbergh (in 2013) on the influence his methodological choices have on his films. That requires a way of thinking not only about the world but about yourself as an artist that I dont have. [9][121][122] Film critic Drew Morton has categorized his stylistic approach to films akin to the French New Wave movement in filmmaking. It's an approach in which everything matters. [55], Soderbergh next directed Ocean's Thirteen, which was released in June 2007 to further commercial success and increased critical acclaim. Soderbergh's 2020 film Let Them All Talk, was written by Deborah Eisenberg, and starred Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Gemma Chan, Lucas Hedges, and Dianne Wiest. [3] Soderbergh's paternal grandfather immigrated to the U.S. from Stockholm. I said to Chan that morning, Its Omaha Beach. None of the lights, and the trucks, all that stuff that goes into making movies, theres none of it. But it was terrifying every night, because you just had to get ready and think [of], you know, what youre gonna say., Streep toldEntertainment Weekly, 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 centsI know thats what I was paid. 33. [clarification needed]. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh is an acclaimed and prolific filmmaker. But in the end his films are not very good. After I saw it in London, I got on the phone that night and told everybody what I wanted to do, which meant setting aside the Magic Mike Broadway show that wed been developing for quite a while. Money really didnt matter to them. The movie is based on a Deborah Eisenberg short story, and she actually got screenwriting credit here as well. 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. It was shot in just a couple of weeks. Steven Andrew Soderbergh (/sodrbr/; born January 14, 1963)[2] is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. But the public wanted an encore. It was really interesting. "[84], After his work with The Knick, Soderbergh began working on a variety of personal projects starting with directing an Off-Broadway play titled The Library, starring Chlo Grace Moretz in January 2014. Soderbergh spent much of his adolescence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father was a professor and administrator at Louisiana State University. Soderbergh has managed to do this consistently throughout his career, and he doesn't appear to be slowing down. He positions himself as a classical professional who can take on any subject and. His films have grossed over US$2.2 billion worldwide and garnered fourteen Academy Award nominations, winning five. Its not always sunshine. It's the kind of film where you need the director telling you what he meant to do and what went wrong and how the actors screwed up and how there was no money for retakes, etc. I dont have the grandiosity gene. It was shot in April 2012 and was released on February 8, 2013. 8 pages a day. [154], Soderbergh has worked with various actors, composers, and screenwriters throughout his filmmaking career. [112] It was released on HBO Max on July 1, 2021. You shot that close-up during postproduction because you realized during editing that all the shots you had were too far away. Though the dialogue was mostly improv, Eisenberg was there to help them work out specific scenes. 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". A year ago, Steven Soderbergh was putting the finishing touches on "Logan Lucky," but had yet to reemerge publicly from his four-year filmmaking retirement. [22] Two years later, he directed the drama King of the Hill (1993), which again underperformed commercially, but fared well with critics. Pretty quickly, it gets down to very few. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! [108], No Sudden Move (formerly Kill Switch) is a 1950s period crime film shot in Detroit from September[109] to November 2020. When it starts to get really, really crazy and intimate, thats when I decided on the spot, Okay, Ive really gotta get in there. She was there all the time, and she was so generous, and you could ask her anything, Wiest said. [158][159] Starting in 2000, composer Thomas Newman has worked with four Soderbergh films, most recently in 2020 with Let Them All Talk. "[54] A romantic drama set in post-war Berlin, The Good German, starring Cate Blanchett and Clooney, was released in late 2006. You wouldnt think a close-up of somebody thinking would have the power that it does because, in theory, its static. Despite their insistence, Soderbergh wanted to use the film as a transitory project for up-and-coming director Christopher Nolan. During this time, he directed the concert video 9012Live for the rock band Yes in 1985, for which he received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Music Video, Long Form. Shot in the summer of 2012, it starred Michael Douglas as legendarily flamboyant pianist Liberace and Matt Damon as his lover Scott Thorson. [90][91], In February 2016, Soderbergh officially came out of his retirement to direct a NASCAR heist film, Logan Lucky, starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, and Daniel Craig, among others. And then Bertolucci for the movement, the visual language of the film. [19], Soderbergh's directorial debut was followed by a series of low-budget box-office disappointments. I feel like, Well, if thats what it needs, its what it needs. The cast recently sat down withEntertainment Weeklyto give them the details of the new movie. ", Soderbergh's introduction to Schizopolis (1996). As of 2018, Soderbergh's entire feature filmography has grossed over US$2.2billion worldwide in sales. 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 No crew other than Sound. Whos paying them? [13] For his script, Soderbergh received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 62nd Academy Awards. Neither Tatum nor Soderbergh had any intention of revisiting the Magic Mike universe after the 2016 sequel, Magic Mike XXL, on which Soderbergh served as producer, cinematographer, lead cameraman, and editor (he left directorial duties to his longtime producer Gregory Jacobs). Youve gotta step up to her level. Who were your filmmaking inspirations on this movie? The film was well-received and established him within the cinematic niche of thriller and heist films. [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. It's helpful for everybody to have a sense of what's working and what's not . 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. The answer is that the movie will be absolutely unwatchable, just like almost every other Soderbergh movie. I want to read them to you now and get your reactions. Warner Bros. [29] During the months following his debut of Schizopolis, he released a small, edited version of the Spalding Gray monologue film Gray's Anatomy. Shooting movies on iphones etc. The next line I want to get your reaction to is Max stating, This show is not about getting dick. "[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. I wrote down some lines from Magic Mikes Last Dance that seem as if they might mean something to you beyond their function in the movies plot. I was just chasing them. Here we go. The entire water dance, from the introduction to its conclusion, took ten hours to shoot. He was doing the camerawork, so you sort of watched his brain right behind the camera, spinning like a top. Did Cirie go too far by bringing family matters into the game? The first one is from the lunch scene, where Mike is asked, What are your plans for Act Three? And he stares blankly and says Were gonna have one!. But its also, for me, my favorite thing a process film. [80] It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Was one of your takeaways that if you make sure to get a lot of close-ups of people thinking, you can get out of a lot of jams when youre editing?Oh, absolutely. What goes into deciding how to shoot one of your dance scenes? The director discusses his newest film, High Flying Bird, the allure of Netflix, and why his version of the Oscars . Those were my three sort of touchstones because Max seemed to me like a character out of a Lina Wertmller movie. Thats what its like to get into a creative conversation with Salma. I said to Chan that morning, Its Omaha Beach. Im trying to view it as kind of a Japanese line drawing. Candice Bergen "Steven would sit in a wheelchair, and we would shoot," said Wiest. Hes never been with anybody for whom where the moneys coming from is not an issue. Steven Soderbergh Assembled The 'Ocean's' Cast 'Carefully,' Starting With George Clooney . [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. I can't wait to see what he has in store for us this time. I can make it do anything I want. But that wasn't the best representation of meeven as a person. Theyre bookends. Theres a micro-pause in there that if you dont nail it, its not funny. So Im giving up that Im not Roger Deakins or Emmanuel Lubezki. She was always there. One of the best things I inherited from my parents was a lack of interest in acquiring money. I think the more difficult question is about maintaining the love of the job and of the medium. Theres so much of her in the film because we were building these scenes based on conversations we were having with her. It can be frustrating for people on the production. [137] He filmed with three rotating iPhones using a DJI stabiliser to hold the phone in place. You like shooting people, you like shooting bodies, you like shooting faces. I was about to leave to go scout a location, and Salma was on her way to start rehearsing with Channing. [140], In addition to his directing, he is frequently a screenwriter for his films. But when it coheres, when theres an overarching grammar that is being employed and its not just, Oh, I can throw the camera around. The film grossed $41million on a $22million budget and received generally favorable reviews from critics. Steven Soderberghs filmography is packed with stories of disaffected professionals who announce that theyre permanently out of whatever job they used to do yet reenter their fields instantly when offered a challenge too enticing to pass up. How long can I love what Im doing to the extent that I want to get up every day and keep doing it? [13] Movie critic Roger Ebert called Soderbergh the "poster boy of the Sundance generation". From 'Ocean's Eleven' to 'Logan Lucky' to the forthcoming 'No Sudden Move,' Soderbergh has madeand continues to make . There was Steven and this new . ", "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. [92] The film was released on August 18, 2017, by Bleecker Street and Fingerprint Releasing, his own distribution and production company. [28] Soderbergh co-wrote the script for the 1997 horror-thriller Nightwatch with Danish filmmaker Ole Bornedal. [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. If Im reading something that Im sparking to or if Im imagining something from scratch, I see faces. "[67], In August 2011, Soderbergh served as a second unit director on The Hunger Games and filmed much of the District 11 riot scene. In 2010, Soderbergh shot the action-thriller Haywire, starring Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, and Channing Tatum which, even though was shot in early 2010, was not released until January 2012. A face with a certain kind of expression on it. George Clooney was set for the lead role of Napoleon Solo but had to drop out due to a recurring back injury suffered while filming Syriana. [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. A spit take to me is just always funny, and I wish I had more of them in my filmography. There are very few things in this world that have this kind of purity and clarity, and I think its one of the reasons that dance is so joyful. [81], In May 2013only months into his retirementSoderbergh announced that he would direct a 10-part miniseries for Cinemax called The Knick. All rights reserved. Its nun versus AI in Damon Lindelofs new series. [78] In November 2011 Soderbergh withdrew from the project due to budget and casting conflicts,[79] and was eventually replaced by Guy Ritchie. [25] Soderbergh has since called the film "dead on arrival" and described the making of it as his bottoming out. Theres no way in hell Im going to do that! Cut to: them doing it.To me, thats the equivalent of a spit take. I think Mike shares that attitude. [146] He is generally said to have a cinematic niche in these types of films. Privacy Policy and [74] Screened at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, A. O. Scott of The New York Times stated, that Soderbergh "[handled] it brilliantly, serving notice once again that he is a crackerjack genre technician. 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.] We didnt want to be winking at the audience, you know what I mean? [60][61], Soderbergh's first film of 2009 was The Informant!, a black comedy starring Matt Damon as corporate whistleblower Mark Whitacre. If Channing and Reid and the choreographic team hadnt created the live show, the movie wouldnt exist. That sounds like an awesome collaborationreally freeing for everyone involved. None of the lights, and the trucks, all that stuff that goes into making movies, there's none of it. After Griffin wrote the screenplay, Soderbergh signed on to direct. A spit take to me is just always funny, and I wish I had more of them in my filmography. 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? [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. You shouldnt do that again. 2023 NONETWORK, LLC. Palmer, R. Barton, and Steven Sanders (2011). I guess I wont know until Im confronted with it. Director Steven Soderbergh was also the cinematographer. [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. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us. There was no compelling reason to make a third film prior to that. But I really resist determining anything before Ive even seen where people are gonna stand. 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 As far as Im concerned, the scene had better prove to me that it needs to be here. What makes that scene funny?Its the turbocharged version of being completely lost creatively, of feeling absolutely overwhelmed and underprepared. [3] Soderbergh discovered filmmaking as a teenager and directed short films with a Super 8 and 16mm cameras. Whats their job? 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"[75] In the end, while promoting Side Effects in early 2013, he clarified that he had a five-year plan that saw him transitioning away from making feature films around his fiftieth birthday. [17][18], "When I say this is the most important motion picture you'll ever attend, my motivation is not financial gain, but a firm belief that the delicate fabric that holds all of us together will be ripped apart unless every man, woman, and child in this country sees this film and pays full ticket price, not some bargain matine cut-rate deal. But before Mike hits the stage for one final hip thrust, Mr. Soderbergh has some explaining to do. How to Make Money as a Cinematographer is a new in-depth online course from No Film School, available now. It was also, in a very naked way, an opportunity to articulate some things that I really wanted the movie to articulate, like the line Dance speaks no meaning as to its desire. I wanted somebody to say that out loud. I know enough to be able to tell the transportation department where to park the trucks, but Im not good at imagining things beforehand. (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). [139] He then filmed the entirety of 2019's High Flying Bird on an iPhone 8. [131] Soderbergh's Logan Lucky (2017) made reference to his trilogy by alluding to an "Ocean's 711", noting the trilogy's influence on the Southern heist film. Sometimes, rarely, its one. Why Steven Soderbergh's 'Solaris' Sets the Standard for Movie Remakes. Things you buy through our links may earnNew Yorka commission. She felt like, If were here, lets do it. Hes better at it. Or if they dont have a job, Whats that about? Its interesting the way its presented because it is a dance routine. They both have their clothes on, but theyre basically having sex in a variety of positions. 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