The long and prolific career of Steven Soderbergh (b. 1963) defies easy categorization. From his breakout beginnings in 1989 with sex; lies; and videotape to 2013; when he retired from big-screen movie-making to focus on other pursuits including television; the directorrsquo;s output resembles nothing less than an elaborate experiment. Soderberghrsquo;s Hollywood vehicles such as the Oceanrsquo;s Eleven movies; Contagion and Magic Mike appear just as risky and outside-the-box as low-budget exercises such as Schizopolis; Bubble; and The Girlfriend Experience.This updated edition details key career moments: his creative crisis surrounding his fourth film; The Underneath; his rejuvenation with the ultra-low-budget free-style Schizopolis; the mainstream achievements Erin Brockovich; Traffic; and the Oceanrsquo;s Eleven films; and his continuing dedication to pushing his craft forward with films as diverse as conspiracy thrillers; sexy dramas; and biopics on Che Guevara and Liberace.Spanning twenty-five years; these conversations reveal Soderbergh to be as self-effacing and lighthearted in his later more established years as he was when just beginning to make movies. He comes across as a man undaunted by the glitz and power of Hollywood; remaining; above all; a truly independent filmmaker unafraid to get his hands dirty and pick up the camera himself.
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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful. So; the standard Eurocentric narrative of progress from Greek ...By Michael KuboSo; the standard Eurocentric narrative of progress from Greek and Roman to (Western) modernism by way of Gothic; the Renaissance; and the Industrial Revolution now counts as "architectural history retold"? OK then.
