The Cinema of Steven Soderbergh: Indie Sex, Corporate Lies, and Digital Videotape
The industry's only director—cinematographer—screenwriter—producer—actor—editor, Steven Soderbergh is contemporary Hollywood's most innovative and prolific filmmaker. A Palme d'or and Academy Award—winner, Soderbergh has directed nearly thirty films, including political provocations, digital experiments, esoteric documentaries, global blockbusters, and a series of atypical genre films. This volume considers its slippery subject from several perspectives, analyzing Soderbergh as an expressive auteur of art cinema and genre fare, as a politically—motivated guerrilla filmmaker, and as a Hollywood insider. Combining a detective's approach to investigating the truth with a criminal's alternative value system, Soderbergh's films tackle social justice in a corporate world, embodying dozens of cinematic trends and forms advanced in the past twenty—five years. His career demonstrates the richness of contemporary American cinema, and this study gives his complex oeuvre the in—depth analysis it deserves.
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The Cinema of Steven Soderbergh: Indie Sex, Corporate Lies, and Digital Videotape
The industry's only director—cinematographer—screenwriter—producer—actor—editor, Steven Soderbergh is contemporary Hollywood's most innovative and prolific filmmaker. A Palme d'or and Academy Award—winner, Soderbergh has directed nearly thirty films, including political provocations, digital experiments, esoteric documentaries, global blockbusters, and a series of atypical genre films. This volume considers its slippery subject from several perspectives, analyzing Soderbergh as an expressive auteur of art cinema and genre fare, as a politically—motivated guerrilla filmmaker, and as a Hollywood insider. Combining a detective's approach to investigating the truth with a criminal's alternative value system, Soderbergh's films tackle social justice in a corporate world, embodying dozens of cinematic trends and forms advanced in the past twenty—five years. His career demonstrates the richness of contemporary American cinema, and this study gives his complex oeuvre the in—depth analysis it deserves.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780231165501 |
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| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Publication date: | 05/07/2013 |
| Series: | Directors' Cuts |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
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