{"product_id":"steven-soderbergh-interviews-9781578064298","title":"Steven Soderbergh: Interviews","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteven Soderbergh's cinema-making star has blazed with \u003cem\u003esex, lies, and videotape\u003c\/em\u003e, sputtered with \u003cem\u003eThe Underneath\u003c\/em\u003e, and flared again with the acclaimed movie \u003cem\u003eTraffic\u003c\/em\u003e.  \u003cem\u003eSteven Soderbergh: Interviews\u003c\/em\u003e charts the rise and fall and rise of the writer-director-producer's surprising career from 1989 to 2001. From his \"\"flavor of the month\"\" status with his debut film \u003cem\u003esex, lies, and videotape\u003c\/em\u003e to his Academy Award-winning feature \u003cem\u003eTraffic\u003c\/em\u003e, Soderbergh's road to success is fraught with ups and downs.  On each and every film, the book details such experiences as his creative crisis surrounding his fourth film, \u003cem\u003eThe Underneath\u003c\/em\u003e, and his rejuvenation with the ultra-low budget free-style \u003cem\u003eSchizopolis\u003c\/em\u003e, and the mainstream achievements that followed with \u003cem\u003eErin Brockovich\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTraffic\u003c\/em\u003e.  Spanning twelve years, these conversations reveal Soderbergh (b. 1963) to be as self-effacing and lighthearted in his later more established years as he was when just starting out. 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.  Not only do the interviews provide a glimpse into the filmmaker's aesthetics, but they also offer a history of the U.S. independent film movement in the late 1980s and 1990s--the explosion of \"\"independent films,\"\" studios and film festivals, and the Hollywood co-optation of such talents, Soderbergh included. The collection also reveals the increasingly blurred boundaries between independent and mainstream and Soderbergh's commitment to revitalizing cinema from inside the system.","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515871125847,"sku":"9781578064298","price":19.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/steven-soderbergh-interviews-9781578064298","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}