In 1989, Steven Soderbergh helped launch the independent film movement with Sex, Lies, and Videotape. Box office success followed with the Ocean's Eleven franchise, Traffic, and Erin Brockovich. But the filmmaker tells Kurt Andersen that he's ready to retire from movie-directing.
Special thanks to Film Streams and Omaha Performing Arts for the audio.
Correction: Matt Damon is to appear in Soderbergh's upcoming film Contagion, not Haywire, as was stated in the introduction.
Bonus Track: Extended Cut
Listen to Kurt's full 45-minute conversation with Steven Soderbergh
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Fantastic interview. Love you, Alan! You were one of the main influences for me to get back into acting later ...
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Really difficult to convey this as a "sound story" and it was done beautifully. Really compelling.
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Does anyone know when the trailer for Haywire is coming out?
And it seems to me that he's at odds with the Studio about how this movie is going to be perceived? So many reshoots and delays with this one. Makes me think something is wrong.
Hi Mike,
Glad you enjoyed the interview. Kurt's full 45-minute conversation with Steven Soderbergh is available through the second audio player on this page, directly below the photo of Steven.
Thanks!
Hi Kurt - Great interview, but any chance of posting the whole 45 minute extended version for downloading? Great show as always...
m.w.
That's very sad news. He's one of the best.
fantastic interview,really sad if he is gonna retire,he is such an inspiration and i have read his book "lucky bastard" title ,its more of a conversation with richard lester,u can sort of guess how schizopolis came,it seems like a lester movie
Thanks, Edward. Haywire and Contagion are both slotted to be released later this year, and the casts for both Soderbergh movies are chock full of A-listers, but you're right: Damon is in Contagion, not Haywire. Good catch!
Damon is in Contagion, not Haywire and no, it's not coming out next month.
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