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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959825003321

Autore

Baker Aaron

Titolo

Steven Soderbergh / / Aaron Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011

ISBN

9786613063892

9781283063890

1283063891

9780252093012

0252093011

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 p.)

Collana

Contemporary film directors

Disciplina

791.4302/33092

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

Nota di contenuto

Relational independence. Remade by Steven Soderbergh : The underneath, Traffic, Ocean's eleven, Solaris -- Star actors: Julia Roberts, Michael Douglas, George Clooney -- Cinema of outsiders : alienation and crime -- Critical violence and Out of sight -- Words as weapons : The limey and Ocean's eleven -- Independent form. Experiments in digital video : Full frontal, K Street, Bubble -- Class conflict in high definition : Che and The girlfriend experience -- Music and authorship in Ocean's eleven and The limey -- Interviews with Steven Soderbergh.

Sommario/riassunto

Aaron Baker charts the common thematic and formal patterns present across Steven Soderbergh's oeuvre. Including detailed analyses of major films as well as two interviews with the director, this book illustrates Soderbergh's hybrid flexibility in bringing an independent aesthetic to wide audiences.