Steven Soderbergh is one of those directors who sends me immediately to theaters to watch his stuff. The guy is so intense and so interesting. I love that he never really retired and is still making movies. His most recent movie, Black Bag, was an absolute blast. It was a tight spy thriller that had an all-star cast and got rave reviews. But it also didn't do well at the box office. It only brought in a little over $38M worldwide, and there's really no explanation as to why. It was put on VOD very quickly, and it didn't have a huge marketing push, but a movie like that with its reviews is expected to do more. That left Soderbergh wondering. - YouTube www.youtube.com Soderbergh's Hollywood Warning In a new interview with Business Insider, Soderbergh said of the experience, “It’s not fun to spend a lot of time and effort on something that just occupies zero cultural real estate.” He continued. “That’s not why any filmmaker wants to make movies. You want as many people to see them as possible. I’ve really got to think deeply about what kind of material I can find that I’m excited by and has the potential to draw a bigger audience than the last two movies.” Before Black Bag, Soderbergh also made a ghost movie called Presence, which was an indie that I deeply enjoyed, but which also didn't break out. The director behind the original Oceans trilogy and Traffik is definitely used...
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