Steven Soderbergh was one of the first filmmakers to break out in what is now called the “Indiewood” movement of the nineteen. It was quite early, in fact, to have done it in the 1980s, with the Palme d'Or winner Sex, lies, and Videotape. His following films have been numerous and varied, even more than those of his Indiewood Spike Lee peers, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. A bit like Schizopolis,, Bubble,, Girlfriend's experienceAnd Let them all talk aboutwere more “indie”; others, like, Out of sight,, Erin Brockovich, and the Ocean And Magic Mike The series were more “Hollywood”. But wherever on the spectrum at a tehera and one for me, he never compromised on his job.
To enlighten this dedication, Evan Puschak, known on YouTube under the name of Nerdwriter, breaks down a scene from the last photo of Soderbergh in The video above. Black bagWhich was released last March, is a low -budget thriller, a form that has proven to be fruitful for the director in recent decades.
It is proven in a creative, fruitful way, in any case, if not always financial; Already, Soderbergh himself has publicly expressed his disappointment in the face of the performance of the film's box office. But if the public has neglected Black bagThey did not do it because of his poor quality work. In even a minor transition scene of less than two minutes, explains Puschak, we can identify many choices of director who make everything work effectively.
By examining each of the eleven shots on the scene (a rhythm of modification of the patient fortunately, according to the standards of today), Puschak highlights the cuts, framing, placements of cameras, the movements and the Focals of Soderbergh, explaining the relevance of each in history. It is not only the author of a fanboy: Soderbergh always uses his own camera and publishes his own images, crediting pseudonyms. The fact that this practice leaves its films with a deep author stamp, whatever their subject or its target audience, is obvious; What is less clear is how he managed to continue while doing a functionality each year, on average, because Sex, lies, and Videotape. If, after all this, you have not sold to watch Black Bag, just wait for Soderbergh's next film – that this “most effective and creative film solver” has already finished filming three months ago.
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