Comments on: Steven Soderbergh Considering ‘The Limey 2’ With Terence Stamp & Michael Caine

By: gabetoro

gabetoro — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:37:31 +0000

1) I don't understand how people would think this was a commercial move. No one saw the original "The Limey." This is akin to Abbas Kiarostami's "Taste Of Cherry II: The Reckoning."

2) Michael Keaton needs it more.

3) I would think we've gotten passed the antiquated "no sequels ever" rule, since sequels, some great, have been made since the beginning of time, and out of all the filmmakers to revisit their work, few are more interesting than Soderbergh.

4) The DVD commentary for KEANE, a movie Soderbergh produced, is pretty good. Even better is the "producer's cut" version of the film on the same DVD that showcases how Soderbergh would have edited the film differently. The contrast between the two cuts is a film class in itself. Great movie, btw.

By: J.D.

J.D. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:33:46 +0000

Actually Soderbergh doesn't do a commentary on the ALGIERS Criterion DVD set. He's on a featurette entitled, "Five Directors" which also includes Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, and Oliver Stone

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:22:27 +0000

Ah yes, the Third Man. I have that too. Not sure about Clean shaven. The thing about his commentaries though is that it's a conversation between two ppl which is sometimes better than one person by themselves (except Wes Anderson commentaries with other ppl that generally suck; they go off on tangents that aren't that interesting, it's mutual admiration society…)

By: stephen

stephen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:10:20 +0000

Totally agree...his commentaries set the standard, really. He's the only filmmaker who really knows how to do it, by bringing in another filmmaker, be they related to the film or not. I've gotten to the point where I buy/rent movies of his just to hear the commentary.
Apparently he does commentary on The Third Man and Clean Shaven DVDs (both Criterion) as well.

I would like to say "don't screw up The Limey" but fuck...Caine and Stamp together, going to get revenge? How can I turn that down?

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:25:01 +0000

@Shingle. Yeah, i love that film and commentary. Must-own. (All of soderbergh's commentaries are great and i have a few, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Graduate, etc.)

i think there's one for Catch 22? but not sure. He def does one for Battle Of Algiers, but i bought that for a buddies x-mas gift instead of picking it up for myself.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:15:54 +0000

i love the limey and i love the crazy po-mo temporal editing, but i don't want a sequel from Soderbergh. Do Liberace and or Cleo, but i would understand if he feels like he needs a commercial project before he jumps into those two.

By: stephen

stephen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:15:21 +0000

To believe that she said "Michael Keaton" you'd have to assume Ms. Asner all of the sudden horribly slurred the name "Keaton" into "Caine." I don't know what else to say.
There's also a lot of POINT BLANK in LIMEY. Soderbergh actually does the commentary with John Boorman on the PB DVD.

By: bagal

bagal — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:13:07 +0000

I literally rewatched it last weekend and everytime I see it, it blows my socks off! Not only does the deft non-linear editing bring a smile to my face, but, the referencing of the Ken Loach film as flashbacks=cinephile's post-modern boner!

It's terrible what happened to Moneyball, but, me hopes this project is on the fast track

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:11:28 +0000

You're hoping for Michael Keaton or you're ears are voting for him. It's not him.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:19:18 +0000

I'm still voting for Keaton.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:59:01 +0000

@maria. Exactly.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:53:03 +0000

It's Caine not Keaton…the two were roommates during the 60's. I even believe they may have starred in a couple of films together back then…?
so Soderbergh could use the same technique that he did in 'The Limey'….cutting back to a film/cutting back in time…to the 60's.

By: Divad Nead

Divad Nead — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:50:21 +0000

Since when did Hollywood take a closed story and lengthen the character arc by adding a similar foil character with related wit and heritage...um, forever, recentl, always?

Can we just have new stories instead of recycled bits of past goodness?

Re: John's comment. Yes, that's true in the film, however there's really no need to extend this storyline. It was such a good close.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:48:15 +0000

And just cause that's what /film heard doesn't make it so. I think we've already outlined why Caine makes a thousand times more sense than Keaton does and that British writer of all ppl should have figured that out too.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:47:26 +0000

Listen again.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:39:49 +0000

I heard she said Terrence Stamp and Michael Keaton.

By: Sporterblog

Sporterblog — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:29:49 +0000

In a lot of ways I still consider The Limey to be Soderbergh's best film. I really hope this gets made.

By: John

John — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:06:29 +0000

I can't recall exactly, but I think this may have been mentioned in the commentary (or else I read about it in an interview). At the end of the film, Stamp's character makes a reference to going after the guys who betrayed him and got him sent to jail for the heist job that got him sent to prison (where he was when his daughter was killed.)

By: gabetoro

gabetoro — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:04:21 +0000

MAKE THIS HAPPEN.