Comments on: Steven Soderbergh Taking On Theater Directing Gig For Cate Blanchett’s Sydney Theater Company?

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:07:38 +0000

@american thrift. thanks for posting. i need to check these out.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:26:17 +0000

Spoke to the writer. He assures me, the interview was conducted last thursday and he says he did ask about Moneyball, as in working within the studio system, but he didn't really answer the question directly.

By: American Thrift Media

American Thrift Media — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:19:56 +0000

I'm from Baton Rouge where Soderbergh shot Schizopolis, Gray's Anatomy and directed the Geniuses play in the mid '90s. I wrote a cover story on Soderbergh's Louisiana routes the 20th Anniversary of sex, lies and videotape (also shot in Baton rouge) after interviewing him last year and here are the links: http://225batonrouge.com/news/2009/jan/26/see-you-l/

and

http://225batonrouge.com/news/2009/jan/26/sex-lies-and-legacy/

Soderbergh may take a year or two off soon, but he'll be back. In some way shape or form. No way he'll retire for good. He loves making movies too much.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:06:40 +0000

Thanks. Yes, we try. Question marks are important in headlines i think. Ah well, you can't police the web, only yourself.

By: stephen

stephen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:13:23 +0000

Even if you guys did a sensationalist headline like that, it would at least have a question mark. These headlines are pulling in readers by acting like he said "I am definitely quitting" instead of just said "I can see myself quitting."

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:21:34 +0000

btw, i love the Good German poster so much. it kills.

By: Shadow And Act

Shadow And Act — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:18:00 +0000

Not sure if you noted this… the Aussie theatre company's website page for this "Untitled Project" does list Soderbergh's name as director in the left-hand column, almost as if it's a done deal. The page even lists playdates in December for the project.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:02:18 +0000

Thanks. Yeah, i tried to avoid that. It gets sensationalist. I'm sure we've done a bad headline in our day too. I guess it depends on how well you know a project.

And again, i see this "Story has been retracted" multiple places in comments sections and i buy it, he said the same things during the Che press cycle so they're probably old quotes, but i still don't see any change on the old story.

We already wrote about the same thing when he told GQ he wanted to retire in a few years as well, but no one noticed because Moneyball wasn't such a big deal.

Obviously those quotes said before the Moneyball situation are definitely out of context.

We'll see if something turns up online.

By: stephen

stephen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:58:10 +0000

I love how headlines have become "Soderbergh Plans to Quit Directing." No nuance whatsoever. Just as you predicted, Playlist.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:17:06 +0000

spin spin spin. LOL.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:11:52 +0000

link? the original story has not changed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:08:16 +0000

the story in the Guardian has already been retracted. The quotes were out of context and the article had a lot of factual errors (including saying Che made 1.7 million worldwide..when it's made over 50 million)

Soderbergh has been set to direct this play for over a year.