Comments on: Steven Soderbergh Throws Himself Under The Bus For ‘The Underneath’; Talks Criterion ‘King of The Hill’ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/steven-soderbergh-throws-himself-under-the-bus-for-the-underneath-talks-criterion-king-of-the-hill-20140311/ Fri, 13 May 2016 07:59:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: jonnybon https://staging2.theplaylist.net/steven-soderbergh-throws-himself-under-the-bus-for-the-underneath-talks-criterion-king-of-the-hill-20140311/#comment-36777 Fri, 13 May 2016 07:59:12 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2014/more/uncategorized/steven-soderbergh-throws-himself-under-the-bus-for-the-underneath-talks-criterion-king-of-the-hill-88388/#comment-36777 King of the Hill is brilliant. Soderbergh's best.

]]> By: eddie lydecker https://staging2.theplaylist.net/steven-soderbergh-throws-himself-under-the-bus-for-the-underneath-talks-criterion-king-of-the-hill-20140311/#comment-36778 Fri, 13 May 2016 07:59:12 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2014/more/uncategorized/steven-soderbergh-throws-himself-under-the-bus-for-the-underneath-talks-criterion-king-of-the-hill-88388/#comment-36778 Steven Soderberghs films are ALL pretentious unwatchable hogwash.

]]> By: Brad https://staging2.theplaylist.net/steven-soderbergh-throws-himself-under-the-bus-for-the-underneath-talks-criterion-king-of-the-hill-20140311/#comment-36779 Fri, 13 May 2016 07:59:12 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2014/more/uncategorized/steven-soderbergh-throws-himself-under-the-bus-for-the-underneath-talks-criterion-king-of-the-hill-88388/#comment-36779 Soderbergh is, seemingly, one of the most self-aware filmmakers out there. I completely agree with his assessment of 'The Underneath'. Yes, it's visually striking and has an excellent, excellent performance from Gallagher (seriously, that gambling/football scene has to be one of the actor's finest moments on screen) but so what? The film's neither a particularly penetrative psychological study nor a particularly thrilling genre film. It's stuck between these two extremes and too rigid to balance them with any deft. He's returned to many of the same concerns and narrative tropes with greater clarity in films like 'Out of Sight', 'The Limey' and 'Traffic'.

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