Steven Soderbergh’s directing career started with “Sex, Lies and Videotape,” a massive breakout that not only launched his career — it changed the industry of independent filmmaking in America. While struggling to find his footing after becoming a household name at age 26, Soderbergh never let himself become frozen by his early success or some preconceived notion of what his career would be. Instead, he dogmatically followed any story that piqued his interest, regardless if it was building the slick “Ocean’s Eleven” franchise or an experimental film he shot in his hometown with friends (“Schizopolis”).
He has been careful to build a career that was commercially viable so as to maximize his ability to be constantly creating and experimenting with films that were sometimes aggressively uncommercial. Along the way, he has fought to be as efficient a filmmaker as possible – constantly trying different approaches and new technology to make and...
He has been careful to build a career that was commercially viable so as to maximize his ability to be constantly creating and experimenting with films that were sometimes aggressively uncommercial. Along the way, he has fought to be as efficient a filmmaker as possible – constantly trying different approaches and new technology to make and...
- 8/14/2017
- by David Ehrlich and Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Magic Valley is – as I learned while writing this review – the kind of film that grows in your mind over time. For the past couple of days, I’ve been thinking more and more about its characters and events, coming to the conclusion that it’s much more original than I initially gave it credit for. At the same time, most audiences may sit through and come out of this movie bewildered by what writer and director Jaffe Zinn has concocted.
The basic plot follows several denizens of the small town of Buhl, Idaho (also a former title for the film). You have your lead Tj Waggs (Kyle Gallner), a teenage boy who feels immense guilt over something that’s recently happened; what that thing is, however, is for viewers to learn. There’s also sheriff Ed Halfner (the great Scott Glenn), who finds that in this small town, menial...
The basic plot follows several denizens of the small town of Buhl, Idaho (also a former title for the film). You have your lead Tj Waggs (Kyle Gallner), a teenage boy who feels immense guilt over something that’s recently happened; what that thing is, however, is for viewers to learn. There’s also sheriff Ed Halfner (the great Scott Glenn), who finds that in this small town, menial...
- 4/26/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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