Steven Soderbergh on Blu-ray

[James Luckard]

Mr. Kneff, the reworked version of Kafka, just premiered at TIFF:

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/09/st...ff-1234665729/

Hopefully the promised boxset will materialize soon.

[Richard--W]

It wold not be inappropriate to include a list of Soderbergh's smart-phone films that are
available only as downloads. No Sudden Move for example. The most authentic neo-noir
I've seen in awhile.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Richard--W

It wold not be inappropriate to include a list of Soderbergh's smart-phone films that are
available only as downloads. No Sudden Move for example. The most authentic neo-noir
I've seen in awhile.

Hmm... I think Unsane and High Flying Bird were the only films he shot on an iPhone. His other digital films have been shot conventionally, mostly on various Red cameras, he's a big fan of them and usually gets the latest technology that hasn't been commercially released yet.

None of his streaming films are available for download, unfortunately. They can only be viewed on the various streaming platforms, with current membership.

HIGH FLYING BIRD - Netflix
THE LAUNDROMAT - Netflix
LET THEM ALL TALK - HBO Max
NO SUDDEN MOVE - HBO Max

I've loved all of them, but none of them have had any physical media release, nor are any of them likely ever to have one, sadly.

I'll add a list of them at the bottom of the OP though.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Mr. Kneff, the reworked version of Kafka, just premiered at TIFF:

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/09/st...ff-1234665729/

Hopefully the promised boxset will materialize soon.

Man, that sounds.... bad? Removed all the dialogue and replaced it with subtitles? I hope if he releases his box set that at least the original cut is included.

[Richard--W]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Hmm... I think Unsane and High Flying Bird were the only films he shot on an iPhone. His other digital films have been shot conventionally, mostly on various Red cameras, he's a big fan of them and usually gets the latest technology that hasn't been commercially released yet.

None of his streaming films are available for download, unfortunately. They can only be viewed on the various streaming platforms, with current membership.

HIGH FLYING BIRD - Netflix
THE LAUNDROMAT - Netflix
LET THEM ALL TALK - HBO Max
NO SUDDEN MOVE - HBO Max

I've loved all of them, but none of them have had any physical media release, nor are any of them likely ever to have one, sadly.

I'll add a list of them at the bottom of the OP though.

I did a search. More information has come out about Soderbergh's methods
on NO SUDDEN MOVE. He shot it on the RED Monstro 8K with a modified
sensor using anamorphic Kowa lenses. Interesting report that didn't come
up in a previous search:

NO SUDDEN MOVE's LUSH LOOK

[Mister_Kidd]

Originally Posted by Richard--W

I did a search. More information has come out about Soderbergh's methods
on NO SUDDEN MOVE. He shot it on the RED Monstro 8K with a modified
sensor using anamorphic Kowa lenses. Interesting report that didn't come
up in a previous search:

NO SUDDEN MOVE's LUSH LOOK

And a fish eye on like 95% of the movie.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Man, that sounds.... bad? Removed all the dialogue and replaced it with subtitles? I hope if he releases his box set that at least the original cut is included.

Back when he announced the boxset a year or two ago, he said it would have both cuts.

[Aunt Peg]

I'm hoping Kafta will also get released in its original form. It took me years to track it down and a was very disappointed with it but I would love to re-visit the film.

I finally ordered the Criterion King of the Hill as it is another Soderberg film I wish to re-visit. I will most definitely order the box set of some of this work as some of them are amongst my favourite of his.

[UltraMario9]

New email from Extension 765 points to more engagement on the site from Soderbergh but no specific mention of the boxset.

Mr/Dr Soderbergh, on advice from his dentist, will be posting more often and offering new swag and one-of-a-kind items.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by UltraMario9

New email from Extension 765 points to more engagement on the site from Soderbergh but no specific mention of the boxset.

He used to have a page on the website where he sold props and promotional items from his films that he had lying around his house, for charity. Sounds like he might start doing that again.

[James Luckard]

His new film, KIMI, premieres February 10 on HBO Max:


https://variety.com/2021/film/news/k...ax-1235135614/

[DukeTogo84]

Hope we get news on this boxset soon and hope it includes The Limey and even the Good German.

[UltraMario9]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

He used to have a page on the website where he sold props and promotional items from his films that he had lying around his house, for charity. Sounds like he might start doing that again.

I was temped many a time to grab one of those lighting test prints.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Mister_Kidd

And a fish eye on like 95% of the movie.

A 40mm Kowa anamorphic lens isn't a fisheye.

“We were shooting on the RED Monstro sensor with very intense anamorphics. The lens coverage on the sensor was not entirely designed to cover the widest edges of the frame, there was very intense distortion at the far right and left edges of the frame and the initial framing had that cropped out. But when Steven saw how the optics were interacting with the image, he loved it, and was like, ‘Oh, I want to include that.’ So we actually widened out the image masking, and included those side parts, where there was very intense lens distortion. You got these really wild effects as the camera pans around bending the picture.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Hope we get news on this boxset soon and hope it includes The Limey and even the Good German.

He announced the contents a while back, it's the films whose ownership has reverted back to him.

Kafka
Schizopolis
Gray’s Anatomy
Full Frontal
Bubble
The Girlfriend Experience
And Everything Is Going Fine

- he completely re-edited Kafka as Mr. Kneff, both versions should be included
- he re-edited Schizopolis and Full Frontal, shortening them both
- he has not altered the other four

The Limey is distributed by Lionsgate in the US, and The Good German is owned outright by Warner Bros worldwide. They won't be in the box set.

[Mister_Kidd]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

A 40mm Kowa anamorphic lens isn't a fisheye.

“We were shooting on the RED Monstro sensor with very intense anamorphics. The lens coverage on the sensor was not entirely designed to cover the widest edges of the frame, there was very intense distortion at the far right and left edges of the frame and the initial framing had that cropped out. But when Steven saw how the optics were interacting with the image, he loved it, and was like, ‘Oh, I want to include that.’ So we actually widened out the image masking, and included those side parts, where there was very intense lens distortion. You got these really wild effects as the camera pans around bending the picture.

Disagree with his assessment of “how the optics were interacting with the image.” I found it distracting and awkward. Of course he’s a professional director and I’m just some dude on a message board, so who knows?

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Mister_Kidd

Disagree with his assessment of “how the optics were interacting with the image.” I found it distracting and awkward. Of course he’s a professional director and I’m just some dude on a message board, so who knows?

Didn't really bother me, and I generally hate the true fisheye look of some of the Gilliam films like Twelve Monkeys. Apparently he used a lens that was common in shooting 50s pulp films to give it that true vintage look, but when he widened the masking to show the distorted edges, it kind of killed that vibe.

[dr727]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

He used to have a page on the website where he sold props and promotional items from his films that he had lying around his house, for charity. Sounds like he might start doing that again.

I bought a bunch of Frank Zappa’s studio ephemera when Dweezil & Ahmet were running the Barking Pumpkin website in the mid-1990s.

[Kyle15]

Didn't Kafka have forced cuts back when it originally came out? It'd be cool if its pre-cut cut were released. Soderbergh is going far too Lucas for me with this...new thing.

[James Luckard]

KIMI has been released on DVD. I own it, it's a genuine, pressed disc:


Let Them All Talk and No Sudden Move are being released on DVD in July:
https://www.moviezyng.com/no-sudden-...e/883929797271
https://www.moviezyng.com/let-them-a...p/883929797257