Have you been as productive as Soderbergh during this pandemic?
“This is a big one,” he said when asked about his future projects.
“And it’s worth noting that I never considered myself a writer.
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I’ve gotta go back to writing.
So, within the first six or seven weeks of the lockdown, I finished three different screenplays.
The original was a sequel toSex, Lies, and Videotape.
And so I wrote it, and I want to make it.”
Sex, Lies, and VideotapestarredAndie MacDowell,Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo, andJames Spader.
The more modern parallels to this concept about the complications sparked by video confessionals are apparent.
The film was nominated for an Oscar for Soderbergh’s screenplay, as well as three Golden Globe nominations.
It also won the coveted Palme d’Or top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Soderbergh later released his filmFull Frontalin 2002 that was considered a spiritual sequel.
Watch the full episode with Soderbergh above and ask yourself whether you’ve been as productive as the director.
