Director Steven Soderbergh’s annual list of everything he watched and read in 2024. (I would love to read little media diet-style reviews of all this from him.)
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Is it me or did he watch a lot of Star Wars?
So much Star Wars! And no Shogun...
And Jaws! Apparently, he's writing a book about the making of Jaws
Over Xmas week, Soderbergh watched the Star Wars Prequel trilogy plus Solo, Rogue One, and Star Wars, i.e. the first six chapters in narrative order.
One wonders if he's been approached by Lucasfilm… 🤔
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I gotta say, a Soderbergh Star Wars film is quite a tantalizing prospect.
Any time I see trends in his watching, I'm wondering if something is up. I remember on his SEEN, READ 2022 he had watched David Fincher's 2023 movie The Killer four times within the span of about a week (obviously before it was released). It was later rumored that Soderberg, as a friend, helped Fincher edit the film.
My read is that it started with Andor — which he watched twice, and went back to the prequels after each one. Like there was unpacking to do.
The question is, was it a palate cleanser (like the doubleheader of Gladiator II followed
Immediately by Alien) or something else.
Love this kind of media sleuthing
The persistent thought as I read through this (impressive) list is: Where does he find the time? According to IMDb, he's got a film in pre-production, a film in post-production and a film that releases in 3 weeks. Maybe he watches and reads instead of sleeping?
Observation: The man has NO love for Christmas films.
we can assume all of this is at his home, so no time is spent going to theaters, but with that said - the same day he watches The Brutalist (3.5 hours long), he watches another 2+ hour movie?
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