I knew almost nothing about Presence before I went to see it. I hadn’t seen a trailer or read a plot description or reviews. I didn’t even know who was in it! All I knew was that it was a ghost story from the ghost’s POV and that Steven Soderbergh had directed it with a script from David Koepp.
The Maddie Corman-starring drama about a familiar world falling apart will launch on Max Feb. 1 before jumping to HBO on Feb. 6.
From Presence to Ocean’s 11, Soderbergh has directed every kind of movie but none ‘as good as The Third Man’, he says. So he keeps trying.
Presence, Steven Soderbergh’s latest, is a tight 85-minute family story set in a single absolutely gorgeous foursquare suburban house. In the first scene of the film, a real estate agent (played, entertainingly,
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The actor admits that Soderbergh's unusual way of capturing the film - told from a ghost's point of view - was a challenge to get used to: "it took the first day of shooting and a mini panic attack."
Soderbergh talks about writing a book about how to direct movies via Spielberg's 'Jaws' and remastering his entire film catalog in 4K HDR.
The entire film is shot entirely from the ghost's point of view, the audience haunting a family that has recently moved into a New Jersey home, not realizing that something was already living there. Critic Sean Burns says it's a great gimmick,
That dexterous proficiency has made the ever-experimenting Soderbergh one of Hollywood's most widely respected evaluators of the movie business. In a wide-ranging conversation, he discussed why he thinks streaming is the most destructive force the movies have ever faced and why he's “the cockroach of this industry."
Presence' writer David Koepp on the devastating reveal of who is the ghost in the house, working with Steven Soderbergh and returning to 'Jurassic World.'
The film stars Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Eddy Maday, and Callina Liang, and explores themes of trauma, family dynamics, and the supernatural.
Steven Soderbergh is a tough director to pin down. Now, the Oscar winner is taking on a ghost story called Presence. Soderbergh spoke with CBC's Eli Glasner about the precarious state of the industry and why he won't make another Ocean's film.