"Steven Soderbergh has made some big films" over the course of his career, from "Ocean's Eleven" to "Erin Brockovich", said Matthew Bond in The Mail on Sunday. "And now, he's made a very small one": a microbudget ghost story "that reportedly took only three weeks to shoot".
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.'
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.
Credit: NEON Koepp expanded on this: "In the last 10 to 15 years, horror has really been prominent and changed. Gore and jump scares are huge. When people hear horror, they think of that. When I think of horror,
The "Presence" director/editor/cinematographer/camera operator goes deep on how he cracked shooting an entire film from a ghost's POV.
Doing his own camerawork, the director gleefully enriches the haunted-house genre with a simple but ingenious device.
The film stars Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Eddy Maday, and Callina Liang, and explores themes of trauma, family dynamics, and the supernatural.
"I always operate the camera, but this was next level," the director says. "I’m really in there with the actors."
Directed by Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Eleven, Contagion) from a screenplay by David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Panic Room), the haunted house chiller is shot entirely from the point of view of a spirit trapped inside a suburban home (i.
Smart, concise, and wonderfully wrought as only director Steven Soderbergh can do, “Presence” is a modern ghost story with the director starring as the ghost. ‘Presence’ (IMDb)
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.
The intimate supernatural drama stars Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan as homeowners with an unexpected houseguest. With Presence, Steven Soderbergh Resurrects the Ghost Story: Review