True to the ‘art house’ side of him, Soderbergh decided to mess with the chronological order of the events in the story and cast unkown actors and actresses. His previous film, the epic Che, is now followed by one of his shortest films yet, The Girlfriend Experience, clocking in at a paltry 78 minutes. Hollywood crowd pleasers (Oceans films), Oscar worthy efforts ( Traffic, Erin Brockovich), art-house favourites ( Che, Schizopolis), Soderbergh can, seemingly, do it all.
He can make a slick, fun heist movie like Out of Sight with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, he can destroy and defy expectations and conventions of comedies like in Schizopolis (starring none other than the director himself), and he’s perfectly capable of producing a 4 ¼ hour long biopic about one of the 20th century’s most popular figures, Che Guevara in Che. What’s particularly impressive is his ability to deliver high quality films, regardless of what kind of story he is telling, which actors are starring in the film or even what kind of camera he is using. I haven’t seen all of the man’s projects, but more than enough to determine that he knows exactly how to handle almost any film genre.
One of the great American directors working today, Soderbergh is a filmmaker who can comfortably slip into almost any genre. The Girlfriend Experience (2009, Steven Soderbergh)
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