: Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Author: Steven Soderbergh
Director: Steven Soderbergh
I hadn’t seen this for years so it was cool to rent the DVD and see it again. What surprised me was how current the movie still is, and the amazing performance by James Spader. He’s incredible in this film — such subtle acting is extremely rare. The director’s commentary on the DVD is pretty cool — Soderbergh birdwalks all over the place, touching on his favorite films and scenes and occasionally commenting on “Sex, Lies.” Seeing his perspective ten years after his directorial debuts is educational. As to the film itself, it was more impressive now than ever: the story’s not especially unusual (an extramarital affair), but the perspective is different. Most impressive was how Soderbergh makes us feel like we’re watching the extremely sexual, and yet there’s no nudity or direct sexual activity — it really is just sex talk.
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