As a fitting close to the Director’s Chair focus on Steven Soderbergh, I asked you all what your favorite picture of his was, from a selection of his more prominent/popular films.

I must say that I’m a bit surprised at the results. The Limey more or less walked away with it, taking 25% of the 59 votes, followed by Out of Sight (my vote) with 18% and a tie between Traffic and Ocean’s Eleven for third with 15%. Che took up the rear, earning just 3%, though I imagine it’s lowly placing has more to do with a lack of exposure than anything else.

New poll is gauging your interest in some of the highest-profile movies to be released (in North America) over the next few weeks. Are you like me and more or less “meh” on the lot of them, or are you psyched to see every last one? Either way, there can be only one (vote-getter).

Today marks the last day of our three day event in which we had concentrated upon the directorial career of Steven Soderbergh. The turn out for this event has been tremendously huge and I am hoping that everyone will be willing to return for the fifth installment of the series which will take place in mid-January (more information will be announced soon). For me there is an interesting characteristic about Steven Soderbergh that adds a little bit of attractiveness to his films. He is a pessimistic artist and does not really bother hiding his negative thoughts and feelings. Despite the depressive outlook that he bleeds through in his personal statements about his career he still tends to create stories that people are fascinated in watching. They are enjoyable films, none the less! Recently he has been vocal about the idea of retiring from the practice of filmmaking, but that would be as practical as any member of the Clinton duo actually retiring from public office (or completely removed from the public eye). It will probably not happen any time within the foreseeable future. Despite all of this we will continue to endearingly watch our very own contemporary cinematic Eeyore work his directorial talents into wonderfully entertaining stories.

The Fantabulous Time Machine of Mr. Soderbergh
Posted on The Film Cynics

Review of The Informant
Posted on Marshall and the Movies

Review of The Underneath
Posted on The Movie Encyclopedia

Review of Ocean’s Thirteen
Posted on Foolish Blatherings

The Despair and Irony of Steven Soderbergh
Posted on Matte Havoc

Review of The Girlfriend Experience
Posted on Not Just Movies

Review of The Informant
Posted on Cinema Viewfinder

Review of Ocean’s Thirteen
Posted on Movie Mobsters

Review of Che (part 1 & 2)
Posted on The Movie Encyclopedia

Review of The Limey
Posted on Bill’s Movie Emporium

Review of Che: Part Two
Posted on Korova Theatre Presents

Review of Ocean’s Thirteen
Posted on Blog Cabins

Review of The Girlfriend Experience
Posted on Cinema Viewfinder

Soderbergh: I Hate That I Love You
Posted on The Dark of the Matinee

Review of Traffic
Posted on Radiator Heaven

Review of Ocean’s Thirteen
Posted on The Movie Encyclopedia

Did you know that Steven Soderbergh often uses the alias of “Peter Andrews” when he serves as his own director of photography or the occasionally uses the alias of Mary Ann Bernard when he works on the editing of his own films? While shooting Traffic he wanted to be credited for photography and directing, but the Writer’s Guild Association (WGA) would not allow another credit ahead of the writer as stated under their guild regulations. Supposedly, he did not want to list his name too many times in the film’s credits, so he had adopted a couple of pseudonyms as an resolution. Peter Andrews, by the way, would the first name and middle name of his father. Interesting, eh?

Care to participate in the Director’s Chair series?
If you are a LAMB member who would like to participate in the Director’s Chair series then jump back to the original posting for the series to grab some information about the requirements for participation. However, make sure to observe that the deadline for the current installment of the series is tonight (it is within reason that I need enough time to add your link to the last day of the event). Make sure to send me an e-mail at mattehavoc@gmail.com with the links directly to the articles so that I may not accidentally overlook anything if I were to fish through your blog trying to find a wandering article. Now, without further delay here are the links for the second day of our fantastic installment.

Review of Ocean’s Twelve
Posted on Foolish Blatherings

Review of The Limey
Posted on Not Just Movies

Review of Ocean’s Twelve
Posted on Encore’s World of Film

Review of The Informant
Posted on The Movie Encyclopedia

Review of Cold Souls
Posted on Blog Cabins

Review of Che (part 1 & 2)
Posted on Cinema Viewfinder

Soderbergh talks about Che, Part One
Posted on Cinema Viewfinder

Soderbergh talks about Che, Part Two
Posted on Cinema Viewfinder

Review of Erin Brokovich
Posted on The Movie Encyclopedia

Review of The Informant
Posted on Movie Mobsters

Review of Traffic
Posted on Bill’s Movie Emporium

Review of Ocean’s Twelve
Posted on The Movie Encyclopedia

Review of Che: Part One
Posted on Korova Theatre Presents

Review of Out of Sight
Posted on Radiator Heaven

Movie Posters for Sodberbergh’s Films
Posted on He Shot Cyrus

Review of Three Soderbergh Films
Posted on The Dark of the Matinee

Editorial About Sodberbergh’s Career
Posted on Blog Cabins

Review of Traffic
Posted on The Dark of the Matinee

Review of Ocean’s Twelve
Posted on Big Mike’s Movie Blog

It may be said that Steven Soderbergh is a film director who has sparked the contemporary revolution of independent American filmmaking when a small time distributor by the name of Miramax had scooped up his film Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989). The film threw him in to the public scene of Hollywood and was the prized possession for the Weinstein brothers. Since then Steven Soderbergh has swayed back and forth between the two realms of mainstream filmmaking and indie production. He has proven to be a creative director who is capable of riding the boundary lines between the two sides and still appear to create one film right after another that is treasured by millions of people everywhere. Not only can he present a story that sneaks into the dark corners of someone’s personal life (i.e. The Girlfriend Experience and Sex, Lies, and Videotape), but also complete a sugar coated mainstream film that Hollywood would be thrilled to promote (the Ocean’s Eleven remake and its sequel films). Since this is the first day of our LAMBs in the Director’s Chair series that will be focusing upon his career it might be fitting to include several reviews for the first installment of the Ocean’s Eleven franchise along side a couple of extra films to round out the day. If you are a LAMB member who would like to participate in the Director’s Chair series then jump ahead to the original posting for the series. However, make sure to observe that the deadline for the current installment of the series is December 3rd (it is within reason that I need enough time to add your link to the last day of the event). Without further delay here are the links for today.

Review of Ocean’s Eleven
Posted on Film Forager

Review of Erin Brockovich
Posted on Movie Mobsters

Review of Ocean’s Eleven
Posted on Foolish Blatherings

Review of Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Posted on Bill’s Movie Emporium

Review of Ocean’s Eleven
Posted on Not Just Movies

Review of The Limey
Posted on Korova Theatre Presents

Review of The Informant
Posted on Film Forager

Editorial on Soderbergh’s Underrated Films
Posted on Blog Cabins

Review of Ocean’s Eleven
Posted on The Movie Encyclopedia

Review of The Girlfriend Experience
Posted on The Movie Encyclopedia

Review of Bubble
Posted on The Movie Encyclopedia

We are only three days away from installment number four of The LAMBs in the Director’s Chair event that will prominently feature Steven Soderbergh at the forefront of the three-day event. If you are not completely sure how the event works, I will explain it for you. Simply put I ask that every participating blogger is a LAMB member who will publish at least one article about the featured director before the end of the second day of the event. It is that easy! You can approach the topic in any method that you see reasonable for the event. Articles for the previous events have included movie reviews and event themed cooking recipes that tie in with the movies that have been helmed by the previous film directors! As previously mentioned, the focus of Director’s Chair #4 is Steven Soderbergh. There are a couple of promotional banners for the event in the original announcement post. If you would like to participate in the event and already have an article or two published on your website please feel free to e-mail me the link to mattehavoc@gmail.com as soon as possible.

We are only one week away from installment number four of The LAMBs in the Director’s Chair event that will prominently feature Steven Soderbergh at the forefront of the three-day event. If you are not completely sure how the event works, I will explain it for you. Simply put I ask that every participating blogger is a LAMB member who will publish at least one article about the featured director before the end of the second day of the event. It is that easy! You can approach the topic in any method that you see reasonable for the event. Articles for the previous events have included movie reviews and event themed cooking recipes that tie in with the movies that have been helmed by the previous film directors! As previously mentioned, the focus of Director’s Chair #4 is Steven Soderbergh. There are a couple of promotional banners for the event in the original announcement post. If you would like to participate in the event and already have an article or two published on your website please feel free to e-mail me the link to mattehavoc@gmail.com as soon as possible.

We are only two weeks away from installment number four of The LAMBs in the Director’s Chair event that will prominently feature Steven Soderbergh at the forefront of the three-day event. If you are not completely sure how the event works, I will explain it for you. Simply put I ask that every participating blogger is a LAMB member who will publish at least one article about the featured director before the end of the second day of the event. It is that easy! You can approach the topic in any method that you see reasonable for the event. Articles for the previous events have included movie reviews and event themed cooking recipes that tie in with the movies that have been helmed by the previous film directors! As previously mentioned, the focus of Director’s Chair #4 is Steven Soderbergh. There are a couple of promotional banners for the event in the original announcement post. If you would like to participate in the event and already have an article or two published on your website please feel free to e-mail me the link to mattehavoc@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Hello to all my fellow LAMB members! I have returned from the grave of the no online access, also known as The Internet Dead Zone, to report that I am officially back up and running again. I would like to offer a huge appreciation for those who have helped me turn installment #3 of the Director’s Chair into a huge success. I shall not hinder you any further from finding out more information about our next installment. So, without further ado, especially since I am already a couple of days over due for making the announcement, I would like to proclaim that Steven Soderbergh has been chosen as the focus of the fourth installment of The LAMBs in the Director’s Chair event. Embedded below are three graphical banners that can be placed in the sidebar of your blog to help promote the event. It has been scheduled to take place on December 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of 2009. It will be the last installment of the Director’s Chair for the year of this year; so make sure to participate!

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