High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2018)

#26 Post by Ribs » Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:11 pm

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2018)

#27 Post by domino harvey » Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:14 pm

Wonder if Soderbergh negotiated a physical media release, I just can't imagine him not requiring a Blu-Ray release for anything he does

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#28 Post by Ribs » Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:43 pm

Knowing Soderbergh, he probably realizes that while it means the movie will never get a real release the ridiculous amount of money coming in from Netflix means he’ll be able to make gigantic studio-level movies carte blanche without studio supervision and that probably appeals IMMENSELY

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#29 Post by mfunk9786 » Tue Sep 11, 2018 3:00 pm

If Unsane were a Netflix exclusive I bet it would've gotten a lot more eyeballs. I'm fine with this when it comes to his smaller films that don't necessarily scream theatrical exhibition

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#30 Post by Ribs » Tue Dec 11, 2018 2:13 pm

Releasing February 8

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#31 Post by domino harvey » Tue Dec 11, 2018 2:15 pm

Nice, with this and the Laundromat poised to be next year's Roma for Netflix, it's going to be a good year for Soderbergh. Plus who knows, he may drop another surprise film on us too like he did this year!

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#32 Post by The Narrator Returns » Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:54 pm

There's a review of this in the new Film Comment, and apparently, Soderbergh finally found room for those real-life player interviews he was going to include in his Moneyball in this.


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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#34 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:26 pm

That looks great

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#35 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:32 pm

Holy shit, it looks like all the experimental kinks he worked out with the iPhone in Unsane paid off here-- this looks incredible

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#36 Post by Persona » Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:53 pm

He's got this and The Laundromat on Netflix this year--wonder if he'll get recognition for both on year-ends. The Laundromat sounds like Soderbergh's version of a The Post-like movie, Meryl Streep and all. But, like, better. Will be utterly fascinating to see Oldman and Banderas playing the heads of Mossack Fonseca.

In many ways Netflix is the perfect production partner and platform for iPhone-era Soderbergh. Soderbergh can shoot and edit these commercially risky projects on relatively low budgets in a few months and Netflix can drop them like they're hot, no fiddle-faddle.

Not to mention that being shot on an iPhone, maybe home viewing would actually be the preferred experience over a theater, haha.
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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#37 Post by dda1996a » Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:42 pm

Maybe it's because I just watched Carol and Cold Water, but I find that digital sheen and odd lenses and angles a bit weird?

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#38 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:31 pm

You know it's shot on an iPhone and those weren't, right?

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#39 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:50 pm

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Very early 90s magazine ad!

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#40 Post by dda1996a » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:14 am

mfunk9786 wrote:
Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:31 pm
You know it's shot on an iPhone and those weren't, right?
Which is why I specified I just watched two films shot on film, and on 16mm even. I rarely like the look of digital, and only Fincher and Lynch can push it to new places imo, and even then I'm not the biggest fan.
Looks like Soderbergh is pushing it to extremes as well, I just found of the trailer looking really odd.

Also, "And a writer of Moonlight" is just awful phrasing

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#41 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:30 am

Is there an article that breaks down exactly how he shoots on iPhones?

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#42 Post by Persona » Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:55 am

flyonthewall2983 wrote:
Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:30 am
Is there an article that breaks down exactly how he shoots on iPhones?
Here's one on the process for Unsane:

https://www.inverse.com/article/42571-u ... one-7-plus

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#43 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:33 am

Got raves out of Sundance, with many calling it one of Soderbergh's best


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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#45 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jan 28, 2019 2:56 pm

Did you mean to link to Richard Brody's tweet instead?

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#46 Post by hearthesilence » Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:00 pm

Yeah, all I see is Soderbergh mentioning that he helped Nolan get a meeting for Insomnia.

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#47 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:02 pm

This tweet, actually. Just got lazy and thought it was mentioned in the previous link.

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#48 Post by Persona » Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:58 pm

So as you might expect given the writer, this is like a play about the business of basketball (and the socioeconomic politics around that--and the character of Ray Burke, a great Andre Holland). But a really good play. I want to dock it points for being so blatantly talky but it works.

I'm pretty amazed by what Soderbergh was able to achieve with a frickin' iPhone. Definitely a step up from how he used it for UNSANE.
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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#49 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri Feb 08, 2019 1:29 pm

Liked it a lot. It packs a lot in 90 minutes which can go either way but from what I've seen he's found ways of doing that without confusing the audience.

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Re: High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

#50 Post by Persona » Fri Feb 08, 2019 5:38 pm

How perfect that Netflix releases a movie about playing "the game on top of the game."

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