Steven Soderbergh

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q103917: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: The General (1926); Panic Room (2002); Zodiac (2007); The Brothers Bloom (2008); Moneyball (2011); Gone Girl (2014); (Oscars telecast); talk with Fincher at Tribeca. Count them as director (19 films), writer (1 film), producer (1 film), cinematographer (0 films), craft (2 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Fight Club (1999): 3 lines

career (career) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as director consulted by Fincher on camera plan: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). Panic Room read as a small antidote to the response to Fight Club.
“This seemed like a little bit of an antidote to that because what's panic room about.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:19:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
craft (craft) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as director consulted by Fincher on camera plan: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The inside-the-house camera moves Fincher started in Fight Club are fully developed in Panic Room.
“And there's a lot of like stuff that he had started to do a little bit with Fight Club is like really like fleshed out in panic room”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:53 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)
unmapped (response to) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as director consulted by Fincher on camera plan: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host says Panic Room is a conscious response to Fight Club, which flopped and tried to be about everything.
“Yes. And I feel like it's a very conscious response to fight club.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:24:52 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

A Simple Plan (1998): 1 line

lineage (adaptation model) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as friend whose Singani 63 liquor Fincher put in the film as a nod: A Simple Plan ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Flynn used A Simple Plan as her model for adapting her own novel, then worried she could not match it.
“And she said, so I tried to use that as a model and then I freaked myself out because I was like, well, this is too good. I won't do this well.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:36:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alex Cross: 1 line

people (led to casting) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as friend whose Singani 63 liquor Fincher put in the film as a nod: Alex Cross ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). Perry's turn in Alex Cross is given as the reason Fincher cast him as Tanner Bolt.
“Well, that's why Fisher cast him in this.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:09:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Collateral (2004): 1 line

people (casting) · through Zodiac (2007), which they were tied to as lectured scene-by-scene on Zodiac at NYU: Collateral ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Fincher cast Ruffalo partly because he liked him in Collateral.
“One, Fincher really liked him in collateral.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:24:06 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Donnie Darko (2001): 1 line

people (casting) · through Zodiac (2007), which they were tied to as lectured scene-by-scene on Zodiac at NYU: Donnie Darko ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Fincher liked Donnie Darko and had Gyllenhaal pegged for a while.
“unsurprisingly, Fincher liked Donny Darko”
Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:22:44 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fargo (1996): 1 line

unmapped (model for the villains) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as director consulted by Fincher on camera plan: Fargo ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host feels Panic Room's funny villain and scary villain pair uses the Buscemi and Stormare model from Fargo.
“But I'm realizing how much wisely it does feel like they're sort of using the model of Bushemi and Stoneman.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:20:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004): 1 line

industry (industry) · through Moneyball (2011), which they were tied to as director (originally attached): Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Moneyball (the host's read). The film points toward the next wave of dramas that happen to be about sports.
“And Friday Night Lights is moving us toward this kind of next iteration of whatever that was, and it's leading to stuff like money ball and win-win and like dramas that also happen to be about sports.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel): 1 line

lineage (adaptation) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as friend whose Singani 63 liquor Fincher put in the film as a nod: Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel) ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The film adapts Flynn's novel, and the first-person diary trickery was the open question about how it would work on screen.
“Because it is such like a little fun piece of 1st person narration trickery.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:34:23 · Esther Zuckerman (0.70 sure it was them)

Jodie Foster: 1 line

unmapped (led to) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as director consulted by Fincher on camera plan: Jodie Foster ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The Game casting fell through, and Panic Room happened because she still wanted to work with Fincher.
“Panic room ends up happening because of how badly she still wanted to work with Venture”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:56:56 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

L.A. Confidential (1997): 1 line

lineage (structure / influence) · through Zodiac (2007), which they were tied to as lectured scene-by-scene on Zodiac at NYU: L.A. Confidential ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Leslye says Zodiac feels like it follows in the footsteps of L.A. Confidential.
“zodiac feels like it follows in the footsteps of that.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:50:16 · Leslye Headland (0.80 sure it was them)

Lolita (1962): 1 line

theme (character type (Desi)) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as friend whose Singani 63 liquor Fincher put in the film as a nod: Lolita ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so: In the commentary). On the commentary Fincher says he wanted a Claire Quilty type for Desi and found it in Neil Patrick Harris.
“Fincher said he wanted a Claire quilty type and he's like, what's a modern Claire quilty type?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:18:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Rear Window (1954): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as director consulted by Fincher on camera plan: Rear Window ⇒ Panic Room (the maker said so: Fincher's quotes the host reads). Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs.
“So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Reese Witherspoon: 1 line

lineage (originated the project) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as friend whose Singani 63 liquor Fincher put in the film as a nod: Reese Witherspoon ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). Witherspoon took the book and had the idea of bringing Fincher on board.
“takes this book, has the smart idea, bring Fincher on board.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:20:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Robert Graysmith: 1 line

lineage (adaptation) · through Zodiac (2007), which they were tied to as lectured scene-by-scene on Zodiac at NYU: Robert Graysmith ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). The Salerno script, which Vanderbilt took over, adapted Graysmith's nonfiction book (with a speculative sequel bolted on).
“So it's sort of like an adaptation of Graysmith's nonfiction book and a speculative sequence.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:50:39 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Rumor Has It: 1 line

people (casting) · through Zodiac (2007), which they were tied to as lectured scene-by-scene on Zodiac at NYU: Rumor Has It ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Jennifer Aniston, on Rumor Has It with Ruffalo, helped him get the role.
“So rumor has it kind of helps him get this.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:25:09 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Seven (1995): 1 line

unmapped (why Fincher was offered it) · through Zodiac (2007), which they were tied to as lectured scene-by-scene on Zodiac at NYU: Seven ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Seven made Fincher the first choice for any serial-killer project, Zodiac included.
“Ever since he makes seven, if there's some serial killer movie, is getting sent it”
Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:51:53 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Sling Blade (1996): 1 line

people (led to casting) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as director consulted by Fincher on camera plan: Sling Blade ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host says Yoakam was cast in Panic Room off of Sling Blade.
“That was kind of what he got cast off over.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 1:02:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Steven Soderbergh: 1 line, within their own work

unmapped (nod to a friend) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as friend whose Singani 63 liquor Fincher put in the film as a nod: Steven Soderbergh ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Fincher put Soderbergh's Singani 63 in the film as a nod to his buddy and let him pick the scene.
“Fincher wanted to put it in the movie, as a nod to his buddy, Sudi, and said, uh, you can pick the scene where you want it applied.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:25:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Straw Dogs (1971): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as director consulted by Fincher on camera plan: Straw Dogs ⇒ Panic Room (the maker said so: Fincher's quotes the host reads). Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs (Peckinpah).
“So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

The Conversation (1974): 1 line

craft (temp score) · through Zodiac (2007), which they were tied to as lectured scene-by-scene on Zodiac at NYU: The Conversation ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). The Conversation's score was used as temp music while Zodiac was cut, then Shire scored it.
“they use the conversation score as temp score.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 2:14:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): 1 line

people (casting approach) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as friend whose Singani 63 liquor Fincher put in the film as a nod: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The speaker thinks Fincher's exhaustive casting search on Dragon Tattoo informed how he cast Amy with someone new to the audience.
“that exhaustive casting search, which I do think informs the way he approaches Amy going into this movie as well”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Shining (1980): 1 line

unmapped (stolen move) · through Zodiac (2007), which they were tied to as lectured scene-by-scene on Zodiac at NYU: The Shining ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Fincher steals the Steadicam move where the camera turns with the car and keeps it centered.
“Fincher steals that move of like when the car turns a corner”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:05:09 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as director consulted by Fincher on camera plan: The Silence of the Lambs ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The switcheroo with the dad and Raoul is a little Silence of the Lambs homage.
“A little silence of lambs homage.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:53:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Thief (1981): 1 line

craft (craft) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as director consulted by Fincher on camera plan: Thief ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). Fincher may have watched Thief before Panic Room.
“Fincher does panic room and he probably saw Thief like 2 weeks before he started filming”
The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:40:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Anthony and Joe Russo: 2 lines

career (career) · them, directly: Steven Soderbergh ⇒ Anthony and Joe Russo (the host's read). Soderbergh saw their Slamdance film and gave them a career, helping set up Welcome to Collinwood.
“So then he helps them set up welcome to Colinwood.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:25:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
people (people) · them, directly: Steven Soderbergh ⇒ Anthony and Joe Russo (the host's read). Soderbergh vouched for them to Marvel: big nerds with the tools.
“I think these guys got the tools.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:28:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): 1 line

people (led to casting) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as friend whose Singani 63 liquor Fincher put in the film as a nod: Gone Girl ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the host's read). While making Gone Girl, Affleck reportedly joked to his agent that he needed a heroic-chin movie after the evil-chin one.
“the joke was the chin things in the script, he calls up his agent, while making Gone Girl, and says, like, I'm doing the evil chin movie now, you got to find me a heroic chin movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 1:06:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Flight Plan: 1 line

unmapped (template for) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as director consulted by Fincher on camera plan: Panic Room ⇒ Flight Plan (the host's read). A host says Panic Room set the template for what looked like Foster's next phase of adult thrillers.
“And I do think it's sort of set a template for what felt like, oh, this is Jody Foster's next phase that then went sort of died prematurely.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:01:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Gone Girl (2014): 1 line, within their own work

unmapped (nod to a friend) · them, directly: Steven Soderbergh ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Fincher put Soderbergh's Singani 63 in the film as a nod to his buddy and let him pick the scene.
“Fincher wanted to put it in the movie, as a nod to his buddy, Sudi, and said, uh, you can pick the scene where you want it applied.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:25:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): 1 line

unmapped (set the template for) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as director consulted by Fincher on camera plan: Panic Room ⇒ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (the host's read). A host says Fincher's all-previs approach on this film created the pipeline for how blockbusters are made.
“But that disc 2 is so much about that he basically created the pipeline for how all fucking blockbusters are made on this movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:31:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Photography (1) everyone in photography

shoots his own movies, holds the camera (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)

What was said about them, by kind

career (5)

career (career): Steven Soderbergh → Traffic. Soderbergh was nominated for Best Director for Traffic and Erin Brockovich in the same year.
“Yeah, traffic and Aaron Brockovich, right?”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:09:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Steven Soderbergh → Yes concert film. The Yes concert film was the first thing Soderbergh edited and shot.
“the yes concert film was the 1st thing that he edited and shot”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:36:14 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)
career (career): Steven Soderbergh → Sex, Lies, and Videotape. Brian says Soderbergh's later obsessions and technical command are on display in the debut.
“He's studying these obsessions that are going to define him for the next long period of time”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:26:16 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)
career (career): Steven Soderbergh → The Girlfriend Experience. Sean uses The Girlfriend Experience and the Ocean's movies to show Soderbergh's range.
“think of the girlfriend experience and think of the oceans movie”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:26:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
career (career): Anthony and Joe Russo → Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh saw their Slamdance film and gave them a career, helping set up Welcome to Collinwood.
“So then he helps them set up welcome to Colinwood.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:25:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

contrast (contrast): Steven Soderbergh → Ryan Coogler. Soderbergh can bang out movies fast because he shoots and cuts them himself, unlike Coogler's big-crew, big-star productions.
“Like Soderberg shoots and edits his movies. He holds the camera when he makes the movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:26:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Quentin Tarantino → Steven Soderbergh. His press presence lifted him beyond being just a cool indie filmmaker like Soderbergh.
“propelling him out of just being like Soderberg or like a cool interesting indie filmmaker”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:10 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (2)

craft (craft): David Fincher → Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh warned Fincher that his operator-less camera plan would drive him insane, and he was right.
“Soderberg was like, this is going to drive you insane if you do it this way?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:21 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Richard Linklater → Steven Soderbergh. Both Linklater and Soderbergh like to try stuff, yielding some one-off movies that would be thin episodes.
“But both of them have the thing where they're like, I want to try stuff.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:38:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (2)

industry (industry): Steven Soderbergh → 2021 Oscars telecast. Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins produce the Oscars show.
“the Oscars producers, who are Stephen Soderberg, Stacy Sher, and Jesse Collins”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:12:37 · Amanda Dobbins (0.65 sure it was them)
industry (deal comparison): The Killer → Steven Soderbergh. The Killer feels like Fincher doing what Soderbergh does with his HBO Max deal: simple, one name, small money.
“Killer kind of feels like Fincher trying to do the same thing.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:37:21 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

people (8)

people (directed by): Black Bag → Steven Soderbergh. Black Bag is Soderbergh's second feature this year.
“This is Steven Soderberg's 2nd feature film this year.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:54:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
people (directed by / HBO): Behind the Candelabra → Steven Soderbergh. It aired as an HBO movie before Soderbergh made HBO movies full time.
“this was an HBO movie before that was his full-time job.”
The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:48:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
people (people): The Brothers Bloom → Steven Soderbergh. Brian phoned Soderbergh after The Brothers Bloom to say you had to see how Rian puts shots together.
“I remember watching Ryan's 2nd movie and calling Soderberg”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:32:35 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)
people (people): Steven Soderbergh → Brian Koppelman. Brian has worked with Soderbergh three times.
“Yeah, 3 times.”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:21:25 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)
people (frequent collaborator): Michael Douglas → Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh likes to use Douglas a lot.
“Soderberg likes to use them a lot.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:29:26 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
people (director): Steven Soderbergh → Haywire. Soderbergh put Douglas in Haywire.
“Put them in haywire.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:29:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
people (director): Steven Soderbergh → Behind the Candelabra. Behind the Candelabra was Soderbergh's retirement film.
“That was his retirement film.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:30:30 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
people (people): Steven Soderbergh → Anthony and Joe Russo. Soderbergh vouched for them to Marvel: big nerds with the tools.
“I think these guys got the tools.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:28:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

programming (pairing): The Killer → Steven Soderbergh. A friend of the podcast says it is Fincher and Soderbergh land: a stripped-down genre exercise.
“it's Fincher and Sodaberg land.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:16:54 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

theme (anecdote parallel): Steven Soderbergh → David Fincher. Soderbergh's story of Fincher's hyper-precise color notes is used to explain a protagonist who cannot turn off noticing.
“I cannot imagine the curse of being able to notice that.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Decision to Leave with Tatiana Maslany · 0:43:03 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

unmapped (6)

unmapped (texting in film): Steven Soderbergh → Decision to Leave. Soderbergh is called one of the few major auteurs who head straight into the smartphone present, as Park does with texting.
“And Soderberg is one of the few guys who like head straight into it.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Decision to Leave with Tatiana Maslany · 1:50:12 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
unmapped (missed star-maker): Brigitte Nielsen → Steven Soderbergh. Gina Carano got a Soderbergh movie; Nielsen never found her Soderbergh who would build something for her.
“She never found like her Soderberg, who just kind of stared at her up and down.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:37:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (unmade version): Steven Soderbergh → Moneyball. The finished film still keeps archival and math, with talk radio replacing direct-to-camera testimony.
“it certainly still has a lot of math instead of people talking directly camera, it uses a lot of talk radio.”
The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:23:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
unmapped (POV conceit): Presence → Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh shoots his own ghost film with himself as the ghost-camera.
“Stephen Soderberg as the ghost of this family with the camera is an amazing, amazing concept”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:16:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
unmapped (nod to a friend): Steven Soderbergh → Gone Girl. Fincher put Soderbergh's Singani 63 in the film as a nod to his buddy and let him pick the scene.
“Fincher wanted to put it in the movie, as a nod to his buddy, Sudi, and said, uh, you can pick the scene where you want it applied.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:25:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (praise): Steven Soderbergh → Zodiac. Soderbergh gave a scene-by-scene lecture on Zodiac and called its visual storytelling next level visual math.
“And the term I heard he used all the time was just next level visual math.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:34:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

verdict (verdict): Ridley Scott → Steven Soderbergh. Scott beat Soderbergh, a mild surprise to the hosts.
“I was a little surprised that Scott took that.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:26:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

what-if (what-if): Moneyball → Steven Soderbergh. Moneyball was first developed for Soderbergh; one host wishes for a darker, pulp-fiction version.
“I still would have liked to have seen the cut glass, you know, dark core version of this story from Soderberg”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:51:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Steven Soderbergh: His planned version: Reds-style baseball with real players like Hatteberg and Bradford acting; added more statistics days before production and Amy Pascal asked what the fuck it was and put it in turnaround.
“Amy Pascal, who was running Sony at the time, said, what the fuck is this?”
The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:22:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Soderbergh: Brian recommends Soderbergh's book, which pairs the screenplay with his journal.
“the book has the screenplay in his journal”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:23:52 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Soderbergh: Soderbergh's Singani 63 liquor is the bottle in the film, a nod from Fincher; Soderbergh picked the scene, and per the speakers Pike said she would use wine rather than the champagne bottle Fincher first planned.
“Fincher wanted to put it in the movie, as a nod to his buddy, Sudi, and said, uh, you can pick the scene where you want it applied.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:25:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Soderbergh: Soderbergh once lectured on Zodiac at NYU, scene by scene, and called it next-level visual math; the speaker regrets missing it.
“One of the greatest regrets of my life is I was invited by someone to attend Soderberg at NYU giving a lecture on Zodiac.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:34:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)