The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh

The Philosophy of Popular Culture

by R. Barton Palmer (Editor), Steven Sanders (Editor)

Widely regarded as a turning point in American independent cinema, Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape (1989) launched the career of its twenty-six-year-old director, whose debut film was nominated for an Academy Award and went on to win the Cannes Film Festival's top award, the Palme d'Or. The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh breaks new ground by investigating salient philosophical themes through the unique story lines and innovative approaches to filmmaking that distinguish this celebrated artist. Editors R. Barton Palmer and Steven M. Sanders have brought together leading scholars in philosophy and film studies for the first systematic analysis of Soderbergh's entire body of work, offering the first in-depth exploration of the philosophical ideas that form the basis of the work of one of the most commercially successful and consistently inventive filmmakers of our time.

Genres: Nonfiction, Film

328 pages, Hardcover

First published September 29, 2010

About the author

R. Barton Palmer is the Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University.