Steven Soderbergh: my only demand from a movie that is strictly trying to entertain me is that it be intelligent

One of the talks at this year’s edition of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was with Steven Soderbergh, moderated by Neil Young. I was hoping that talk would be recorded and posted online after the event, but so far that’s not the case.

Anne Thompson wrote about the talk for IndieWire, it is titled How Steven Soderbergh Left Hollywood and Got His Mojo Back, so it was good to get some insights on what was discussed, you can read it here.

My favourite quote from it is the following:

“Movies that are designed to entertain you are as legitimate and necessary as movies that are designed to illuminate you or activate you. And my only demand from a movie that is strictly trying to entertain me is that it be intelligent, and that it not feel like single-use plastic.”