With ‘Presence,’ Steven Soderbergh makes a ghost story from the phantom’s point of view
"I always operate the camera, but this was next level," the director says. "I’m really in there with the actors."
‘Presence’ is a handcrafted ghost story as seen by the ghost
They’re selling “Presence” as a horror movie when it’s something else entirely: a ghost story as told from the point of view of the ghost. As such, it’s more unsettling than scary, more dramatically gripping than nerve-shredding.
Review: 'Presence' is a cerebral ghost story that hides a family drama under the sheet
Presence,” written by David Koepp (“Kimi”), is a ghost story with a novel idea: The camera is the ghost. The audience sinks inside the POV of a silent figure prowling around a two-story suburban home.
Review: Soderbergh brings unique cinematic ‘Presence’ to this ghost story
What makes “Presence” interesting is its point-of-view “gimmick.” It’s just the story that’s being told that’s somewhat hacky.
With Presence, Steven Soderbergh Resurrects the Ghost Story: Review
The intimate supernatural drama stars Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan as homeowners with an unexpected houseguest. With Presence, Steven Soderbergh Resurrects the Ghost Story: Review
Steven Soderbergh cracks another genre with the clever ghost story Presence
Steven Soderbergh often applies his brainy, process-based approach to new genres; with Presence, he tries his hand at ghost-story horror.
Steven Soderbergh's 'Presence' is a ghost story where the audience is the ghost
The entire film is shot entirely from the ghost's point of view, the audience haunting a family that has recently moved into a New Jersey home, not realizing that something was already living there. Critic Sean Burns says it's a great gimmick,
Steven Soderbergh, Questlove, Ron Howard and more pay tribute to David Lynch
Reactions to the death of David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive,” whose death at 78 ...
Steven Soderbergh Remembers the ‘Inimitable’ David Lynch: ‘Such a Loss’
David Lynch, the peerless director behind such masterpieces as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks, and ...
These Iconic David Lynch Scenes Haunt Us Still
David Lynch directed many scenes throughout his illustrious career that have never left our minds, but these ones stand out.
David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dies at 78
Lynch broke through in the 1970s with the surreal “Eraserhead” and rarely failed to startle and inspire audiences, peers and ...
Preston Oliver, West Mulholland, Ruby Rose Turner & Rachelle Lefevre To Topline ’60s Drama ‘Someone Saved My Life’ From Filmmaker Angelo Pizzo
Someone Saved My Life,' a new Preston Oliver-led indie from filmmaker Angelo Pizzo, has wrapped production in Indiana.
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Steven Soderbergh: ‘I’m the cockroach of this industry. I can survive any version of it’
Steven Soderbergh isn’t just the director and cinematographer of his latest film. He’s also, in a way, its central character.