Editing Steven Soderbergh (section)

=== Themes ===<!-- General overview  -->
Soderbergh's films often center the themes of shifting [[Personal identity|personal identities]], [[Human sexuality|sexuality]], and the [[human condition]].<ref name="The New Yorker">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/steven-soderbergh-dissects-hollywood|title=Steven Soderbergh Dissects Hollywood|date=April 30, 2013|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=April 16, 2018 |issn=0028-792X|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104451/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/steven-soderbergh-dissects-hollywood|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Richard Brody]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' stated that Soderbergh is focused on the process of presenting ideas through film rather than their actual realization.<ref name="The New Yorker"/> In line with this actual realization, he presents themes to critically evaluate political and corporate institutions such as money and [[capitalism]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199791286/obo-9780199791286-0187.xml|title=Steven Soderbergh – Cinema and Media Studies – Oxford Bibliographies – obo|access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref> Film critic [[A. O. Scott]] has noted that Soderbergh has a critical interest in exploring the impact capitalist economies have on living an ethical life and the detractions associated with [[Economic materialism|materialism]].<ref name="Scott">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/movies/steven-soderberghs-caper-film-side-effects.html |title=Steven Soderbergh's Caper Film 'Side Effects' |last=Scott |first=A. O. |author-link=A. O. Scott |date=February 7, 2013 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref> Money is central to many of his movies as Soderbergh believes that it serves as an obsession unrivaled by any other.<ref name="Scott"/> <!-- Heist films and thrillers  -->

Starting with ''[[Out of Sight]]'' (1998), Soderbergh's heist films explore themes of vengeance, characters on a mission, and the morality of crime.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/03/video-essay-peter-andrews-the-soderbergh-vision-133830/|title=Video Essay: Peter Andrews: The Soderbergh Vision|last=Carvajal|first=Matt Zoller Seitz, Nelson|date=March 21, 2013|work=IndieWire|access-date=April 16, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> He is generally said to have a [[Film genre|cinematic niche]] in these types of films. "I've always had an attraction to caper movies, and certainly there are analogies to making a film. You have to put the right crew together, and if you lose, you go to movie jail", the director noted in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/movies/steven-soderberghs-caper-film-side-effects.html |title=Steven Soderbergh's Caper Film 'Side Effects' |last=Scott |first=A. O. |author-link=A. O. Scott |date=August 7, 2007 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>