Editing Steven Soderbergh (section)

=== Influences ===
When asked about the top eleven films he regarded among the best, Soderbergh listed the following, in order: ''[[The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.]]'' (1953), [[All the President's Men (film)|''All The President's Men'']] (1976), ''[[Annie Hall]]'' (1977), ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' (1941), ''[[The Conversation]]'' (1974), ''[[The Godfather]]'' (1972), ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (1974), ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' (1975), ''[[The Last Picture Show]]'' (1971), ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' (1950) and ''[[The Third Man]]'' (1949).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thefilmstage.com/news/steven-soderberghs-11-favorite-films/2/|title=Steven Soderbergh's 11 Favorite Films|last=Pearce|first=Leonard|date=June 30, 2015|work=The Film Stage|access-date=April 17, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> His directorial debut, ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (1989), was influenced by [[Mike Nichols]]' 1971 American comedy-drama ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/career-arc-steven-soderbergh-director-the-knick/|title='I'm Not a Visionary': The Staggering Career Arc of Steven Soderbergh|last=Ryan|first=Sean Fennessey and Chris|date=August 8, 2014|work=Grantland|access-date=April 8, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> He has said that [[Peter Yates]]' 1972 crime-comedy ''[[The Hot Rock (film)|The Hot Rock]]'' inspired the tone of the ''Ocean's'' films.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://dailyblender.com/2017/02/singani-63-screenplays-interview-steven-soderbergh/|title=Screenplays and Singani 63: An Interview With Steven Soderbergh|last=Matthewson|first=Jennifer|date=February 22, 2017|work=Daily Blender|access-date=December 28, 2019|language=en-US}}</ref> Soderbergh listed [[Costa-Gavras]]'s film, ''[[Z (1969 film)|Z]]'' as an inspiration on his film ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]'' and even stated that he: "wanted to make it like [Costa-Gavras]'s ''Z''".<ref>{{cite book |author1=Steven Soderbergh |editor1-last=Kaufman |editor1-first=Anthony |title=Steven Soderbergh – Interviews |date=2002 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=9781578064298 |page=107 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t2y9xsq0gUMC&dq=Steven+Soderbergh+Costa-Gavras+Z&pg=PA107 |access-date=July 12, 2021 |chapter=Ed Kelleher/1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Kaufman |editor1-first=Anthony |title=Steven Soderbergh – Interviews, Revised and Updated |date=2015 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=9781626745407 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ho3dBwAAQBAJ&dq=Steven+Soderbergh+Costa-Gavras+Z&pg=PT128 |access-date=July 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=R. Barton |editor2-last=Sanders |editor2-first=Steven M. |title=The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh |date=January 28, 2011 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=9780813139890 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8z6ikCJ4wAgC&dq=Steven+Soderbergh+Costa-Gavras+Z&pg=PT190 |access-date=July 12, 2021 |quote=Soderbergh called Traffic his “$47 million Dogme film” and used hand-held camera, available light, and (ostensibly) improvistational performance in an attempt to present a realistic story about illegal drugs. He prepared by analyzing two political films made in a realist style: Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) and Z (Constantin Costa-Gavras, 1969), both of which he described as having “that great feeling of things that are caught, instead of staged, which is what we were after.”}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Mark Gallagher |title=Another Steven Soderbergh Experience – Authorship and Contemporary Hollywood |date=April 4, 2013 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9780292748811 |page=55 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucfjPQRtZDQC&dq=Steven+Soderbergh+Costa-Gavras+Z&pg=PA55 |access-date=July 12, 2021 |chapter=Hollywood Authorship and Transhistorical Taste Cultures}}</ref> Soderbergh also cites the Swiss-French director [[Jean-Luc Godard]] as "...{{nbsp}}a constant source of inspiration. Before I do anything, I go back and look at as many of his films as I can, as a reminder of what's possible".<ref>{{cite web |author1=The Observer |title=Godard only knows{{nbsp}}... |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/nov/26/features |website=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited |access-date=September 14, 2022 |date=November 26, 2022 |quote='Godard is a constant source of inspiration. Before I do anything, I go back and look at as many of his films as I can, as a reminder of what's possible.' – Steven Soderbergh}}</ref>