Archive for February, 2001
Traffic: Dir. Steven Soderbergh
I can’t think of one Steven Soderbergh film that I haven’t enjoyed and admired, and that includes Erin Brokovich and Out of Sight. His narrative methods have always been original, but this time around he has eschewed the flashback/flashforward style he sometimes uses in favor of multiple parallel storylines. Although other directors have tried this, not all have succeeded, often because the effect is confusing, pretentious, and annoying.
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