Others begin falling ill and dying shortly after, including people from all parts of the globe who had contact with Emhoff.
Doctors can only rule out all obvious causes, while suspecting her international travel might be connected. It starts with the sudden, inexplicable Thanksgiving week death of Elizabeth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow, killed off surprisingly quickly but not yet out of the picture), a Minneapolis wife and mother who recently returned from a Hong Kong business trip. By then, Soderbergh had announced plans to retire from filmmaking, his interest in the form diminished.Īnd now, here is Contagion, a moderately artistic, reasonably commercial, star-studded outbreak drama, the likes of which we haven't seen in quite some time.Ĭovering ground more familiar to Roland Emmerich and sweeps season TV movies of yore, Contagion depicts a contemporary doomsday situation. Soderbergh's commercial viability, as well as that of repeat collaborator Matt Damon, seemed questionable after the meager reception given the well-reviewed fall 2009 drama The Informant!. Soderbergh's more artistic-minded projects from the same time ( The Good German and the subsequently-split epic Che) failed to connect with audiences, as did the low-budget works the director released by unpredictable alternate distribution methods ( Bubble, The Girlfriend Experience). Unable to deny himself more pleasurable experiences, the director reteamed with his large, winning cast on Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007) to decreasing but still formidable returns. Soderbergh then extended his streak of commercial success with the fun, star-studded remake Ocean's Eleven, which was highly praised but felt like a light departure from his real calling. Soderbergh seemed to be on the path to important, serious filmmaker,Ī fact confirmed when he picked up a nearly unprecedented two Best Director Oscar nominations in 2001, winning for the drug war drama Traffic.
His career began, like many others before and since, with small, independent movies, the first of which - 1989's Sex, Lies, and Videotape - earned him wide notice and an original screenplay Oscar nomination. Steven Soderbergh can't seem to decide what kind of director he is.
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