Steven Soderbergh’s latest film is about dodgy dealings in the financial world but in film-making corruption is not endemic, he says, because everyone is accountableEvery good movie is a heist movie at heart, whether the heist is committed on or off camera.
Steven Soderbergh suspects that is what he likes about film-making: the chance to play the role of a criminal mastermind, assembling a gang of diverse talents for a high-stakes adventure.
Sometimes it pays off, sometimes not – it’s all part of the thrill.
“The life not lived,” he says with a grin.Soderbergh has made films about dashing, lawless outsiders: bank-robbing George Clooney in Out of Sight; the rackety brothers in Logan Lucky; the whole star-spangled crew from the Oceans franchise.
His latest picture tackles a different breed of crime – one that is industrialised, anonymous and altogether less romantic.
Inspired by the 2016 release of the Panama Papers,
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