Lucky Logan's Steven Soderbergh: 'There are some directors whose names mean something to the general public. Mine’s not one of them'

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Director Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum who stars in his latest film ‘Lucky Logan’ “I’ve been shooting my mouth off for a long time about aspects of the movie business I’m frustrated with,” he says. open image in gallery Soderbergh winning an Oscar for his film ‘Traffic’ in 2001 “On set, people are intuiting what I’m doing by following me and seeing where I stop,” he explains. It’s all eyes on you, all the time.” By taking a break from film, Tatum said, “he just wanted to change the radio station for a minute, off of something he was so used to – to shake things up.” Logan Lucky allowed Soderbergh to retain complete creative control and sidestep the Hollywood studios: in a plan devised by Fingerprint Releasing and Bleecker Street, the movie will open in at least 2,500 theatres, Soderbergh said. It feels like kind of a protest, about how films are conventionally made.” open image in gallery 
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 Even when Soderbergh doesn’t articulate his intentions, “he is actually speaking loud and clear, but he’s just not talking to anybody,” Driver said with a laugh.