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KAFKA. In his first film since sex, lies, and videotape, Steven Soderbergh serves up a flimsy whodunit starring Kafka (played by Jeremy Irons, the male Meryl). It's a film-school movie, with devices lifted from The Third Man: vertiginous staircases, malevolence glistening off the cobblestones, a madman's drool caught in the Prague moonlight. As someone murmurs, "All a bit much, don't you think?" Yes, pity -- and not nearly enough...
...marketing -- they often write their own ads -- have endeared them to filmmakers. Jim Sheridan, director of My Left Foot, nominated for Best Picture, credits Miramax's tasteful promotional campaign for much of the movie's success: "They didn't try to sensationalize it." Observes sex, lies director Steven Soderbergh: "Harvey and Bob don't try to second-guess the audience; they move quickly and make shrewd choices...
...LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE. Next question: Can a man and a woman be lovers without having sex? In Steven Soderbergh's elegant, poignant, very funny film, the answer matters less than the interplay of four congenially tortured souls...
...adult film" in the X-rated sense; it is an adult film, "patient and subtle," in its creator's apt words. It is about men who use women by watching them, and women tired of being the object of satyric attention. What amazes is that at just 26, Soderbergh displays the three qualities associated with mature filmmakers: a unique authorial voice, a spooky camera assurance, and the easy control of ensemble acting (Andie MacDowell, start polishing your acceptance speech). Soderbergh delivers so much and promises even more...
...directors of both pictures know the risk these days in mining the movie tradition of sophisticated comedy-drama that stretches from Midnight to Manhattan and Broadcast News. Before sex, lies earned raves at the U.S. Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and then won the top prize at Cannes, Soderbergh was apprehensive. "I thought the film would seem too European for an American audience," he says, "and too dialogue heavy to translate in Europe. I figured ten people would go see it four times, and that would be that." Reiner, a man Ephron describes as being "very fond...