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After following up his 2000 Oscar triumph with audience favorite\u00a0Ocean\u2019s 11<\/em>, Steven Soderbergh pivoted into a different mode in 2002, doubling up with the low-fi Full Frontal<\/em> and the subject of this week\u2019s episode: Solaris<\/em>. A revisit of Stanislaw Lem\u2019s novel (previously canonized by Andrei Tarkovsky), the film follows George Clooney as a therapist called to a a space mission on the titular planet, only to find a ghost of his dead wife among the planet\u2019s strange happenings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But audiences were expecting an epic romance in space thanks to a misleading marketing campaign, turning the film into a box office bomb with an F CinemaScore. In the years since, the film has gained a reputation as Soderbergh\u2019s misunderstood masterpiece – and we agree! This episode, we look at Soderbergh\u2019s career of making multiple films in one year and Clooney\u2019s rise from television star to movie hunk to prestige director with uneven returns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Topics also include a deep dive into our 2002 personal awards ballots, Viola Davis\u2019s underrated supporting performance, Jeremy Davies as Jeremy Davies, and, of course, Clooney\u2019s butt onscreen.<\/p>\n Follow Us on Twitter!\n\n
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