Soderbergh Spills Secrets in Czech Spa Town: The Woes of Hollywood, Sex Scenes, and a Taylor Swift Surprise
In the picturesque spa town of Karlovy Vary, Steven Soderbergh has been turning heads and burning notebooks. Yes, you heard that right—decades of scribbled secrets up in flames. At a film festival roundtable, he let loose on everything from AI to why filming sex scenes is as awkward as a giraffe on roller skates.
Soderbergh, who juggles more roles than a one-man circus (director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer), is the star attraction at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. While introducing his Kafka films—Kafka (1991) and its 2021 remix Mr. Kneff—he dished on Hollywood's “inevitable correction” and the curious case of Taylor Swift's meteoric rise. Apparently, even the man behind "Ocean's Eleven" can't resist a bit of Swiftie gossip.