Movie News | Movies.com: Filmmakers could learn a lesson or two about “retiring” gracefully from Steven Soderbergh. He’s attempting to focus on his painting career, but it seems the director can’t stay away from the camera for terribly long. It’s somewhat charming. Soderbergh is currently lensing the Cinemax miniseries The Knick, set in New York’s Lower East Side circa 1910.
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What an intricate set! I wonder what the differences are (if there are any) between the film sets and theatre sets. Perhaps for perspective, certain sets for theatre give a forces perspective by manipulating the height and size of objects. This idea almost seems like how old film sets used to look (painted backgrounds, etc). I wonder what effect would occur if a play used cinematic sets and the other way around. Regardless, Soderbergh is at it again, and I cannot wait to see this miniseries.
That is pretty amazing what he is doing to a ACTUAL NYC street. I think it is awesome and I just wonder what the people who actually live on the street think? Because there are so many people that still have to function there every day lives. The pictures are astounding and very cool to look at. The short videos are also amazing. Currently my career path is not exactly heading down a film path but to do something like that does seem to be pretty cool.
It's quite impressive how intricate the sets for tv shows can get. The transformation of an entire NYC street seems as though it is a pricy feat. I'm curious as to whether or not this is an open set for people to just walk across next time they're in NYC or just something people can look at from the side. It'd be pretty outstanding to be able to walk into 1910 NYC for a change of pace.
Almost every time I'm in NYC I stumble across something truly fascinating, and wouldn't this be quite interesting to stumble upon as a passerby not expecting it. On more than one occasion I've found myself walking thru or around a set in the city, but dressing an entire block back to 1910 is quite a feat. Like Adam I wonder what the effect on the folks living in that neighborhood are, even here in Pittsburgh my street has been shut down more than once for filming, and that was just for a couple trucks, some lights and generators and the crew...I can't imagine what it'd be like if they decide to transform the entire block.
Wow I would love to be able to see this is real life. Its one thing to see beautiful and elaborate period sets on screen, but it must be so cool to see it in context of present-day New York City. That would definitely highlight what a dramatic transformation this set was. I also think its cool that the article started out by mentioning that Soderbergh had been "retired" and focusing on his painting career because I always find it interesting and fun to learn about what other disciplines artists may be interested than just what they are known for or what their job is.
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