Why screenwriter David Koepp says ghosts stories like ‘Presence’ are ‘hopeful’
The writer teams with Steven Soderbergh on this haunting story with a twist: The entire film is shot from the point-of-view ...
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“The Boys in the Basement Were Very Active On This One”: Screenwriter David Koepp on Writing Steven Soderbergh’s Ghost POV Thriller Presence
Over Zoom I spoke to Koepp about writing within the confines of the film’s single point-of-view, the value of what’s left out ...
‘Presence’ Review: Steven Soderbergh Rethinks the Ghost Story
Lucy Liu stars in the director’s clever haunted-house mystery that adopts the perspective of the specter.
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Why screenwriter David Koepp says ghosts stories like ‘Presence’ are ‘hopeful’
David Koepp is one of Hollywood’s most successful ... Then it was a short story and I kept going and it became a novel. Writing those books was great because I am not bound by only what a ...
Steven Soderbergh on Having a Ghost and Then Becoming One with His Camera in ‘Presence’
The "Presence" director/editor/cinematographer/camera operator goes deep on how he cracked shooting an entire film from a ...
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Paranormal inactivity: ‘Presence’ a well-cast but gimmicky ghost tale that runs short on the boos
Presence” — 2 stars In Steven Soderbergh’s gimmicky, unscary ghost story “Presence,” we the audience become the supernatural ...
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Steven Soderbergh's 'Presence' is a ghost story where the audience is the ghost
The entire film is shot entirely from the ghost's point of view, the audience haunting a family that has recently moved into ...
'Presence' Sabotages Its Own Gimmick
But if this is the best Steven Soderbergh's got for a smaller canvas, then I’d like to see him get back to making major-studio movies.