Capita spesso di imbattersi in registi criptici, sibillini, addetti ai lavori che rilasciano poche dichiarazioni o che comunque preferiscono non esplicitare le visioni che potrebbero aver ispirato scene, sequenze o, in casi estremi, interi film…
Non è il caso di Steven Soderbergh che per questo nefasto 2020 ha deciso di condividere sul suo blog (SODERBLOG) un dettagliatissimo elenco di tutti i titoli che ha fruito durante l’anno appena trascorso.

Dai I miserabili di Ladj Ly fino a Psyco passando per le ripetute visioni di Mank (ben 4!), ma anche il suo Let Them All Talk con Meryl Streep uscito a fine 2020 negli Stati Uniti e No Sudden Move, il thriller a cui sta finendo di lavorare, in uscita nel 2021. Ecco la lista che ci porta dietro la macchina da presa del regista statunitense!

(SERIE TV in corsivo, CORTOMETRAGGI* seguiti da asterisco)

01/01 LES MISERABLES (’19)
01/03 SERVANT
01/04 THE LADYKILLERS (’55)
01/06 BELOW DECK
01/17 APOCALYPSE NOW (Theatrical)
01/08 WAVES
01/10 LE BONHEUR, AIRPORT
01/11 LET THEM ALL TALK
01/14 BELOW DECK; THE V.I.P.s
01/17 DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB; SERVANT; CHINATOWN
01/18 KILLER INSIDE: THE MIND OF AARON HERNANDEZ (3)
01/19 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM; RASHOMON
01/20 ANIMA*; WHAT DID JACK DO?*; BELOW DECK
01/21 FORTUNE FEIMSTER: SWEET & SALTY
01/24 SHRILL (2); AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS; OUR MAN IN HAVANA
01/25 SHRILL (2); A FACE IN THE CROWD
01/26 THE WORLD’S MOST EXTREME CONSTRUCTION; TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN
01/28 BELOW DECK; ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW
01/29 SHRILL (2); TRIPLE CROSS (’66)
01/30 NORA IS AWKWAFINA FROM QUEENS; SHRILL (2); JAWS
01/31 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM; HONEYLAND; SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS

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02/01 OUR MAN IN HAVANA
02/02 SUPER BOWL LIV
02/03 BELOW DECK; FUGITIVE CEO: THE CARLOS GHOSN STORY; MCMILLIONS
02/04 TOM PAPA: YOU’RE DOING GREAT; BELOW DECK: SAILING YACHT; GOLDFINGER
02/08 THE HOTEL INSPECTOR; AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS; SEPARATE TABLES
02/09 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S; THE HOTEL INSPECTOR; THE HAUNTING (’63)
02/10 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT; MCMILLIONS
02/11 THE PHARMACIST (4)
02/12 SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO: STAY HUNGRY; THE HOTEL INSPECTOR; FRENZY; AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS; THE MALTESE FALCON
02/13 THE SLENDER THREAD
02/14 THE VERDICT; DATELINE
02/15 FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE (2); THE BAD SLEEP WELL; THE INNOCENTS (’61)
02/19 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM; MCMILLIONS
02/20 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT
02/21 AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS
02/22 FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE (2); MAGNET OF DOOM; WILDER V FURY II; WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
02/23 FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE (4); CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM; BETTER CALL SAUL
02/24 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT; MCMILLIONS
02/25 BETTER CALL SAUL; A MOUTHFUL OF AIR
02/28 KING CREOLE; FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE (6)
02/29 SHAMPOO; FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE (4); TOOTSIE

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03/01 I’M YOUR WOMAN; CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
03/06 BETTER CALL SAUL; MCMILLIONS; DEVS (2)
03/07 AWKWFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS; BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT
03/08 PLAYTIME
03/09 THE VANDAL*; CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM; SLOW BURN
03/11 AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS; BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT; MCMILLIONS
03/12 AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS; DEVS
03/13 CICADA 3301: AN INTERNET MYSTERY; AMERICAN GREED
03/14 COLOR OUT OF SPACE; THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
03/15 CITIZEN KANE; DIRTY MONEY: THE MAN AT THE TOP; CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
03/16 THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER;
03/17 BERT KREISCHER: HEY BIG BOY
03/18 GOODFELLAS
03/19 BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC; AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS; DEVS
03/20 THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2)
03/21 TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MADNESS; MANK
03/22 TOUCH OF EVIL (Theatrical); TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MADNESS; CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
03/23 MANK; IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY; BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT
03/24 TOM SEGURA: BALL HOG; BETTER CALL SAUL
03/25 48 HOURS; VON RYAN’S EXPRESS; TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MADNESS; NORA IS AWKWAFINA FROM QUEENS
03/26 HEAVEN’S GATE: THE BUTCHER’S CUT REDUX; TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MADNESS (2); DEVS
03/27 TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MADNESS (2)
03/28 AN OFFICER AND A SPY
03/29 DISTANT VOICES; STILL LIVES; A LETTER TO THREE WIVES; THE FALLEN IDOL
03/30 BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT
03/31 ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES; THE THICK OF IT (3)

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04/01 THE HUNGER; THE THICK OF IT (2)
04/02 DEVS; A DANDY IN ASPIC; IF….
04/03 48 HRS; THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2)
04/04 LOUIS C.K.: SINCERELY; THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2); NETWORK
04/05 THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT
04/06 THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT; THE DRAUGHTSMAN’S CONTRACT; BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT
04/07 THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK; BETTER CALL SAUL; CITIZEN K; THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
04/08 THE COUNTESS AND THE RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE; REAL CRIME: SUPERMARKET HEIST; TWIN
04/09 DEVS; LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (’19); THE SACRIFICE; ACCIDENT
04/10 NOTES ON THE MAKING OF BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ; BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ: A MEGAMOVIE AND ITS STORY; BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ; 88 THOUSAND SUSPECTS; A DOUBLE TOUR
04/11 THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR
04/12 IT FELT LIKE LOVE; THREE WIVES ONE HUSBAND; RUN
04/13 QUIZ; BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT
04/14 QUIZ; BETTER CALL SAUL
04/15 QUIZ; THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS
04/16 ONE SINGS; THE OTHER DOESN’T; DEVS; CHRIS D’ELIA: NO PAIN; MRS. AMERICA (3)
04/17 LAURA; DATELINE
04/18 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ; HOME (2); GOOD MORNING; MIDNIGHT; CALL MY AGENT; 48 HOURS
04/19 NIGHT AND THE CITY (’50); BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (2); CALL MY AGENT (2); WINTER KILLS
04/20 CALL MY AGENT (3)
04/21 CALL MY AGENT (3); BETTER CALL SAUL
04/22 CALL MY AGENT (2); BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ
04/23 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ; CALL MY AGENT; THE LAST DANCE
04/24 CALL MY AGENT; BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ; THE LAST DANCE
04/25 CALL MY AGENT (2); SAINT JACK
04/26 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ; THE BEASTIE BOYS STORY
04/27 THE LAST DANCE (2); HOME
04/28 HIDDEN AGENDA
04/29 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ; THE ASSISTANT; DAVE
04/30 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ; DAVE (2); CARLOS PART ONE; AFTER LIFE (2)

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05/01 AFTER LIFE (2); FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT; DAVE
05/02 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (2); AFTER LIFE (2); MANK; ELECTION
05/03 DAVE; BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ
05/04 THE LAST DANCE (2)
05/05 JERRY SEINFELD: 23 HOURS TO KILL; DAVE; CARLOS PART TWO
05/06 DAVE; THE LODGE
05/07 DAVE; GREED (’19)
05/08 DAVE; INCITEMENT
05/09 ACE IN THE HOLE; DATELINE
05/10 THE AGE OF INNOCENCE; THE LAST DANCE (2)
05/11 UNFORGIVEN
05/12 NEWGRANGE: IRELAND’S ANCIENT MYSTERY
05/13 STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE
05/14 GET CARTER (’71); REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE
05/15 WINGS (’66); HOUSE OF BAMBOO; GORILLA AT LARGE; DATELINE
05/16 THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS
05/17 THE HARDER THEY FALL; CHARLIE BROOKER’S ANTIVIRAL WIPE; THE LAST DANCE (2); BREWSTER MCCLOUD
05/18 CAPE FEAR (’62)
05/19 MRS. AMERICA (3); THE VAST OF NIGHT; PATTON OSWALT: I LOVE EVERYTHING
05/20 FIRE (POZAR)*; THE CHINA HUSTLE
05/21 MRS. AMERICA (3); EXTRACTION
05/22 BAD EDUCATION (’20); AKA JANE ROE
05/23 MRS. AMERICA (2); INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION; THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF
05/24 CORNERED; HANG UPS (2); THE STAR (’52); LANCE PART ONE
05/25 DAISY MILLER; HANG UPS (2); THE OSCAR
05/26 HANG UPS (2); INTERPOL CALLING; EPISODES
05/27 EPISODES; JEFFREY EPSTEIN: FILTHY RICH (4); I’M ALL RIGHT; JACK
05/28 EPISODES (3)
05/29 EPISODES (2); HANNAH GADSBY: DOUGLAS; DATELINE
05/30 EPISODES (4); THE RED SHOES
05/31 EPISODES (3); LANCE PART TWO

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06/01 RICK AND MORTY (2); EPISODES (3)
06/02 RICK AND MORTY (2); BELOW DECK; EPISODES (2)
06/03 RICK AND MORTY (2); EPISODES (4)
06/04 MR. KNEFF; EPISODES (2)
06/05 LAUREL CANYON; EPISODES (4); 
06/06 MRS. AMERICA (3); THIS COUNTRY (2); EPISODES (2); ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
06/07 EPISODES (4); OUT OF THE PAST; MAD MAX
06/08 BELOW DECK; EPISODES (2)
06/09 THIS COUNTRY; I MAY DESTROY YOU; YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN
06/10 BE WATER
06/12 DA 5 BLOODS; THIS COUNTRY; DUCK SOUP
06/13 ON THE RECORD; HARDCORE
06/14 THE SALIBURY POISONINGS; THE DEVIL WITHIN HER
06/15 RICK AND MORTY (2); I MAY DESTROY YOU; THE SALISBURY POISONINGS; BELOW DECK
06/16 THE SALISBURY POISONINGS; MURDER IN THE OUTBACK (3)
06/17 MURDER IN THE OUTBACK
06/18 CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
06/19 THIS WAY UP (2); YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT; A MESSAGE FROM THE FIRST LADY
06/20 PUSHOVER; THE WICKER MAN (’75)
06/21 STAGED; 7500
06/22 I MAY DESTROY YOU; STAGED (2); BELOW DECK; DATELINE
06/23 STAGED (2); IN A LONELY PLACE
06/24 ATHLETE A
06/25 GAMEFACE (2)
06/26 THE OMEN (’76); PANIC ROOM
06/27 JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY; DOUBLE INDEMNITY
06/28 THE DAMNED (’61); GAMEFACE
06/29 I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK; BELOW DECK
06/30 SWEET CHARITY

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07/01 THE BUREAU (2)
07/02 I MAY DESTROY YOU; THE BUREAU (3)
07/03 THE TRUTH
07/04 UNSOLVED MYSTERIES (2); LIBEL
07/05 UNSOLVED MYSTERIES (2); I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK
07/06 BELOW DECK
07/07 UNSOLVED MYSTERIES (2)
07/10 THE LOST BOYS
07/11 TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM; PERFORMANCE; PALM SPRINGS
07/12 I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK
07/13 SEARCH PARTY (3); BELOW DECK; THE GODFATHER
07/15 LES RENDES-VOUZ D’ANNA; SEARCH PARTY (6)
07/16 SEARCH PARTY (3)
07/17 SEARCH PARTY (2); THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (’68)
07/18 SEARCH PARTY (3); THE GODFATHER PART II
07/19 SEARCH PARTY (3); I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK
07/20 SEARCH PARTY (3); BELOW DECK
07/21 STRASBOURG 1518*
07/22 FEAR CITY (2); THE BOSTON STRANGLER
07/24 THE SCHEME
07/25 I MAY DESTROY YOU (2); MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (’55)
07/26 SECONDS; FEAR CITY; I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK
07/27 GILDA; BELOW DECK
07/28 AMERICAN GREED

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08/01 I MAY DESTROY YOU (2); BLACK IS KING; SMASH-UP: THE STORY OF A WOMAN
08/02 WHERE DANGER LIVES; TOKYO OLYMPIAD
08/03 I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK; BELOW DECK; EARTHQUAKE
08/04 HANNIBAL BURESS: MIAMI NIGHTS
08/05 TAKE AIM AT THE POLICE VAN
08/06 THE WEIGHT OF GOLD
08/07 THE MATRIX
08/09 I MAY DESTROY YOU; ALL ABOUT EVE
08/10 I MAY DESTROY YOU; BELOW DECK
08/12 PEYTON PLACE
08/15 MRS. AMERICA; THE OUTRAGE; EXECUTIVE SUITE
08/16 TREAD
08/17 CHARADE; BELOW DECK
08/18 I MAY DESTROY YOU (2)
08/19 RED PENGUINS
08/21 DIRTY DANCING; THE VOW (2)
08/22 RICK AND MORTY; THE VOW (2); REDS
08/23 THE VOW (3)
08/24 BELOW DECK
08/25 COUP 53
08/26 THE VOW
08/27 JOHN WAS TRYING TO CONTACT ALIENS*; WUTHERING HEIGHTS (’39)
08/28 GLITTER
08/30 SKYJACKED
08/31 LOVE FRAUD; BELOW DECK

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09/01 I HATE SUZIE (2); THE HAUNTING (’63)
09/02 I HATE SUZIE
09/03 ZERO ZERO ZERO
09/04 I HATE SUZIE
09/05 1941; I HATE SUZIE (2)
09/06 I HATE SUZIE; LOVE FRAUD
09/07 THE WAY OF ALL FLESH; BELOW DECK
09/09 CABARET
09/10 ALL THAT JAZZ
09/12 PARANOIC; DATELINE
09/13 LOVE FRAUD
09/14 CAST A DARK SHADOW; BELOW DECK; THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS
09/17 CUTIES
09/18 PEN15 (3)
09/21 BILLY LIAR
09/23 OUR MAN IN HAVANA; THE HUSTLER
09/27 IN COLD BLOOD
09/28 Begin principal photography on NO SUDDEN MOVE

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10/08 BIGGER THAN LIFE
10/09 PEN15 (4)
10/10 THE PHENOMENON; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Theatrical)
10/11 TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL
10/14 ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS
10/17 THE OSCAR
10/23 THE BEST OF EVERYTHING
10/24 THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE
10/31 NOTORIOUS

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11/01 UNSOLVED MYSTERIES (2)
11/13 BELOW DECK
11/14 NO SUDDEN MOVE
11/16 MURDER ON MIDDLE BEACH
11/18 ON THE ROCKS
11/19 THE BILLION DOLLAR ART HUNT; THE SECRET HISTORY OF WRITING—FROM PICTURES INTO WORDS; THE NI’IHAU INCIDENT
11/21 HAROLD PINTER: ART; TRUTH & POLITICS; RUN; OLD BOYFRIENDS
11/22 MURDER ON MIDDLE BEACH
11/24 ANTONIO GAUDI (’84); THE MIDNIGHT SKY
11/25 WILD IN THE STREETS; ASSASSINS (’20)
11/26 THE MYSTERY OF DB COOPER; SEINFELD; TROUBLE IN PARADISE
11/27 WEREWOLF (’16); THE NEST; THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
11/28 DATELINE; THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
11/29 INDISCREET

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12/01 WHEN THE CITY SLEEPS
12/02 THE DISSIDENT
12/03 CARMEL: WHO KILLED MARIA MARTA
12/04 MANK
12/05 CARMEL: WHO KILLED MARIA MARTA (3); HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON (SMALL TALK)
12/06 MURDER ON MIDDLE BEACH; THE DAMNED DON’T CRY
12/08 ROOM 2805 (4)
12/09 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON (PUT UP SCAFFOLDING); MOTHER (’09)
12/11 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON (IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY; PROTECT YOUR FURNITURE); COLLECTIVE
12/12 HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON (SPLIT A CHECK; COOK A PERFECT RISOTTO); THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
12/14 THE PUMPKIN EATER; THE GAME
12/15 CHERRY; THE FORTY YEAR-OLD VERSION
12/16 ANOTHER ROUND
12/17 DIEGO MARADONA
12/18 AUTUMN LEAVES; NOMADLAND
12/19 TIME; THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW; JACQUELINE SUSANN’S ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH
12/20 FRENCH EXIT; THE SHOOTING PARTY
12/21 SMALL AXE: LOVERS ROCK
12/22 PIECES OF A WOMAN; THE BRONZE
12/23 TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD
12/24 THE HOSPITAL; #GEORGEWASHINGTON*
12/25 L’AVVENTURA; WONDER WOMAN (’75); MYSTERY SUBMARINE; WRITTEN ON THE WIND
12/26 FOLLOW ME; DIE HARD; THE LEOPARD
12/27 DEATH TO 2020
12/28 THE NAKED TRUTH; DATELINE
12/29 MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM; BRITAIN’S MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES; SMALL AXE: EDUCATION; COLLATERAL
12/30 PSYCHO (’60)
12/31 PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN; SUNSET BOULEVARD

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