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To: epicure who wrote (2726)	1/8/2001 12:01:24 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6089

I haven't seen Traffic yet, was hoping it'd be edgy like "Sex, lies...." Drat. Does the Ken Burns doc on Jazz start tonight, do you know?

To: epicure who wrote (2726)	1/8/2001 1:20:11 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6089

X, I remember the original "Traffik", which I liked. Soderbergh's remake is getting a lot of coverage, anyway. If it moves the current war on (some) drugs debate in a different direction, it's all to the good. An interesting article on Soderbergh from a couple weeks back: Steven Soderbergh: Practicing Surprise, Finding Success nytimes.com It somewhat disputes your main stream tag: While critics adored some of these movies, especially "Out of Sight" and "King of the Hill," large-scale commercial success eluded Mr. Soderbergh. But even as he courted a mass audience, and "Out of Sight" helped to turn George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez into movie stars, Mr. Soderbergh continued to make formally daring, intellectually challenging films like "Schizopolis" in 1996 and "The Limey" last year. As many of his contemporaries — most notably Quentin Tarantino — have spawned legions of imitators and flirted with mannered self- imitation, Mr. Soderbergh has remained stubbornly idiosyncratic and has resisted the temptation to repeat himself. A current article on political overtones the new "Traffic" has evoked: A Well-Timed ‘Traffic’ Signal msnbc.com A much older fictionalized treatment of the drug war I really liked was Robert Stone's book, "Dog Soldiers". It had a different set of political overtones, which are hopefully out of style now. Though you never know, with all the retreads going into the new government, funding foreign policy "initiatives" with domestic drug running may come back in vogue again. Does anybody know if old Masterpiece Theater things are available on video anywhere? There are a few I'd like to see, but they seem hard to find. Cheers, Dan. Edit: I happened to catch a bit of Soderbergh being interviewed on "Fresh air" last week, available online at npr.org if you're into realaudio.