How ‘Presence’ Writer David Koepp Reinvented the Haunted House Movie From the Perspective of the Ghost
David Koepp is re-teaming with Steven Soderbergh for Presence, a ghost story from the ghost's point-of-view, and we talk all about it.
‘Presence' Writer David Koepp on That Devastating Ending, Steven Soderbergh Playing a Ghost and His Return to the ‘Jurassic' Franchise
This article discusses the plot and ending of "Presence," now playing in theaters. As with many ghost stories, the presence in "Presence" has a good reason to haunt its house. After watching on as the Payne family turns against one another,
Steven Soderbergh decided to make a ghost story. He also wanted to play the ghost
Often the camera operator on his own films, the Oscar-winning director of "Traffic" had an idea for a first-person horror movie, one that required some stamina.
With ‘Presence,’ Steven Soderbergh makes a ghost story from the phantom’s point of view
"I always operate the camera, but this was next level," the director says. "I’m really in there with the actors."
Steven Soderbergh made his new movie by becoming a ghost
The inventive director embraced POV filmmaking on “Presence,” his haunted-house film shot from the spirit’s perspective.
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 a New Jersey home, not realizing that something was already living there. Critic Sean Burns says it's a great gimmick,
'Presence's Steven Soderbergh and David Koepp on ghosts, horror, and hating winks
Koepp expanded on this: "In the last 10 to 15 years, horror has really been prominent and changed. Gore and jump scares are huge. When people hear horror, they think of that. When
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 ghost's POV.
Steven Soderbergh's Presence Is a Stylish, Experimental Ghost Story
Steven Soderbergh never settles down. The director, who helped fuel the independent film revolution in the 1990s before hitting it big with the Ocean's 11 films, has always treate
'Presence' review: Steven Soderbergh and David Koepp deliver a uniquely thrilling ghost story
What if a ghost could tell its own story but not speak? That is the wildly compelling premise of Presence. Director Steven Soderbergh reteams with Kimi screenwriter David Koepp for an unconventional haunted house story,
5 excellent horror movies that reimagined the ghost story
Presence, his excellent new film and his first real foray into the horror genre, is shot entirely from the perspective of a ...
In this haunted house horror you see what the ghost sees — and it's terrifying
In Steven Soderbergh's supernatural thriller Presence, a family finds they aren't alone in their new house. It's a ghost ...
Review: ‘Presence’ is a cerebral ghost story that hides a family drama under the sheet
With the audience haunting a sad family through a spirit's POV, Steven Soderbergh's latest experiment is ultimately about the ...
A story of Ghost's concert movie, logistical complexity and Hollywood finance
Ghost’s concert-film-and-much-more Rite Here Rite Now fully immerses fans in what has helped turn them into today's greatest ...
Immersive movie 'Presence' sees dysfunctional family from a ghost's POV
The story of the parents and children, as depicted by director Steven Soderbergh, is so interesting, it would work well even ...
‘Presence’ review: In a tense ghost story with Lucy Liu, a house is haunted through an unseen spirit’s eyes
The writer Christopher Isherwood put it this way, in his novel “Goodbye to Berlin”: “I am a camera with its shutter open, ...