Aaron Baker is an associate professor of film and media studies at Arizona State University and the author of Contesting Identities: Sports in American Film.

Preface and Acknowledgments  |  ix
THE FILMS OF STEVEN SODERBERGH  |  1
Relational Independence    1
Remade by Steven Soderbergh: The Underneath, Traffic, Ocean's Eleven, Solaris    16
Star Actors: Julia Roberts, Michael Douglas, George Clooney    28
Cinema of Outsiders: Alienation and Crime    39
Critical Violence and Out of Sight    42
Words as Weapons: The Limey and Ocean's Eleven    53
Independent Form    60
Experiments in Digital Video: Full Frontal, K Street, Bubble    75
Class Conflict in High Definition: Che and The Girlfriend Experience    86
Music and Authorship in Ocean's Eleven and The Limey    90
INTERVIEWS WITH STEVEN SODERBERGH  |  97
Filmography  |  115
Bibliography  |  123
Index  |  129