Three movies inspired me to study film in college. Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, and Steven Soderbergh’s Sex, Lies and Videotape. Each delivered a significant impact, but none more so than Sex, Lies and Videotape. Its style is simple, yet effective and had me convinced I could make a film. Although I never accomplished my goal, my admiration for Soderbergh’s writing and directing remains. His smart, frank approach to sexual repression and infidelity stands as a groundbreaking creation in adult drama. Subtle camera movements, a provocative soundtrack, and outstanding performances accentuate a perceptive story about broken people seeking to find their place in the world.

This scene marks the point when the tables are turned on Graham. Accustomed to being the interrogator, a guarded Graham finds himself in the uncomfortable position of subject as a fed up Ann bombards him with questions in an attempt to exorcise his private demons. I present the verbally intense climax to Sex, Lies and Videotape: