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Sex, Lies, and Videotape, (Stephen Soderbergh, 1989)

Curse the day that Stephen Soderbergh met George Clooney. It's sort of painful to watch this wonderful 1989 film, great in its own right and important in its role in inspiring independent cinema, and not think of all the great movies that could have been made if Soderbergh was not distracted making smug and utterly comfortable vehicles for Clooney. I like both Soderbergh and Clooney a lot, but I think their careers, especially Soderbergh's, would have taken a more interesting path if they weren't such frequent collaborators.