In 1989, a 26-year-old Steven Soderbergh changed the landscape of indie cinema with his feature debut, Sex, Lies, and Videotape.
That’s a pretty impressive accomplishment, and one he might not have achieved if Lucasfilm had hired him back in 1984.
Instead, the iconic studio behind one of the world’s most popular franchises rejected Soderbergh, as evidenced by a letter recently unearthed by the multi-hyphenate.
Soderbergh can do it all: Directing, writing, editing, producing, scoring, importing delicious liquors, keeping meticulous lists of all the media he consumes annually…