Bubble (2006)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by Coleman Hough
Starring Debbie Doebereiner, Dustin James Ashley, Misty Dawn Wilkins
Release Date January 27th, 2006
Published January 26th, 2025
In 2006 Steven Soderbergh, the multiple-times Oscar nominee and preeminent auteur launched a new career as a film entrepreneur. With the help of billionaire Mark Cuban, Soderbergh attempted to change the way movies are distributed to the masses. The idea? Day and date releasing. Soderbergh's then new film, the low budget indie flick, Bubble, was released to theaters, TV and DVD all in less than a week.
Does this mean that Soderbergh invented day and date releasing? No, or maybe, it's debatable if he was the pioneer in that idea. What is not debatable is that Bubble is an intriguing little experiment in its own right. The small-town murder mystery starring non-professional actors and shot on location by Soderbergh with a single camera, is a hypnotic, disturbing little flick about small town artifice.
