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We bet big on Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s Eleven” and discuss:

Cinematography, subtlety, and bounce lighting;
Story & Writing, heist rules, problems and solutions, rule of repeats;
and other such stuff and things and stuff.

“Oh, I just wish someone would try to hurt you so I could kill them for you.“ – Frank Sinatra

Notes & References:
Correction: Based on BTS footage looks like the dinner table scene wasn’t a “Bob Richardson Special”, but that it was lit from the tabletop’s lantern! Somehow I completely missed the lamp sitting right in the dead center of the table. womp womp.
George Clooney (IMDB) was pretty big before Ocean’s Eleven – he’d already done Batman & Robin, The Peacemaker, From Dusk Till Dawn, Three Kings, O Brother, The Perfect Storm, etc; so yeah, I knew exactly who he was going into Ocean’s Eleven lol
“Silent grocery bag” using non-fibrous paper material, same as coffee filter (Tiktok) – so maybe not felt as I stated!
Quote: The world’s foremost cellist, Pablo Casals, is 83. He was asked one day why he continued to practice four and five hours a day. Casals answered, “Because I think I am making progress.” (QuoteInvestigator.com)
Filming Locations: They did in fact film in the Bellagio for almost five weeks! (IMDB)
Budget is listed as $85M, and filmed from Feb. 11 – June 7, 2001
Topher Grace shared a call sheet from Ocean’s Eleven on Reddit