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Director Steven Soderbergh<\/a><\/strong> recently spoke to Kurt Andersen of Studio 360<\/a> and confirmed that he wants to retire.<\/p>\n When I first heard this story, it was hard to believe.<\/p>\n Why would an A-list director who has succesfully criss-crossed the indie and studio worlds just throw in the towel?<\/p>\n It first surfaced<\/a> when Matt Damon said in December:<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s retiring, he\u2019s been talking about it for years and it\u2019s getting closer. He wants to paint and he says he\u2019s still young enough to have another career.He\u2019s kind of exhausted with everything that interested him in terms of form. He\u2019s not interested in telling stories. Cinema interested him in terms of form and that\u2019s it. He says, \u2018If I see another over-the-shoulder shot, I\u2019m going to blow my brains out.\u2019 \u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It turns out Soderbergh said this to Damon after a few drinks and he wasn’t expecting it to get out.<\/p>\n But in the recent discussion on US radio show Studio 360, he has confirmed that after making his current projects (which include Contagion<\/a>, Haywire<\/a>, and upcoming Liberace<\/a> biopic) he plans to stop making films.<\/p>\n You can listen to the section of the interview where he talks about his retirement here:<\/p>\n