Steven Soderbergh on Hollywood's Gay Sex Problem

The movie was simply too gay.That's why director Steven Soderbergh says Behind the Candelabra, his latest (and possibly last) film, was not shown in American theaters. When the major Hollywood studios declined to pick up the biopic—which stars Michael Douglas as the famous Vegas showmanLiberace and Matt Damon as Scott Thorson, his much younger boyfriend—HBO snapped it up. The film premiered on the cable network last month tocritical acclaim. EXCLUSIVE: Steven Soderbergh on Hollywood's Gay Sex Problem | Mother Jones