Soderbergh Ep. 26: Behind The Candelabra (2013) with Eva Anderson

Shine up those rhinestones, everybody: it's the BEHIND THE CANDELABRA episode. We're talking Soderbergh's sort-of-final film before his sort-of-retirement, a 2013 Liberace biopic starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon - and we're joined by writer and Liberace expert Eva Anderson! We talk Vegas, camp, Douglas's infamous throat cancer disclosure, plastic surgery, palimony, the closet, Eva's absolutely insane experiences touring Liberace's home and other associated places, and lots more. You know what they say... too much of a good thing is wonderful (also unfamiliar to listeners of this show).

Further Reading:

Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace by Scott Thorson and Alex Thorleifson

Liberace: An American Boy by Darden Asbury Pyron

The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies by Vito Russo

"Michael Douglas on Liberace, Cannes, cancer and cunnilingus" by Xan Brooks

"The Boy Toy's Story" by David Segal

Further Viewing:

DRACULA (various)

SUNSET BOULEVARD (Wilder, 1950)

THE INFORMANT! (Soderbergh, 2009)

THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES (Greenfield, 2012)

SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD (Tyrnauer, 2017)

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