"Out of sight" is based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard. The first movie based on an Elmore Leonard story was "3:10 to Yuma" (1957, Delmer Daves) but in the second half of the nineties his stories were really popular in the filmindustry. Apart from "Out of sight" there were also "Get shorty" (1995, Barry Sonnenfeld) and "Jackie Brown" (1997, Quentin Tarantino").
"Out of sight" was also the come back film for director Steven Soderbergh. After his well received debut movie "Sex, lies and video tapes" (1989), his next films disappointed.
Formally "Out of sight" is a heist movie, but in reality it is not so much about the plot (which is rather complicated, above all because it is not told in chronological order) but about the relation between the criminal Jack Foley (George Clooney) and the US Marshal Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez).
This relationship resembles very much the relationship between Robert de Niro and Al Pacino in "Heat" (1995, Michael Mann). In both films the policeman / - woman and the criminal are not only enemies. In "Heat" the "not only" consists of mutual respect, in "Out of sight" it is all about romance.
This romance starts at the beginning of the film in the memorable "trunk scene". Against all genre conventions it is the woman who is mainly haunted by erotic fantasies.
"Out of sight" was also the come back film for director Steven Soderbergh. After his well received debut movie "Sex, lies and video tapes" (1989), his next films disappointed.
Formally "Out of sight" is a heist movie, but in reality it is not so much about the plot (which is rather complicated, above all because it is not told in chronological order) but about the relation between the criminal Jack Foley (George Clooney) and the US Marshal Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez).
This relationship resembles very much the relationship between Robert de Niro and Al Pacino in "Heat" (1995, Michael Mann). In both films the policeman / - woman and the criminal are not only enemies. In "Heat" the "not only" consists of mutual respect, in "Out of sight" it is all about romance.
This romance starts at the beginning of the film in the memorable "trunk scene". Against all genre conventions it is the woman who is mainly haunted by erotic fantasies.