Taylor Swift's impact on culture and the arts has extended even to established people in the film industry. Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh revealed that he will be drawing inspiration from Swift's Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour film for a new project he is working on.
Speaking to Variety at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic, Soderbergh explained that he has been racking his brain over a concept that delves into the mechanics of "large-scale, successful collaborations" like Swift's The Eras Tour shows and how they contrast with global issues.
"I have been thinking about a project in which I analyze large scale, cooperative endeavours that work. Airports. Why do airports work? Or AA?" he revealed. "You look at the Taylor Swift concert, at this whole tour and it works. So why can't we figure out Syria or any other conflict?"
The Traffic director believes that humor and music go hand in hand to engage audiences.
"Humor is a great delivery system for an idea and nothing lights up the brain like music, so this project better be funny and there should be some musical component as a way to open people up," he elaborated, noting that he wants viewers "feel different" after watching the film.
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Talking about Swift's global and cultural impact, Soderbergh also echoed the idea of Swift being studied in college classes.
"People laugh that there is a college class being taught about her and I go, 'There should be'," the 61-year-old director declared, noting that the global pop star has "taken over" with her "relentless" dedication to her craft.
Swift has also dipped her toes in directing when she directed some of her Midnights music videos and the Grammy-winning music video All Too Well: The Short Film.
Deadline reported that Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is currently the highest-grossing concert film, at $262 million worldwide. It was nominated for a Golden Globe in Cinematic and Box-Office Achievement, an inaugural award for "the year's most acclaimed, highest-earning and/or most viewed films that have garnered extensive global audience support and attained cinematic excellence."
When uploaded to Disney+, The Hollywood Reporter recorded more than 16 million hours of viewing over its first three days on the platform. In its opening weekend, it raked in 4.6 million views worldwide, making it the No. 1 music film ever on the platform.
