The actor admits that Soderbergh's unusual way of capturing the film — told from a ghost's point of view — was a challenge to get used to: "it took the first day of shooting and a mini panic attack."

The film stars Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Eddy Maday, and Callina Liang, and explores themes of trauma, family dynamics, and the supernatural.

Ever since seeing his 1989 directorial debut, Sex, Lies, and Videotape , Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan have been big fans of Steven Soderbergh’s film work. So when he rang up to pitch Presence , his first foray into horror,

The "Presence" director/editor/cinematographer/camera operator goes deep on how he cracked shooting an entire film from a ghost's POV.

Smart, concise, and wonderfully wrought as only director Steven Soderbergh can do, “Presence” is a modern ghost story with the director starring as the ghost. ‘Presence’ (IMDb)

The entire film is shot entirely from the ghost's point of view, the audience haunting a family that has recently moved into a New Jersey home, not realizing that something was already living there. Critic Sean Burns says it's a great gimmick,

“Presence” is a beautifully executed vision of a rather mediocre script. What makes it interesting is the POV “gimmick,” which Soderbergh demonstrates as a legitimate mode of cinematic storytelling. His camera movements take on such a human quality that we become emotionally connected to it as another character in the story.

The intimate supernatural drama stars Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan as homeowners with an unexpected houseguest. With Presence, Steven Soderbergh Resurrects the Ghost Story: Review

The camera is the ghost in Steven Soderbergh’s chillingly effective, experiential haunted house drama “Presence.”

There’s only so much that a person can hold before everything collapses.” With Presence now in theaters, Vogue spoke to Liu and Liang about preparing for their unconventional film—and their own relationships to the paranormal.

Doing his own camerawork, the director gleefully enriches the haunted-house genre with a simple but ingenious device.

Moviefone speaks with Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan about Steven Soderbergh's 'Presence'. "It was really a dream come true working with Steven," Liu said. Moviefone recently had the pleasure of ...