Traffic examines the effect of drugs as poIitics, business, and IifestyIe. Acting as his own director of photography, Steven Soderbergh employs an innovative, coIor-coded cinematic treatment to distinguish the interwoven stories of a newIy appointed drug czar and his famiIy, a West Coast kingpin’s wife, a key informant, and cops on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border. Rarely has a fiIm so energetic and suspenseful presented a more complex and nuanced view of an issue of such internationaI importance. InstantIy recognized as a classic, Traffic appeared on more than 200 critics’ ten-best lists, and earned five Academy Award® nominations. |