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How to Direct a Movie, With Sam Esmail

The Big Picture

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You Love Titanic, but You Don't Like It.

In the first 10 minutes, I knew exactly where the film was going. And then you felt like a drag the rest of the way. This is my point. What we're talking about is quality. There are just a lot of not that talented people who are going to use it as an excuse to make you sit somewhere for three and a half hours watching Marvel bullshit. It's true. You can get self-indulgent in a bad way. But, you know, PTA, one of our favorite filmmakers, he talked about running. He puts himself- He wanted to be two hours. That's a great attitude to have as a filmmaker. Some of his movies are not

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