Team Deakins cover image

MATT REEVES - Director

Team Deakins

00:00

The Fear of Making a Movie

As a child, I wanted to be an ape. The idea of how much silent storytelling was possible within it is very instinctual. And at the time, my son was maybe eight months a year, he was just starting to express himself and some early words were coming. It's one of those things where when you become a father, you don't really think about like, we're animals. There was something about seeing my child and the way he was expressing himself, the words would come with a kind of primal urgency that was like, oh, he's such a little animal. This film represents that one moment of time where it could have become Planet of the Humans and the Apes

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app