The Big Picture

How to Direct a Movie, With Sam Esmail

Nov 21, 2022

01:53:40

Episode guests

Sam Esmail

Highlights

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Episode notes

I Just Got COVID. It's the Kid

01:52

The Future of Action Cinema

01:36

The Most Miserable Experience Ever

03:51

Introduction

2min

I Was Like, Oh God, I'd Just Walked Straight Into the Pole. Yeah, I Didn't.

2min

I Just Got COVID. It's the Kid

2min

Are You Playing Music?

2min

Ready to Die Is a Different Podcast

2min

You Don't Care About Baseball

3min

You Don't Have to Be Able to Build Character

2min

Are You Streaming Movies or VOD?

2min

Are You Doing Your Thing Every Weekend?

3min

10.

The AFI List

2min

11.

Did You Finish Cronenberg's Filmography?

5min

12.

The Movie Is Not Your Movie, It's Just Fun

2min

13.

Quentin Tarantino - I Can Hate It

3min

14.

Do You Like Romantic Comedies?

2min

15.

Is There a Romantic Comedy Hall of Fame?

2min

16.

You're Going to Cost Her for That the Way You Requested Me

2min

17.

Comet Is the First One I Like

2min

18.

How Much Am I Going to Spoil?

2min

19.

How Do You Direct a Movie?

2min

20.

How to Write an Editorial Note to a Book

2min

21.

Tarantino's Taxi Driver - Is He Making a Film?

2min

22.

Movie Review - Nope

2min

23.

Are You Going to Be OK?

5min

24.

Do You Have a Stopping Time Everyday?

2min

25.

Do You Go to Bed When You Go to Bed?

3min

26.

Send Day Is a Minute

1min

27.

Movie Review - Is There a Bad Script?

2min

28.

The Future of Action Cinema

2min

29.

Ambulance Is the Future of Action Cinema

3min

30.

How to Pre-Vise a Movie

2min

31.

Is There a North Star in Homecoming?

3min

32.

The House Tour in Bethpage

2min

33.

You Know, I'm in the Dab Mob. You're in the Amanda Team.

3min

34.

I Don't Have a Soft Spot for It

2min

35.

Do You Feel Like You Have a Liking Hyena Energy When You're Watching Certain Actors?

2min

36.

The Most Miserable Experience Ever

4min

37.

Is the Movie Really as Good as Everyone Says?

2min

38.

The Outliers, You Know?

2min

39.

Parasite

2min

40.

Simply Safe Home Security Offers 50% Off Any New Security System

2min

41.

Are You Making These Mistakes When You're Finishing Your Film?

2min

42.

Homecoming

5min

43.

The Imposter Syndrome

2min

44.

Is This a Tough Love Podcast?

2min

45.

How to Make a Movie?

2min

46.

The Last Great Film

2min

47.

Did You Ever See Chimes at Midnight?

2min

48.

It's Not Always the Runtime

3min

49.

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

2min

‘Mr. Robot’ creator and filmmaker Sam Esmail returns to the show for a wide-ranging conversation about the state of movies and how he made his forthcoming 2023 film, ‘Leave the World Behind,’ from conception to completion.

Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins

Guest: Sam Esmail

Producer: Bobby Wagner

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