
 Deep Cut: A Film Podcast 113. Steven Spielberg: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (featuring Lee Isaac Chung)
We have a very special guest this week: Lee Isaac Chung (Minari, Twisters) brings one of his favorite movies of all time, Steven Spielberg’s Artificial Intelligence, to the podcast as his Deep Cut Pick! Isaac chats about his awe and love for the film, what he’s learnt as a filmmaker from working with Spielberg on Twisters, and his own transition into blockbuster filmmaking.
We also discuss Hayley Joel Osment’s all-timer of a child performance, the film’s divisive ending, Spielberg’s masterful blocking, and the film’s worldbuilding and depictions of the future.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introducing Lee Isaac Chung
00:01:50 Introduction to Steven Spielberg and our connection with his work
00:09:02 Why Isaac chose AI as his Deep Cut
00:13:46 First reactions to AI
00:18:04 Plot summary and production context
00:20:19 Kubrick
00:24:48 Minor Barry Lyndon spoiler
00:26:24 Spoiler ends
00:28:12 Love/hate and Spielberg’s touch
00:35:38 Hayley Joel Osment’s performance
00:41:53 Strategies for directing children
00:46:29 Act 2: Jude Law and Flesh Fair
00:52:03 Worldbuilding and depiction of AI
00:55:46 Ending
01:01:13 Spielberg’s blocking
01:09:24 Isaac’s experience moving into blockbuster filmmaking
01:13:46 Outro
