especially now with so much great content that people can get right in their homes.

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You know, that's the magic that we've got to get back to the Directors Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

This is our 400th episode of the Directors' Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America. This is our 400th episode of the Directors' Cut, and we wanted to take a moment to thank the many directors and directors' team members who have participated in our conversation series over the years.

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In this episode, audiences are returned to the fantastic world of Pandora in director James Cameron's epic science fiction film, Avatar, The Way of Water.

The long-awaited sequel to Cameron's DGA Award

nominated feature Avatar, The Way of Water, is set a decade after the events of the first film,

and follows human-turned-navi, Jake Sully, who must find a safe haven for his family when old

foes return to ravage their beautiful home and destroy their harmonious way of life.

In addition to both Avatar films, Cameron's extensive directorial credits include the feature films The Terminator,

Alien's, Terminator 2 Judgment Day, and True Lies, as well as the documentary' Secrets of the Whales and Game Changers.

Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic, earned him the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial

Achievement in Feature Film.

Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles, Cameron spoke with

director Guillermo del Toro about

filming Avatar, The Way of Water. Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

Well, this is the second time, but the first time.

I said because I hadn't seen it in 3D.

Exactly, yeah. And with all the effects finished.

It's staggering.

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