Body Horror to the Extreme With ‘Overlord’ Director Julius Avery | Interview (Ep. 96)

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.2 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Sean Fennessey sits down with ‘Overlord’ and ‘Son of a Gun’ director Julius Avery to discuss his winding path from a rough town in Australia to making films in Hollywood. Before the two chat, Chris Ryan joins to assess the amorphous state of mainstream horror and gore films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, here are a few topics recovering on the Ringer.com this week.
0:05.0	Recovery in the midterm election, Julia Roberts' new show Homecoming, and the worst person
0:09.7	of the week on the good place.
0:11.2	Also, make sure you check out the rest of the Ringer podcast network for more pop culture
0:14.5	conversation.
0:23.9	I'm Sean Fantasy, Editor-in-Chief of the Ringer, and this is the big picture a conversation
0:28.0	show with some of the most interesting filmmakers in the world.
0:31.3	Today we have a nice chat with a filmmaker named Julius Avery who made a movie called Overlord.
0:36.4	Overlord looks like a war movie, sounds like a sci-fi movie, and ultimately feels like
0:41.3	a horror movie.
0:42.3	I chatted with Julius, but before we get to Julius, I'm here with my pal Chris Ryan.
0:46.9	What's up, man?
0:47.9	Chris, I asked you to be here because I've been taunting you with Overlord for a couple
0:51.7	of weeks now.
0:52.7	I saw it a couple of weeks ago and I know you love a horror movie.
0:55.7	I don't know if you love a body horror movie, and this movie, which is produced by bad
1:00.0	robot, and like I said, is set during World War II, but ultimately starts feeling pretty
1:05.5	damned gross, kind of pushes the limits for what a mainstream movie can be.
1:09.7	I think in a good way, but I want to talk to you a little bit about what makes a good
1:14.1	gory horror movie and kind of what is too far.
1:17.7	In your mind, what is the platonic ideal of this kind of movie?
1:20.9	The thing.
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