In Conversation With James Cameron — Live In London

The Empire Film Podcast

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Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen. James Cameron has finally returned to the director's chair after more than a decade away, with Avatar: The Way Of Water, the sequel to the biggest film of all time. And when he came to London recently, we were delighted to stage a special Cameron-centric event, via the Empire VIP Club. First up, the Empire Podcast team of Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara and James Dyer hold court in front of a packed audience of Empire VIP Club members, waxing lyrical about all things Cameron (James, not Diaz or David). Then, in the second half of the show, Chris is joined on stage by Cameron himself for a one-hour deep dive into the career of one of the most successful directors of all time, and the path that has finally led him back to Pandora. If you're interested in becoming a member of the Empire VIP Club and being first in the queue (real and virtual) for events like this, go to empireonline.com/vip for more information and to sign up.

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0:00.0	Music
0:14.0	On the ever podcast this week we're live in London and in conversation with James Cameron!
0:23.0	Amazing!
0:25.0	So spontaneous as well, I love it. Hello, Paul, I'm Chris, you're welcome to a very special live edition of the Empire podcast.
0:33.0	Members, exalted members of the Empire VIP club, prepared to shit yourselves with your mouth swide open.
0:41.0	Not my words, Carol, but the words of James Cameron in Empire Magazine in 2014 when the great director was talking to us about what we could expect from his forthcoming Avatar sequels.
0:53.0	There were just two back then.
0:55.0	You'll shit yourself with your mouth wide open, he said. Naturally, I immediately bought 10 tickets for a movie that didn't then exist.
1:07.0	But it does now because 13 years after Avatar revolutionized cinema, made 3D cool, brought us to a planet we never heard of before called Pandora, and became the biggest movie of all time.
1:22.0	Twice, which is a hell of a flex. We're going back to Pandora again with Avatar, the way of water which opens in cinemas next week.
1:33.0	And so to celebrate, we have gathered here in the lush surroundings of the Odian Lux and the bustling heart of London's West End to celebrate the incredible career of James, Francis Cameron, the man who's directed some of the biggest and best movies of all time.
1:51.0	He's a man who directed the Terminator.
1:54.0	Oh, this is good.
1:57.0	Aliens.
1:59.0	I mean, he only directed the eight movies. I won't take that long. So the Abyss.
2:04.0	Terminator to Judgment Day.
2:07.0	True lies.
2:09.0	Titanic.
2:11.0	Avatar.
2:13.0	And now Avatar, the way of water.
2:17.0	And a cuddly toy. Very exciting indeed. So Avatar, the way of water might just rewrite the rulebook yet again, folks.
2:24.0	And it's just a short while you're going to be hearing from the man himself in an extensive interview about his career.
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