Leave the World Behind with Sam Esmail and Luke Greenfield (Ep. 451)
The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast
Directors Guild of America
4.6 • 848 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | And so for that scene in the kitchen, |
| 0:01.6 | I remember we were all kind of sitting around. |
| 0:04.5 | And I think it was Ethan, he made his statement. |
| 0:09.1 | He said, what's interesting about the scene |
| 0:11.1 | is everyone thinks that this is their kitchen. |
| 0:13.8 | And I love that because there is always these machinations. |
| 0:18.1 | And people are kind of afraid to speak up and be blunt. |
| 0:21.3 | Everyone's got a secret in that scene. |
| 0:46.1 | I'm going to do. Hello and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to by the Director's Guild of America. |
| 0:52.1 | In this episode, a family vacation becomes an apocalyptic nightmare, and director Sam Esmail's psychological thriller, Leave the World Behind. |
| 0:56.3 | The film tells the story of Amanda and Clay, who rent a luxurious home for the weekend with |
| 1:01.5 | their kids. Their getaway is upended when two strangers arrive bearing news of a mysterious cyber |
| 1:06.9 | attack and the possible collapse of life as we know it. |
| 1:13.4 | In addition to Leave the World Behind, |
| 1:17.1 | Smael's other directorial credits include the feature film, Comet, |
| 1:20.4 | and episodes of the series Homecoming and Mr. Robot. |
| 1:25.5 | Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, |
| 1:29.8 | Smael spoke with director Luke Greenfield about filming Leave the World Behind. |
| 1:33.0 | Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation. |
| 1:41.6 | Hello. |
| 1:42.6 | Wow. |
| 1:43.3 | Huh? |
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