Saw X with Kevin Greutert and Marcus Dunstan (Ep. 446)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Director Kevin Greutert discusses his new film, Saw X, with fellow Director Marcus Dunstan in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses refocusing the series around its trademark antagonist, finding inspiration in a new setting when the initial location fell through, and having his cinematography capture uncharacteristic beauty in contrast to the iconic Saw imagery. The film tells the story of John - the serial killer known as Jigsaw - who goes out of country to undergo an experimental procedure in hopes of finding the miracle cure for his cancer. Once he discovers the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable, he is armed with newfound purpose and uses deranged and ingenious traps to turn the tables on the con artists. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/Events/2023/December2023/SawX_QnA_1023.aspx

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0:00.0	It seemed in some ways counterintuitive to make your monster be so exposed to the audience.
0:07.9	You know, it's the opposite of the lesson of Jaws and Alien.
0:12.0	But I really wanted to give Tobin Bell an opportunity to make this his great work.
0:19.2	He's always inhabited the character in a way that's kind of, kind of weird
0:24.0	to experience it. He is John Kramer. He's the nicest guy in the world and would never hurt a fly,
0:29.2	but there is something in his personality that has carried this saga forward, and it is the
0:35.4	essential element. Hello and welcome back to the Director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:59.9	In this episode, the serial killer Jigsaw is back and up to new terrifying tricks in director
1:05.2	Kevin Grutter's horror thriller, Saw 10.
1:08.5	In the latest installment of the long-running franchise, Jigsaw undergoes an experimental
1:13.3	procedure in hopes of finding the miracle cure for his cancer. When he discovers the entire operation
1:19.1	is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable, he is armed with newfound purpose and turns the tables
1:24.4	on the con artists by devising new versions of his trademark traps.
1:29.3	In addition to Saw 10, Gruttert's other directorial credits include the feature films Saw 6, Saw 3D, Jessibel, Visions, and Jackals.
1:40.9	Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,
1:45.0	Grutteret spoke with director Marcus Dunstan about filming Saw 10.
1:49.2	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:57.0	All right. Thank you for coming and thank you for staying.
2:19.7	I know it's a long movie and if you were here for Exorcist as well, then it's a particularly long night. So I triply appreciate it. I'm Kevin, director and editor of the film. Mark, go ahead and introduce yourself. And I'm Marcus, a grateful buddy of Kevin's. And one of the fellow stops along the way for this, this long, long story. Don't be shy. Marcus is a director writer himself, and he wrote
2:25.7	four of the Saw movies, including the first two films that I directed, Saw 6 and 7. So he
2:31.3	he knows the franchise very well, and, you know, is the perfect person to be talking about it with you.
2:37.4	Thank you.
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