Taika Waititi On Screenwriting: An Empire 30th Anniversary Special

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday, dear Empire, happy birthday to us! Yes, Empire is turning 30. And to celebrate, we're launching a year-long (well, thirteen month-long) celebration of some of our favourite filmmakers. And that activity isn't restricted to the magazine. We're going all in on the podcast as well. Which brings us neatly to Taika Waititi. The man who directed Eagle Vs Shark, Boy, Hunt For The Wilderpeople, What We Do In The Shadows, and Thor Ragnarok is one of the most distinctive and original voices working today. And when he came into London recently to deliver a lecture on screenwriting at BAFTA, Chris Hewitt jumped at the chance to sit down with the great man and get granular on his screenplay form. How did he get started? What is his technique? How does he find writing alone? The answers to all these questions, and more, lie within. So pop on a paper hat, light the candles on the cake, and enjoy this very special birthday bash.

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0:00.0	Hello, Paul, I'm Chris Hewitt and welcome to this very special episode of the Empire Podcast.
0:19.8	Did you know that we're 30 years old next year?
0:23.2	I know, I know.
0:24.4	We don't look a day over 28, but it is true Empire Magazine launched in 1989 and because
0:31.1	hitting 30 is such a huge milestone, we've decided to launch a full year of celebrations,
0:38.0	starting this year.
0:39.2	Why?
0:40.2	Because we can.
0:41.8	So you may or may not have heard, but we have put together a list of 30, well technically
0:46.3	31 as two of them are brothers of the finest, most adventurous filmmakers, playing their
0:51.8	trade today.
0:53.5	And we're dedicating great big swathes of coverage to them over the next year across
0:57.6	the magazine, the podcast and other media.
1:01.4	How exciting.
1:03.6	The first filmmaker we're focusing on is one James Cameron who dominates the new issue
1:07.6	of Empire on sale now in all good and evil news agents.
1:11.3	The second is, well, the subject of this podcast.
1:15.9	Tyco YTD has only made five films in empires and obviously his lifetime, but they are
1:21.8	Belters.
1:22.8	Ego vs. Shark is low key 2007 debut.
1:26.3	Boy, his ride coming of AIDS drama from 2010.
1:30.3	What we do in the shadows, his hilarious vampire mockumentary from 2014.
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