Episode #2452
Roger Avary
Books mentioned
The Strain
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Midnight Express
Mentioned by Roger Avary · at 00:45:30 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Bible
Mentioned by Roger Avary · at 02:06:51 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Asimov on Numbers
Mentioned by Roger Avary · at 02:14:48 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Exorcist
Mentioned by Roger Avary · at 02:50:19 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Roger Avary, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter and co-host of The Video Archives Podcast, discusses filmmaking techniques, the shift from film to digital, and critiques of modern Star Trek and Ridley Scott's recent films. The conversation also explores conspiracy theories about historical revisionism, 9/11, and Jeffrey Epstein, alongside topics like flat earth theories, biblical interpretation, and the use of AI in independent filmmaking.
What they talked about
- Orson Welles and Citizen Kane
- Film vs. digital cinematography
- Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski
- Vampire movies and horror genre
- Star Trek franchise decline
- Ridley Scott's historical epics
- Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories
- Flat Earth theory and cosmology
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