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“How do you render something interior filmically? How do you communicate the details of the lost child, of the amount of time of the stuck creative process, and even the exterior, or the externalization of the house as a kind of hellish thing that's barely staying together—literally flooding with waste—and that you can't afford? So those are the details that we had to carefully figure out how to weave. But, you know, when you look at the first 10 minutes, it could be a horror movie. From that moment, a lot can happen. But what's important about it is that it sets the table for what does happen.” -Howard Gordon
Today, we explore the dark psychology of obsession, guilt, and the thin line between predator and victim. Our guests are two of television's most accomplished architects of high-stakes drama and moral ambiguity:
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The Beast in Me, Claire Danes, Matthew Rhys, Howard Gordon, Daniel Pearle, obsession, grief, moral ambiguity, psychological thriller, creative process, mentorship, AI in storytelling, scapegoating, complicity, unreliable narrator, boundaries, trauma,Howard Gordon
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