Zack Snyder is among the few lucky directors to have his original vision translate on the celluloid. Despite the controversy, Zack’s ‘Justice League’ is the epitome of rendering a phenomenal spectacle resulting from creative liberty. But, like other directors, Snyder is apparently in awe of long-form storytelling!
After the pandemic shut down the cinema halls, the streaming platform kept cinema, if not its magic, alive. Due to this, audiences thought that the artists would get to explore more in a series rather than a two-hour-long film. There is a scope for character development, emotional intricacies, and complexities to get translated perfectly. Zack has also agreed to this, and he has referred to Sam Levinson’s ‘Euphoria’ to put his case forward.
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Zack Snyder Believes That ‘Euphoria’ Cannot Exist On Celluloid
The Emmy-nominated show, ‘Euphoria,’ has been touted as a breakthrough teenage drama among the plethora of already existing teen dramas. The grammar that Sam Levinson utilized to tell the stories of the complex lives of American teens with a lot of pomp and over-the-top fictionalization works.
And it worked for the DC Universe filmmaker, Zack Snyder. He recently appeared on the ‘Pizza Film School’ podcast hosted by the Russo Brothers. During the podcast, they discussed the ‘golden age’ of television that everyone is witnessing now.
Zack Snyder said, “I think we’re in a real golden age of TV in the sense that TV shows are much better at showing you something that you’ve never seen before or catching you off balance or making a turn that you didn’t see coming…They’re way riskier.” The director then went on to appreciate the Zendaya-starrer ‘Euphoria,’ which, according to him, is difficult to make into a feature film.
Snyder continued, ” ‘Euphoria,’ for instance, I was just watching the show is just unbelievable. That show shouldn’t exist; it’s so good. And that’s the kind of thing I watch that show and go, ‘This movie would never get made; this movie can’t exist.’ “
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Joe Russo Admits That Television Is In Its Golden Age
The Russo brothers are delving into the OTT with their action-packed series ‘Citadel,’ starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden. During their podcast, Joe admitted that television, which is the pioneer of the long storytelling format, is in its golden age.
Joe Russo said, “Why I think you’re saying TV is now in a golden age is that it is disrupting from a format standpoint. It’s 10 hours of content; it’s eight hours of content.”
Russo continued, “You get a different emotional impact killing a character five hours into a ten-hour story because you’ve spent five hours with that character versus an hour. It’s just different. You’ve assigned more of your time, you have more investment, and when that character goes, you feel it because of that investment.”
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