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Oct 2023
31m 27s

Reptile with Grant Singer and Louis Lete...

DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA
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Director Grant Singer discusses his new film, Reptile, with fellow Director Louis Leterrier in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, Singer discusses the genres he drew from to achieve his tone, his experience working alongside Benicio del Toro on the production end, and how he saw music as a drive for the film’s pacing. The film ... Show More
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