Dan Gilroy on
Velvet Buzzsaw 2019
His art-world satire-thriller-horror mashup, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, John Malkovich, and Toni Collette.
The Big Picture · Interview
‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Director Dan Gilroy on Genre-Hopping with Netflix | Interview (Ep. 122)
February 1, 2019/ 27 min/ Sean Fennessey
Sean Fennessey talks to Dan Gilroy about mashing thriller, satire, and horror into Velvet Buzzsaw, making a movie for Netflix, and looking back at Nightcrawler and Roman J. Israel, Esq.
3 films across 1 segment.
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In conversation
Dan Gilroy on
Nightcrawler 2014
His directorial breakout, also with Gyllenhaal. He says the laughter it got from audiences taught him thrills and humor could work together.
Dan Gilroy on
Roman J. Israel, Esq. 2017
His second film, with Denzel Washington. He calls it underdiscussed and describes it as a story about “the burden of belief.”
Also mentioned raised along the way
Films he and his cinematographer studied while making Velvet Buzzsaw The PlayerMASHNashvilleRosemary's BabyThe ExorcistAmerican Psycho
Also mentioned The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)RomaThe Price of EverythingSlumdog MillionaireBird Box
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV Escape at Dannemora
Unproduced Superman Lives