Sicario 2015
Villeneuve's original. A slow burn that made about $85M domestically but earned a long tail as a darkly rewatchable film; Matt and Alejandro stayed half-obscured, seen through Emily Blunt's Kate.
The Big Picture · Discussion · Interview
Why ‘Sicario’ Needed a Sequel, With Stefano Sollima | The Big Picture (Ep. 73)
June 29, 2018/ 40 min/ Sean Fennessey · Chris Ryan
Sean Fennessey and Chris Ryan on how ‘Sicario’ turned into an unlikely franchise, then a sit-down with Stefano Sollima about directing a sequel to a movie no one asked for.
5 films across 2 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Why ‘Sicario’ Is GoodSean Fennessey and Chris Ryan before the interview
Sicario: Day of the Soldado 2018
The sequel Ryan calls one of the most unexpected franchises in years. Foregrounds Brolin and Del Toro, drops the Blunt audience-surrogate, and sets up a possible third film in Taylor Sheridan's border trilogy.
Stefano Sollima on ‘Day of the Soldado’
Stefano Sollima on
Sicario: Day of the Soldado 2018
Sollima on taking a standalone sequel without aping Villeneuve, researching the border firsthand, the Humvee convoy shot from inside via a 300-degree camera rig with Dariusz Wolski, and the Western turn once Angel shows up.
Stefano Sollima on
Unforgiven 1992
Sollima's touchstone for the beaten-down-hero third act: the crucifixion image and the resurrection beat he found while shooting in the desert.
Stefano Sollima on
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017
His pick for the last great thing he'd seen, praising Sam Rockwell's journey (and citing him in ‘Moon’).
Also mentioned raised along the way
The genre continuum Point BlankConvoy
Action-scene touchstones Saving Private RyanBlack Hawk DownDie HardJason BourneThe Fast and the Furious
Villeneuve's rise EnemyArrivalBlade Runner 2049
Moon Moon
Podcast plugs JawsAnt-Man and the Wasp
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
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In development Call of DutyCult
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