Christopher McQuarrie: Story structure, screenwriting, directing and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning

Published: July 3, 2023, 11:01 p.m.

b"The magnificent legend that is Christopher McQuarrie joins Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir for a full hour to talk story, structure, creating magic, working with Tom Cruise and directing Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One.\\n\\nWe also discuss:\\nHis debut movies, Public Access, The Way of the Gun and wining an Oscar for Usual Suspects.\\nWorking with Tom Cruise and pushing boundaries in film-making.\\nIn-depth into his mind on story and structure of making films.\\nTrouble shooting moments and looking at bad reviews.\\nHow to make the audience care about action.\\nListener questions.\\nAnd many, many tips on directing and screenwriting.\\n\\nMission Impossible Dead Reckoning is in cinemas July 10th!\\n\\nChristopher's credits include:\\nAs writer: Public Access, Usual Suspects, Valkyrie, The Tourist, Jack the Giant Slayer, Edge of Tomorrow, The Mummy, Top Gun: Maverick\\nAs writer & director: The Way of the Gun, Jack Reacher, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation, Mission Impossible Fallout, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One.\\n\\n----\\nPOST PRODUCTION DEMYSTIFIED COURSE link\\nJoin us on Zoom on Saturday, July 22nd at 1pm BST, when our team of film professionals will guide you through all the elements you\\u2019ll need to plan, all the people you\\u2019ll need to hire, and all the questions you\\u2019ll need to answer in order to effectively schedule and budget for post-production.\\nhttps://cutting-room.ck.page/products/post-production-demystified?step=checkout\\n\\nPATREON\\nBig thank you to:\\nSerena Gardner\\nMark Hammett\\nLee Hutchings\\nMarli J Monroe\\nKaren Newman\\nWant your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on film-making?\\nJoin our Patreon\\xa0for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your film projects!\\nSUPPORT THE PODCAST\\nCheck out our full episode archive at\\xa0TheFilmmakersPodcast.com\\nCREDITS\\nThe Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson\\nSocial Media by Kalli Pasqualucci\\xa0@kallieep\\nMarketing Huw Siddle\\nLogo and Banner Art by\\xa0Lois Creative\\xa0\\nTheme Music by\\xa0John J. Harvey\\nMusic supplied by \\u2013 Music Bed\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"