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David Osit on the legacy of To Catch a Predator and his new documentary

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Documentarian David Osit (Thank You For Playing, Mayor) rocked Sundance with his latest film, Predators, which takes on the complicated legacy of the To Catch a Predator phenomenon. Zach speaks with the filmmaker about interviewing Chris Hansen, choosing subjects like Skeeter Jean (aka Skeet Hansen), and making a film that confronts its audience.

Check out our thoughts on Predators and our other Sundance favorites - https://youtu.be/yOIl1FpgUsM?si=TrfMg76KRQO0_VOK

TIMECODES...

00:00 - Intro

00:40 - Why make this film?

02:52 - Use of raw footage from To Catch a Predator

05:03 - Drawing parallels between styles of true crime documentary and self-indictment

11:16 - Filming with Skeet Hansen and deciding on a subject

13:58 - On the bait and switch approach to storytelling

14:58 - Interviewing Chris Hansen

17:53 - Challenging passive audiences

20:49 - Making a film while balancing other jobs in film

23:36 - David Osit’s next documentary

27:12 - Favorite recent watches

If you like this podcast, share it and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!

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Documentarian David Osit (Thank You For Playing, Mayor) rocked Sundance with his latest film, Predators, which takes on the complicated legacy of the To Catch a Predator phenomenon. Zach speaks with the filmmaker about interviewing Chris Hansen, choosing subjects like Skeeter Jean (aka Skeet Hansen), and making a film that confronts its audience.

Check out our thoughts on Predators and our other Sundance favorites - https://youtu.be/yOIl1FpgUsM?si=TrfMg76KRQO0_VOK

TIMECODES...

00:00 - Intro

00:40 - Why make this film?

02:52 - Use of raw footage from To Catch a Predator

05:03 - Drawing parallels between styles of true crime documentary and self-indictment

11:16 - Filming with Skeet Hansen and deciding on a subject

13:58 - On the bait and switch approach to storytelling

14:58 - Interviewing Chris Hansen

17:53 - Challenging passive audiences

20:49 - Making a film while balancing other jobs in film

23:36 - David Osit’s next documentary

27:12 - Favorite recent watches

If you like this podcast, share it and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!

Music: Green Lightning by Calsendry - ⁠⁠https://calsendry.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠

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