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Rebel Moon director Zack Snyder answers your questions about filmmaking from Twitter. What actually is a director's cut? How does audience feedback shape creative decisions? What do filmmakers do to prepare for film shoots? Answers to these questions and many more await-it's Blockbuster Support.
REBEL MOON PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER releases on Netflix April 19, 2024
www.netflix.com/RebelMoonPart2
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: AJ Young
Editor: Louville Moore
Expert: Zack Snyder
Creative Producer: Jackie Phillips
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production & Equipment Manager: Kevin Balash
Talent Booker: Meredith Judkins
Camera Operator: Oliver Lukacs
Sound Mixer: Paul Cornett
Production Assistant: Mike Kritzell
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael; Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
00:00 Filmmaking Support
00:09 Rebel Moon's Slomo Action
01:04 Snyder Cut
02:43 Justice League 4:3
03:10 Who coordinates fight scenes?
04:13 How do you pitch an idea?
06:07 Audience Feedback
06:18 How do you build fictional worlds?
07:04 How do films get funded?
08:46 Ordering Scenes
09:33 Zack Snyder's Directorial Career
10:56 Filmmaker Prep
11:41 When are filmmakers hired?
12:26 Studio Execs
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[@andrewagar9700]

The Snyder cut of this interview is probably 35 minutes

[@mintnite]

and at least 50% of that is in slow mo

[@donaldroman2717]

Id still watch it

[@donaldroman2717]

Id still watch it

[@anirbanbardhan4272]

​@@mintnitewith a darkened filter.

[@MuthoniMaina]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@caskinfg]

"Why is there so much slow-mo, Zack?" "Because slow-mo is awesome" is the most Zack Snyder answer he could have possibly given

[@HikazePrincess]

Well it is awesome

[@MarkFilipAnthony]

He said more than that tho

[@giannisksanthopoulos4300]

Its funny how many slow motion there is on Dune 1 and 2 but everybody spit at Zack Snyder because he makes it.

[@joevaldez4889]

@@giannisksanthopoulos4300 Because they were done right, in JL and Rebel Moon, majority of the Slo-Mo were nonsense and just made the movies longer.

[@giannisksanthopoulos4300]

@@joevaldez4889 "done right" explain what that means. You can't say just that and walk away. Explain yourself!!! Or you just repeating what everybody is saying. Like the sheeps...when one say MEEEE.... everybody after them MEEEEEEE Are you like that?

[@Syryu]

12:26 I'm amazed after everything he went through with WB Executives he'd be so gracious answering the studio executive question.

[@JDaddy_SZN]

100%. He’s a better man than me. Zack is always a class act

[@Hjartulv]

He was an Executive Producer himself on every DCEU film after Justice League. Everyone kinda ignore it.

[@JDaddy_SZN]

@@Hjartulv I believe a lot of those were Legacy credits

[@Hjartulv]

@@JDaddy_SZN it's not. He invested a lot of his money, and has power to decide how films will look. Doesn't means his actually doing something.

[@ravissary79]

​@@Hjartulvtrue, but a lot of those movies have multiple executive producers, so he gets a measure of input, but not that much control.

[@TheCanadian0495]

I don’t love most of his movies, but he seems like a very down to earth guy who knows what he wants and just goes for it. I have to respect that

[@jcp1984again]

Well put. I'm pretty much the same. Sometimes I do find Snyder's attitude annoying though.

[@davidginn6551]

I was just about to say the same

[@emoney6692]

He’s not a great storyteller in my opinion. His best movies are the ones where he has the least creative freedom which are his earlier ones.

[@chubbs1448]

Yeah, the guy can't make a movie to save his life. But I remember way back, I was working at a studio during the late days of production for Batman v Superman, so he was in and out a lot. We ran into each other a ton, and he was always extremely kind and gracious. In a town where so many people are just horrible to you and make it known that you are just a vehicle to their own ends, you really remember the kind ones. I remember assistants didn't treat me half as well as he did.

[@Rony-L]

@@chubbs1448This comment is hilarious. He can’t make a movie to save his life? And you can? Go make a short film, upload it on youtube, and let’s see how it compares. It’s so easy to judge something than create it yourself. Man, I hope this happens.

[@thatsmyboye]

"There used to be a thing called DVDs" ah geez

[@jopo7996]

I can't wait for Zach's 2 hour director's cut of this interview. Shirtless, with spray painted abs, in black and white, and lots of slow motion.

[@manofmartin]

He's a huge lifter. I promise no painted on six pack would be needed. Lol

[@michaelcohen4513]

@@manofmartin he needs a CGI mustache

[@User-54631]

@@michaelcohen4513different director did that.

[@christian-mosesholtz5458]

with added digital blood and at least 2 r*pe scenes in glorious sepia re-colouring in 1:3.12313 ratio

[@power279]

Zack never made Raped scene .but sure.. whatever works for u​@@christian-mosesholtz5458

[@DBringmann]

ok so slo-mo focus on heroic moments in action scenes, but there is a guy filling his water bottle and the scene is in slowmotion...wtf??

[@PBurns-ng3gw]

I really appreciated the slow-motion scenes of them harvesting grain, it really makes you stop and think, “Wow, that’s some heroic agriculture they’re doing.”

[@onechi]

He already said... It's awesome

[@mithruikka]

@@PBurns-ng3gw get to appreciate each seed to the full

[@nomoreheroes93]

@@mithruikka that's what she said

[@edelbrock443]

As a filmmaker, this guy just answered the questions I was asking my college teachers for years.

[@TheNaturalGamer1]

Wow so original

[@theleftisttimemachine8196]

Love or hate his movies, Zack seems like a genuinely nice, passionate and hardworking filmmaker. He has an energy about him that I can't help but admire.

[@josezapata4237]

I feel like punching him in the face every time a word comes out of his mouth 😂

[@4deleDaz33m]

Yeah so? Just because he's a nice, passionate, hardworking filmmaker doesn't mean that I'm gonna like every single one of his movies

[@emptybin4542]

@@4deleDaz33mand nobody is telling you to, feel free to love and hate man

[@farbensanvisuals4930]

Of course, we're giving away awards for effort and passion.

[@Savaart1]

Good or bad director... the man is confident about his job I respect that ^^

[@jamo3976]

Yep, he believes in what he does. Have to appreciate that focus

[@ashleybrooke2087]

He is ambitious & passionate about his projects even if not everyone, myself included, enjoys everything he does.

[@Moviemakers05]

Good for him

[@kreipoyke]

He also seems like a good man who respects his cast and crew. Everyone who works with him seems to have a great experience

[@EnzoTheBaker]

Ed Wood and Uwe Boll were confident about their jobs

[@monsterswampstudios]

Zack Snyder saying he's never seen Josstice league is both an understandably heartbreaking statement and a devastating sneak diss towards that cut of the movie.

[@rayawira]

The other version exists because he decided to leave the project. Why would it be a devastating sneak diss?

[@monsterswampstudios]

@@rayawira Because he probably doesn't want to watch a movie that's tied so closely to his child's death (heartbreaking), but I'd imagine he also hasn't seen it because of its poor critical reception and massive changes to his original source material that he's pretty passionate about (sneak diss).

[@rahilrameez8635]

That Josstice league is actually better than his recent horeshite of a movie tbh

[@MetalGamer666]

So why are there so many slow motion scenes of farming? That just makes people fall asleep.

[@thewitcherking937]

There is only one scene of them farming.

[@Andre-vt4np]

​@@thewitcherking937 regardless its still a scene where he says "slow mo is heroic" whats heroic of farming

[@pats3212]

I like how both Zack and his fans are blissfully content with him being literally the Uwe Bowl of modern Hollywood

[@thewitcherking937]

He's nothing like uwe boll

[@pats3212]

@@thewitcherking937 You're right, he's worse

[@Jork005]

"There used to be a thing called DVD's." Gosh I'm so old.😢

[@tarunsethi7816]

I have a 4:3 monitor I want to upgrade but currently using an old one. I was thrilled to watch snyder cut on my monitor. No black rectangles.

[@ActuallyHoudini]

​@@someone-wo5nu I actually prefer using a 4:3 CRT monitor. Mine is HD and 60hz, it's just more visually fluid and doesn't put too much stress on my graphics card which helps with my process.

[@makatron]

Missed the change to make him say "SloMo is awesome" also be played in SloMo.

[@earthling_parth]

This is the first time I'm seeing what Zack Snyder actually looks like

[@mrnazaire407]

The fact that he said he didn’t see the “other” version of Justice League is so based

[@joemish4540]

Remember, Nolan told him, "you don't want to watch it". A friend watching out for a friend

[@hedwigtheowl]

@@joemish4540🤯where can I read about it??

[@sibusisogumede94]

​@@hedwigtheowlGoogle and i think that information has been out for about 4 years now. I think Nolan's wife was there too since she also produced the snyder cut

[@SuCKeRPunCH187]

he watched it

[@hedwigtheowl]

@@sibusisogumede94 Thanks

[@YooZeus]

We want the Snyder cut of this interview

[@residentgrigo4701]

I submitted a question to this Q&A about a deleted scene in ZSJL. It's not featured here. I wonder if there is a SnyderCut of this interview out there...

[@Ekhin]

I think not reading online reviews about your film is fair, like he said you could go down a deep rabbit hole and having a more controlled group watch is better

[@kotor610]

There's always gonna be someone who doesn't like something. It would cause endless amounts of stress trying to appease everyone.

[@GhengisGoon]

Maybe he should listen to the advice because he can't write a movie to save his life.

[@pats3212]

No it's not fair, it just shows arrogance, like if you think you don't need actual feedback only focus groups of your own choosing to determine if your movies are likeable then you just have your head way too far up your 4ss

[@dosomestuff1949]

@@pats3212 i mean on one end yeah your right. but even someone like nolan has people who despise his movies, and you cant really apease everyone. i think thats where he was going with that, but in his case....

[@EternityInGaming]

I didn't know Zack was answering random tweets 😭

[@gurudru1977]

slo mo is extremely O V E R DONE and even extreme SLO MO...i get what hes saying about capturing and appreciate the composition but moderation dude. slo mo is to Zach Snyder what lens flare is to JJ abrams

[@AFLoneWolf]

Simply put, neither are good directors. They're too in love with their own pretentiousness.

[@User-54631]

@@AFLoneWolfinteresting take, their movies are popcorn blockbuster movies, vs movies made for Oscars, directors and actors. I think you might be confusing signature style with pretension. Snyder films you know you’re going to get dark tones, dreary outlooks by the characters and slow motion action. JJ will get action, bright colors, light comedy one liners and some positive emotional involvement

[@BlackEagle352]

To each their own. It's what makes Zack iconic. I always wonder why people are so critical about it. Like they need to tell people every chance they get. Like we know. It's not a secret. Hating on Zach is weird and cringe because people go out of their way like this. Click on this video and leave this comment. Pathetic

[@chadguevara8284]

@@BlackEagle352 oh no, someone posted their opinion about the video under the video. How weird and cringe. Self reflection, dude

[@GhengisGoon]

@@BlackEagle352 He can't write a good story to save his life. But his cult fanbase will still cope for him.

[@smk712]

This is such an informative interview.it's always awesome to hear Zack Snyder talking about his filmmaking process.

[@mariyutubeacount]

Never stop with these support videos I beg you

[@glubysnot6152]

I like slow motion, I do think it adds to the embellishment of heroic moments that heroes go through… but the AMOUNT of slow motion in the first moon that is the problem. It was offensive

[@bymatallana]

Peter Jackson had a huge directors cut in Lord of the rings trilogy

[@AndyGilleand]

Peter Jackson says the director's cut is the theatrical cut. The extended editions are just a bonus for the fans, but they're not his preferred versions of the movies.

[@pats3212]

Peter Jackson didnt need a director's cut for LOTR to be great, the theatrical cuts were amazing by themselves, Zack uses the director cut as an excuse to bad reception of his films

[@austinjose6898]

Get this man to direct a Gears of War movie with Dave Bautista 🙏🙏

[@alextheGreek7]

That would be very interesting!

[@yotaruvegeta]

I like Snyder’s enthusiasm. I’m just going to go positive with this.

[@IllisiaAdams]

Slow-mo helps with the action, he says... And then slow-mo's GRAIN... IN BOTH MOVIES...

[@jesusarmandocondeaguila]

To the moon with Eledator!

[@ActuallyHoudini]

I actually spent good time and money putting the Snyder Cut onto VHS, including making my own sleave. Spent three weeks on the whole thing. Added adverts and all. Worth it.

[@saadindassum]

I can’t believe Houdini did this

[@emoney6692]

I was admiring this until I read “added adverts”. Genuinely curious, why on earth would you add adverts?

[@awonddy]

What a legend!!

[@user-pd6yd6jj5s]

I find it crazy how people hate on this genius guys movies. Yall couldn't even make a short film of a coin dropping

[@TheGoldSwordSquad]

I like Zack Snyder he seems like an awesome guy. I just hope he sticks to directing more in the future and collaborates with talented writers

[@hundredvail]

Well he should cus the guy cannot write at all

[@MrIamestranged]

Take a day to yourself, take plenty of bong hits, and watch BvS extended version, and his version of Justice league, and youll see details you never knew were there

[@NamikazeBiscocho]

[@jayydee3231]

Literally

[@garethhughes7430]

Gotta tell you, its the bongs, the details aren't actually there

[@spinosaurusstriker]

@@garethhughes7430 They are they are just not very good and actually make his movies worse.

[@XOwave]

Can't wait for the Definitive Cuts

[@bianca123moreno]

It’s been a long time seeing Zack I hope he’s doing better

[@funkndonut]

this is like getting milli vanilli to answer questions about live performances

[@HylianGeekBoy]

I really enjoyed this although I also don't like newest Snider's movies but still I think this was so inspiring as we can know the person behind and how he works and the experience out of all those projects.

[@garethhughes7430]

The "heroic slow mo" in rebel moon just makes it clear that the main characters special skill is just not being shot at.

[@kim87351]

Why justice leage graphics looks like black and white

[@DaelinD]

Whenever I see Zack Snyder, and of course any of his films, I just think to myself, this man should really be a cinematographer and not a director. The guy is clearly fascinated by the visual aspects of movies and he genuinely has a lot of talent for creating images. But he also does not know how to tell a story.

[@tedrosteddy4887]

I wished there would come a 2nd justice league zack snyder 👇 only a like if u for it

[@storyguy9759]

Thank you for ZSJL. What an epic.

[@slaskero01]

Having zack snyder be your official "filmmaking support" guy is like having air bud be your "basketball support" guy

[@thewitcherking937]

How is that a problem? That dog won championships.

[@ekuche8335]

YESSS been waiting for this one!!!!!!!

[@JamesAcosta1350]

Zack is not a director. He’s an artist.

[@pats3212]

All directors are artists because filmmaking is an art, this is like saying Kurt Cobain wasn't a musician he was an artist...

[@southpole4776]

Marcel directors are not artists

[@G59METH]

I see more hate aimed towards Zack Snyder than pretty much any other person on Earth, okay you don't like his movies, whatever... but how can you hate on such a nice guy ?

[@pats3212]

I think you need to go out more if you really think Snyder is the most hated man on Earth

[@brownpaperbag1651]

I also think you need to go out more if you think he seems like a nice guy

[@LASVENGANZA]

Omg he's so nice

[@nelsondcunha3156]

Thank you for the Snyder cut justice League, I watched more than 30 times already, thank you Mr Snyder...

[@michaelcohen4513]

Is there a version of this interview directed by Joss Whedon?

[@AlexLopezMan]

what´s horoic on cutting wheat that earn a slowmo?

[@jtodaro]

I love how him shooting Justice League in 4:3 kinda screwed over the studio and Joss Whedon’s theatrical cut when editing it. They had to zoom in most of the battle scenes and shoot almost an hour of additional footage to make their terrible movie.

[@DiegoMonroyF]

Super chill dude

[@leddmask]

Rebel Moon was trash man, idk what you were doing with that one

[@achaerna.6662]

Can Zack Snyder and Michael Bay please team up to do Bad Boys in Space?

[@tetokesenye397]

😂 Fast and Furious levels of beating a dead horse.

[@drkanei]

slow mo explosions

[@FB35959]

Or just A Space Cops movie based on Bad Boys ?

[@MekareMadness]

Great vid

[@colinstu]

He does a theatrical cut on the reading of all these tweets.

[@EyesOfByes]

I'd ask "how do you handle a passion project being totally shredded by reviewers and audience?". Unironically, how does one handle that. I guess if it breaks even, its easier to move on :/

[@BalashToth]

As with any art, you just don't care. The art is your statement and everyone ever will perceive it differently. Do you think Picasso cared when some random dude told him that he cannot make out his painting?

[@Arcessitor]

@@BalashToth You say that as if it's a good thing.

[@MrRizeAG]

People will tell you to not care, but you will care. You have to care. It's your art, and no matter how much we delude ourselves into thinking we make art for ourselves...we don't. Art is communication. Art is a connection between two people, creator and viewer. You care what people think because you are human. The trick isn't shutting off your emotion, it's facing it and learning how to process that pain. Art is a painful process. You take a piece of your soul, toss it on the page, and serve it up to the masses to be consumed. You'll never get that piece of your soul back. Every piece of art will cost you something. What's important is that you're getting something in return. Your art needs to improve your life somehow for it to be worth it. It has to help your emotional state, your relationships, the world at large, or anything else you care about. If you only make art as a business venture, give up now. You will never make it. But if you make art because it makes your life better, despite what it costs, then you can get through the pain of rejection. It's just life. Let it happen to you. Live.

[@diegovera6858]

The goat❤️❤️

[@lawrencefrost9063]

Eh

[@SirsasthNigam.]

Synder fans make Star Wars fans look like Neurodivergents-Th3Birdman

[@jigzphunk6497]

I actually enjoyed scarier much more than the first one. Wasn’t expecting anything.

[@mojalefamoletsane4348]

If Rebel Moon didn't have that much slo mo, I probably would have enjoyed it.

[@ekuche8335]

There needs to be a part 2 of this…. MAKE A PART 2!!!!!!!!!

[@AstaIsAMonster]

❤️ Zack Snyder movies and seems like a cool guy. I can’t wait for Rebel Moon Part on the 11th.🙌🏽

[@DavidMac8Six8]

Yeah we need a Snyder Cut of this interview.

[@jamesknight3134]

But.......the over-using of slow-mo is making the story-telling painfully slow.

[@jaredferguson8846]

Not all of his movies hit for me, but Zack’s the man

[@OvMov7]

What is on that laptop's display that is so green?

[@shinndig1293]

Does he really believe Rebel Moon would've made one MORBILLION dollars if it was released in theaters beating Barbie??

[@josezapata4237]

Yea he actually does. Just like he believes his movies are amazing and groundbreaking. Maybe if he would have made The Matrix but Rebel Moon ? Lol it’s a joke.

[@thewaybacktou]

That’s not what he said at all dumbass. He’s comparing the different models of film (theaters vs streaming) and how so many people see things on streaming that they wouldn’t normally see in theaters. More people. Y’all read anti snyder headlines and join the hate train

[@ahilor]

Sucker Punch and Watchmen are my favorite of his

[@SOOKIE42069]

slow motion can go too far and ruin things too. kingsman 2 is absolutely slathered in slowmo that does nothing but highlight how bad the digi doubles they're using for the slowmo stunts are.

[@rubenaranda5257]

Give us the Snyder cut of this video!

[@coreyromberg]

Such a baller move that he has never seen the non-Snyder cut version of Justice League

[@Aragorn7884]

I want the GD Snyder Cut of this interview! 😅

[@SNH2099]

can’t wait for his Rebel Moon part two and the Director’s cuts Zack is a legend ❤️

[@claywalker1980]

What a great interview.

[@Ekhin]

You know maybe now that I think of it maybe he could’ve used some more reception for rebel moon

[@Pepecigar]

He looks absolutely like I imagined him (never saw him before)

[@TheUselessJ]

Zach Snyder having forearm tattoos, was something I wasn't expecting, but at the same time is the least surprising thing I learned in a while.

[@perspicaciouscritic]

Zack Snyder's enthusiasm has not waned one bit since his days at ArtCenter College of Design.

[@jamesshugart702]

love Zach Snyder and loved this interview, thanks!

[@caseymiller7201]

Truly the slow-mo promoter of all time right behind The Slow Mo Guys

[@huggeebear]

Hey, I *loved* Watchmen. I don't care what critics said about it.

[@erikdavis1646]

Why all the slow motion? Because he is currently a terrible director who has to pad the runtime and has the mentality of a 5-year-old who thinks he has to add every "cool" thing to him as often as possible no matter how negatively it impacts the material. I'm waiting for him to just release a 100% slow-mo 30-minute movie that is like 10 hours long because he thinks it is just "so cool." Not saying he is entirely a terrible director (he has some great movies, after all), but the quality of his movies correlates inversely to the amount of slow-mo used in it.

[@snmcfadden]

I wouldn't say any of his movies are great. He has a few decent films

[@artietheonemanparty]

The most misunderstood artist of our time. He is an auteur. Go watch 300 and Dawn of the Dead, they are amazing! Watchmen and Justice League are great too.

[@misron1098]

Zack Snyder is a really good story maker and a good director too

[@3DaiYo4Kai56]

Really wished he continued with his army movies instead of rebel moon Army of the dead Army of thieves Army of robots Army of aliens Etc

[@prestonbrown5558]

So ready for rebel moon pt 2 🙏🏾

[@snmcfadden]

He reminds of me of Ed Wood.

[@HouseboundPerspectives]

when tf will we FINALLY get genuine first person perspective stories instead of this hybrid 2nd/3rd person style due to the limitations of camera sizes. its been dabbled in with mixed results but i could see 5d theaters with vr headsets where you are on the journey with the character as if you're one of the people in head heads of john malkovich

[@Whaddayamean13]

Zack is a great filmmaker. It's a bunch of nerds on Twitter that make people think his movies are bad.

[@bobbobson9952]

They are bad. Well, most of them.

[@Z3RO_Myth]

Fax, Snyder haters are moronic

[@Isaacisaperson4677]

Well they are

[@daveclark8337]

It's his filmmaking that makes people think his movies are bad. And his casting might even be worse.

[@Whaddayamean13]

@@daveclark8337 that’s just like, your opinion, man. And one that nobody cares about

[@owtsideperspective3588]

Can we get a ZS justice league sequel

[@tld1357]

Why did I get the 4:3 snyder cut of this video

[@TheAnimesNanda]

Love him or hate him, his filmmaking style is just awesome. Some of my favorite Zack Snyder films are Watchmen and 300

[@petermj1098]

Thank Alan Moore and Frank Miller.

[@NicKeLas]

​@@petermj1098Them first, of course, but those movies are what they are definitely thanks to Zack.

[@lukasssantoss5257]

I’m sad nobody asked him why the movies became so dark.

[@bananaboy1100]

Awesome!

[@DanielFernandez-ou6ww]

👑... Zack Snyder

[@GLOBAREVO]

100 MILLIONS DOLLARS----IRFAN GOKCE-----DAWN OF THE DEAD 2004