Euphoria creator Sam Levinson joined filmmaker Jason Reitman for a screening and dialog across the newest episode of the HBO drama Wednesday night time.
American Cinematheque held a double function of Euphoria’s sixth episode of season three, “Stand Still and See,” and Soiled Harry, which Levinson cited as an inspiration for the episode, on the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. The author-director teased a little bit of the final two episodes of the season, sang the praises of composer Hans Zimmer and spoke at size concerning the season’s exploration of religion all through the almost half-hour dialog.
Levinson warned followers of the present that they shouldn’t wait round to observe the ultimate episodes as they hit over the following 10 days. “If you’re not watching episodes seven and eight live — the moment they drop — they will get spoiled,” he mentioned, not providing way more of a tease. “There’s some big things that happen.”
Reitman and Levinson spoke concerning the sixth episode, which the 2 watched along with the gang on the westside theater. “Knowing where it goes in seven and eight, I think this is hands down our best season,” Levinson mentioned.
“I think particularly episode eight reaches a level of poignancy that I could only dream of when I was first working on this show,” he continued, relating it again to the spiritual imagery and symbolism that was proven by way of the sixth episode. “I think that there’s a lot to learn from religion, and also just on a purely graphic level in terms of cinematography and imagery, it’s filled with such mythic images that it’s inspiring.”
Levinson and Reitman took a second to rejoice Zimmer, who served as the only composer on the season after a broadly publicized exit by Labrinth. The pair have been initially set to deal with the venture collectively. “Hans Zimmer has been such a blessing because we needed about four and a half hours of music for this season and what he was able to do in such a cohesive way over multiple different genres,” Levinson mentioned. “It’s astounding and I’m so proud of it.”
Reitman and Levinson additionally touched on their journey with each other’s work, each recalling when Levinson confirmed Reitman a tough lower of Euphoria’s pilot episode. “If you have a rough cut of anything and you need notes, Jason Reitman is the person,” Levinson informed the gang.
“I bring the pilot over to his house and press play we get maybe 45 seconds into it. He goes, ‘Pause it. What the fuck is that line of voiceover there? That doesn’t make any sense. What’s wrong with the music?’” Levinson continued. “He paused it every 30 seconds until about minute 12, ripped me to shreds, and then sat there silently for the rest of it and turned to me and goes, ‘Well, the problem’s just the first 12 minutes. The rest of it’s great.’”
