ZODIAC: CHRONICLE - PISCES PT. 1 (3/24)

January 15, 2021 Blake Howard

Welcome to Zodiac Chronicle, a 24 part investigation into David Fincher’s 2007 genre-altering masterpiece Zodiac. Adapted from Robert Graysmith’s novel by screenwriter James Vanderbilt and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr and Mark Ruffalo.

Writer and film critic at Film School Rejects, Anna Swanson provided our introduction. Joining me today to talk about one of the most disturbing deaths scenes in cinema is post-production wrangler, writer at The Film Stage and producer of The B-Side podcast Conor O’Donnell. Co-host on The B-Side podcast, co-founder of The Film Stage, and filmmaker Dan Mecca. Podcast producer, co-host of the Oeuvre Busters podcast, Emmy-Nominated filmmaker, Liam Billingham. Feature film editor and editorial consultant with credits that include Fincher’s Gone Girl and Deadpool - Vashi Nedomansky. Writer and film and book critic Bill Ryan. Theatre Director, Playwright, film critic and host of the Ink and Paint Podcast, Daniel Lammin. Filmmaker and screenwriter of Rounders, The Girlfriend Experience, Ocean’s Thirteen and co-creator and showrunner of Billions - Brian Koppelman. Finally, film critic at The Ringer and Cinema Scope, author of essential movie books The Coen Brothers This Book Really Ties the Films Together and the recently released Paul Thomas Anderson Masterworks - Adam Nayman.