‘Primetime’ Is a Robert Pattinson Transformation and the Nightmare Media Movie of Our Time, With Lance Oppenheim!
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‘Primetime’ Is a Robert Pattinson Transformation and the Nightmare Media Movie of Our Time, With Lance Oppenheim!

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 25, 20261 hr 52 min
  • Conversation
  • Arts & culture

Why don’t you take a seat and sit back, because on today’s show, Sean and Amanda discuss one of their most anticipated films of the year: ‘Primetime,’ starring Robert Pattinson. Before diving in, they briefly share their overall feelings with the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger looking likely to go through, and preview an exciting weekend at the movies. Then, they break down the new film from Lance Oppenheim and sing its praises by identifying it as one of the most exciting movies of the year. Finally, Oppenheim joins Sean to explore the difficulties of transitioning from documentary to narrativ...

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I'm Sean Fennessee. I'm Amanda Dobbins. And this is the Big Picture and Conversation Show about prime time. Today on the show we are digging into the new Robert Pattinson starring paranoid satire

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horror thriller that portrays Chris Hansen, host of To Catch a Predator as a lodestar for our modern crisis of conspiratorial narcissism. The movie is a dark twitchy portrait of a media culture gone horribly wrong and also kind of funny.

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Later in this episode, I'll be joined by Lance Oppenheim, the filmmaker making his scripted feature debut with Primetime. Lance is best known for his documentaries. He last appeared on the show in 2024.

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