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Rocco DeVilliers

Rocco DeVilliers

Film director

Oct 25, 2026

ScottHOST
9:19
And is it, you know, when you're dealing with so much stuff, right, how do you decide to divvy it up? Like when we're going to see it, is it a chronological thing, the making, you know, how it started? I mean, how did you decide to kind of present it? That's got to be one of the biggest, you know, decisions that you have to make,
9:38
right? Yeah, these documentaries can be tricky.
9:41
It's difficult because unlike a narrative feature, there's no script, and it's like investigative reporting, and you're creating the narrative really in the edit room.
9:50
And in this case, for me, I really wanted to kind of establish the era and sort of do a recap on 80s action TV, which really kind of started with the Dukes of Hazzard.
10:05
And then everybody was trying to sort of, you know, one up that show.
10:10
And it ushered in this this era that's, you know, known as action TV.
10:15
And that kind of continued through to the late 80s until the Cosby show came along and showed the studios that, hey.

6 MINS LATER

ScottHOST
16:42
Because I guess there were at least two action pieces a show, right? If I remember right.
ScottHOST
10:01
And is it, you know, when you're dealing with so much stuff, right, how do you decide to divvy it up? Like when we're going to see it, is it a chronological thing, the making, you know, how it started? I mean, how did you decide to kind of present it? That's got to be one of the biggest, you know, decisions that you have to
10:20
make, right? Yeah, these documentaries can be tricky.
10:22
It's difficult because unlike a narrative feature, there's no script, and it's like investigative reporting, and you're creating the narrative really in the edit room.
10:32
And in this case, for me, I really wanted to kind of establish the era and sort of do a recap on 80s action TV, which really kind of started with the Dukes of Hazzard.
10:47
And then everybody was trying to sort of, you know, one up that show.
10:51
And it ushered in this this era that's, you know, known as action TV.
10:57
And that kind of continued through to the late 80s until the Cosby show came along and showed the studios that, hey.

6 MINS LATER

ScottHOST
17:23
Because I guess there were at least two action pieces a show, right? If I remember right.

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