Unstoppable

But it's nuanced when you throw in family or, you know, things like mental illness or stuff.

So I feel like what Whale Fall does brilliantly is it's not like, say, Tony Scott's Unstoppable.

Oh, I'm Denzel Washington.

Hi, I'm Chris Pine.

This is not an uncommon experience.

And his biggest terror, he told me growing up as a kid, was at the movie theater crawling under the seats with the rest of the theater when the winged monkeys came in.

in The Wizard of Oz, which seems to be a really, really formative experience.

One of the things, and I want to talk a little bit about the story, but I also want to talk about, because I don't want to give too much away.

They found a Nazi world instead, right? So, you know, it's out there.

The cosmic horror is just outside their door at all times, and they keep stumbling into it without realizing.

You know, even in Superman, the movie, like, you know, that whole schism that happens where, like, uh what the the uh the the cosmic has touched the world right and the world splits in the face of the cosmic right that that's you know and it's just too much um so i really like this idea that there's just so much more out there and it's threatening to just kind of spill over into the world at all times um with what gun and saffron have done Uh, and it's even, uh, uh, what's it, um, the creature commandos, same thing, you know, like that told the story in both ways too, but it was nothing.

But like every time they gave us a backstory for someone, it was just heartbreaking.

forgot the one where he's like an angry driver like an overweight looks like he's on an alcoholic like called rage or some something like that unhinged it's like they were trying to recreate uh the movies of denzel where he's like what is it unstoppable is one And then he's on another one.

The one with...

The Unstoppable is with Thor, right? Or Thor's brother.

What are the two bros' names? Hemsworth, right? Oh yeah, that's Pine.

That's Chris Pine.

Unstoppable, that movie slaps.

And then there's one with Denzel and John Travolta.

Remember that? When John Travolta takes over the train...

That's maybe the favorite indie that I've done.

Favorite studio that I've done is probably Unstoppable with Tony Scott, Denzel, Chris Pine.

Favorite television show, Walking Dead, obviously.

Had a lot of fun doing The Righteous Gemstones for Danny McBride.

And, and you know, I wanted to mention, like, another great filmmaker is his brother who passed away over a decade ago, Tony Scott.

Tony Scott, if you don't know, Scott, Top Gun, True Romance, Man on Fire, Days of Thunder, Unstoppable.

Like, th- that dude had some fucking sick movies too.

Yeah.

Days of Thunder I thought was goofy.

But I love True Romance.

I thought Unstoppable was amazing.

Enemy of the State was really exciting, especially if you watch it as a secret sequel to The Conversation.

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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, and Unstoppable.

And Deja Vu.

Yeah.

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I wonder if this will be the best of the Tony Scott Denzel collabs.

We got, we got Man on Fire, we got Deja Vu, we got Pelham One Two Three, and Unstoppable.

Yeah.