Running the Chaos – Paul Uddo
Oct 9, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 12 segments
On this episode of Timecode: Dead Air, we rap with AD Paul Uddo, the guy who makes movies actually happen. […]
Oct 9, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 12 segments
On this episode of Timecode: Dead Air, we rap with AD Paul Uddo, the guy who makes movies actually happen. […]
I'm glad you actually said that and that are kind of open about that because I have fought with many people trying to explain that, that it was not...
Yeah, the s- the stri- I mean, I've been told by different studio people it, it was the strikes that Um, you know, it allowed them to also pick up everything and move it overseas, um, where they have great incentives.
You know, I think we still figured out ways of being able to make movies and good movies, um, in COVID.
And once people kinda became comfortable with not going to theaters, it was very hard to get them back into it.
Uh, even today I think it's, you know, it's still very difficult and it's not at, um, nearly the capacity that it used to be.
Um, and on the other side of this, you know, I think a lot of people, it depends on how you feel about it, but, you know, it i- it is still a business.
Um, so it's very important that people go to the theater, you know? And I think COVID is kinda what made a little bit of that change where they were t- taking content and putting it online, streaming it instead of in the theaters because you couldn't, because you could not go, um, to the theater.
And I think that, I think it was last year, I guess last year was when Oppenheimer won the Best Picture of the Academy Awards.
But if you look at the amount of the movies that were released in '24 because they were held from during COVID, I mean, every large director had a movie that came out that year.
It was just unbelievable to see the content, and I also think that it oversaturated a little bit because they all kinda had to come out in that window to be able to be, you know, eligible to be nominated.
There were a lot of good movies that came out, and I think there were a lot of good movies on many different budget levels that were successful.
Um, but it, it is, you know, the, the strikes, going back to that, h- has made everything more difficult, too.
And I think everybody wants to just automatically look and say, "Well, people weren't getting paid enough, and the studios and these corporations were making a lot of money." Um, you know, both of those things can be true, but also I think once you start comparing what people make in our business to what you make in other industries, we have a fairly good, you know, w- we can make a fairly good living.
I'm glad you actually said that and that are kind of open about that because I have fought with many people trying to explain that, that it was not...
Yeah, the s- the stri- I mean, I've been told by different studio people it, it was the strikes that Um, you know, it allowed them to also pick up everything and move it overseas, um, where they have great incentives.
You know, I think we still figured out ways of being able to make movies and good movies, um, in COVID.
And once people kinda became comfortable with not going to theaters, it was very hard to get them back into it.
Uh, even today I think it's, you know, it's still very difficult and it's not at, um, nearly the capacity that it used to be.
Um, and on the other side of this, you know, I think a lot of people, it depends on how you feel about it, but, you know, it i- it is still a business.
Um, so it's very important that people go to the theater, you know? And I think COVID is kinda what made a little bit of that change where they were t- taking content and putting it online, streaming it instead of in the theaters because you couldn't, because you could not go, um, to the theater.
And I think that, I think it was last year, I guess last year was when Oppenheimer won the Best Picture of the Academy Awards.
But if you look at the amount of the movies that were released in '24 because they were held from during COVID, I mean, every large director had a movie that came out that year.
It was just unbelievable to see the content, and I also think that it oversaturated a little bit because they all kinda had to come out in that window to be able to be, you know, eligible to be nominated.
There were a lot of good movies that came out, and I think there were a lot of good movies on many different budget levels that were successful.
Um, but it, it is, you know, the, the strikes, going back to that, h- has made everything more difficult, too.
And I think everybody wants to just automatically look and say, "Well, people weren't getting paid enough, and the studios and these corporations were making a lot of money." Um, you know, both of those things can be true, but also I think once you start comparing what people make in our business to what you make in other industries, we have a fairly good, you know, w- we can make a fairly good living.
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