David Osit on the legacy of To Catch a Predator and his new documentary
/Documentarian David Osit (Thank You For Playing, Mayor) rocked Sundance with his latest film, Predators, which takes on the complicated legacy of the To Catch a Predator phenomenon. Zach speaks with the filmmaker about interviewing Chris Hansen, choosing subjects like Skeeter Jean (aka Skeet Hansen), and making a film that confronts its audience.
Check out our thoughts on Predators and our other Sundance favorites - https://youtu.be/yOIl1FpgUsM?si=TrfMg76KRQO0_VOK
TIMECODES…
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Why make this film?
02:52 - Use of raw footage from To Catch a Predator
05:03 - Drawing parallels between styles of true crime documentary and self-indictment
11:16 - Filming with Skeet Hansen and deciding on a subject
13:58 - On the bait and switch approach to storytelling
14:58 - Interviewing Chris Hansen
17:53 - Challenging passive audiences
20:49 - Making a film while balancing other jobs in film
23:36 - David Osit’s next documentary
27:12 - Favorite recent watches
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