Designers on Film podcast - SeanMcCaul discusses Die Hard

I watch Die Hard at least once every year - wouldn’t be Christmas without it! Really enjoyed thinking out loud and discussing what I love about this movie, with Jason Tselentis, an expert on both design & film. But please note - This conversation began after midnight on a Monday, which probably didn’t help my accent or mental capacity! But very happy with how this episode turned out, and truly honoured to have my name beside such a classic film.

PODCAST INTRO TEXT

“What’s the best book-to-film adaptation, and could it be Die Hard? Sean McCaul, of Citizen By Design, asserts his deep adoration for the Bruce Willis action flick. Along the way we discuss Frank Lloyd Wright, terrorism, Moonlighting and Blind Date, plus 1994’s The Crow. For good measure, we get into Batman & Robin and how the comic book detectives connect to 1995’s Die Hard with a Vengeance and Se7en. Plus, because villains are fun, we touch on 2024’s Wicked and 2021’s Cruella.”

ABOUT THE DESIGNERS ON FILM PODCAST

Every episode, host Jason Tselentis speaks with a phenomenal guest, who’s usually a designer, about their favourite movie and why it’s so memorable.

It might be their very favourite movie (or one of their favourites) and worth watching over and over, and over again. Maybe it left them with more questions than answers. Sometimes it’s hard to shake the lingering feeling the movie left them with. Learn about art direction and set design, cinematography and performance, casting and screenwriting, acting and costume design, makeup and music, as well as advertising, marketing, media, technology, unforgettable quotes, and so much more. Sometimes discussions veer into creativity and strategy, perseverance and leadership, craft and style.