'Industry' Creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay

About this episode

Mickey Down and Konrad Kay discuss the season 4 finale of HBO's 'Industry' and its thematic elements.

The hit HBO drama "Industry" just dropped its season 4 finale last night, and we have creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay on the Filmmaker's Toolkit to break it all down. They discuss turning the series into a conspiracy thriller this season, incredible moments like Erics walk off and Yasmin's punishing arc, as well as the meaning of the final shot and mysterious flash frame. Can't get enough "Industry?" Revisit our season 3 interview with Mickey and Konrad - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/industry-creators-konrad-kay-and-mickey-down/id1142632832?i=1000671314786 Subscribe to Top Of The Line - IndieWire's new newsletter about the craft of film and TV - https://cloud.email.indiewire.com/signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Chris O'Falt

Guests: Mickey Down, Konrad Kay

Topics covered

• HBO
• Industry
• season finale
• conspiracy thriller
• character arcs
• final shot analysis

Keywords

• Industry
• HBO
• Mickey Down
• Konrad Kay
• season finale
• conspiracy thriller
• character arcs
• final shot

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HBO

Books & works: Industry

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