'Pizza Movie' Directors Brian McElhaney & Nick Kocher (BriTANicK)

About this episode

Directors Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher discuss their new Hulu film 'Pizza Movie' and its artistic approach to lowbrow comedy.

Directors Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, also known as the comedy duo BriTANicK, join IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill to talk about their new Hulu “Pizza Movie, which elevates lowbrow comedy to high art with its meticulous sense of visual design and structure. McElhaney and Kocher talk about influences, casting, and more in this wide-ranging interview. Read our full review of "Pizza Movie" - https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/pizza-movie-review-britanick-hulu-comedy-1235186676/ Subscribe to Top Of The Line - IndieWire's new newsletter about the craft of film and TV - https://cloud.email.indiewire.com/signup/ Listen to the Screen Talk Podcast. Every Friday IndieWire editors Anne Thompson & Ryan Lattanzio break down insider news from Hollywood and debate the latest films and series. - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indiewire-screen-talk/id893977298 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jim Hemphill

Guests: Brian McElhaney, Nick Kocher

Topics covered

• comedy
• film
• interview
• directing
• visual design

Keywords

• Pizza Movie
• BriTANicK
• comedy duo
• Hulu
• visual design
• film interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hulu, IndieWire

Books & works: Pizza Movie

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