LORD OF THE FLIES director Marc Munden

About this episode

Marc Munden discusses the films that influenced his direction of the new Lord of the Flies miniseries.

Marc Munden takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the movies that inspired him while directing the new LORD OF THE FLIES miniseries. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Lord of the Flies (1963) Lord of the Flies (1990) If… (1968) - 12:04 Britannia Hospital (1982) O Lucky Man! (1973) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Walkabout (1973) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Monos (2019) Under The Skin (2013) Jackie (2016) Johnny Mad Dog (2008) The 400 Blows (1959) Zero for Conduct (1933) Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) Come and See (1985) Apocalypse Now (1979) The Tribe (2014) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Utopia TV series (2013-14) Lord of the Flies limited series (2026) BritBox Netflix House of Pies in Los Angeles Jack Thorne Lord of the Flies novel by William Golding (1954) Peter Brook Richard Mosse Lindsay Anderson Malcolm McDowell Francois Truffaut Jean-Pierre Léaud Graham Crowden Peter Jeffrey Mona Washbourne Stanley Kubrick Nicholas Roeg Jenny Agutter Luke Roeg John Barry Peter Weir Alejandro Landes Mica Levi Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire Jean Vigo Charlie Chaplin Rome TV series (2005-07) HBO Elem Klimov Francisco Goya Aleksei Kravchenko Olga…

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Olson, Joe Dante

Guest: Marc Munden

Topics covered

• film direction
• influential movies
• adaptations
• cinematic inspiration
• miniseries production

Keywords

• Lord of the Flies
• Marc Munden
• film inspiration
• miniseries
• cinema history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Hollywood Food Coalition, Utopia TV series, BritBox, Netflix, Rome TV series, HBO

Books & works: Lord of the Flies, If…, Britannia Hospital, O Lucky Man!, A Clockwork Orange, Walkabout, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Monos, Under The Skin, Jackie

Places: Los Angeles

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