Ben Stiller

any sort of touchstones or, and even in the technology, and look, I grew up in the 70s, and I do feel like ever since cell phones and smartphones were invented, it's really changed our lives, obviously, but also storytelling, because so many things that you'd have to do before that you'd tell a story, you'd have to go and do research or whatever, and now you just get on your phone.

any sort of touchstones or, and even in the technology, and look, I grew up in the 70s, and I do feel like ever since cell phones and smartphones were invented, it's really changed our lives, obviously, but also storytelling, because so many things that you'd have to do before that you'd tell a story, you'd have to go and do research or whatever, and now you just get on your phone.

any sort of touchstones or, and even in the technology, and look, I grew up in the 70s, and I do feel like ever since cell phones and smartphones were invented, it's really changed our lives, obviously, but also storytelling, because so many things that you'd have to do before that you'd tell a story, you'd have to go and do research or whatever, and now you just get on your phone.

It's not very cinematic. And that's why I like a prison story, too. Inside of a prison, you don't have access to that technology. Prisoners aren't allowed. And in a way, severance has a prison aspect, too.

It's not very cinematic. And that's why I like a prison story, too. Inside of a prison, you don't have access to that technology. Prisoners aren't allowed. And in a way, severance has a prison aspect, too.

It's not very cinematic. And that's why I like a prison story, too. Inside of a prison, you don't have access to that technology. Prisoners aren't allowed. And in a way, severance has a prison aspect, too.

Yeah, and I think, you know, that world should be as kind of interesting and off and generic in its own way as the innie world, the outie world. And so that's kind of why we sort of gravitated towards that. And so the duality aspect, though, is just inherent in the theme. So just that's a natural sort of, you know,

Yeah, and I think, you know, that world should be as kind of interesting and off and generic in its own way as the innie world, the outie world. And so that's kind of why we sort of gravitated towards that. And so the duality aspect, though, is just inherent in the theme. So just that's a natural sort of, you know,

Yeah, and I think, you know, that world should be as kind of interesting and off and generic in its own way as the innie world, the outie world. And so that's kind of why we sort of gravitated towards that. And so the duality aspect, though, is just inherent in the theme. So just that's a natural sort of, you know,

tendency for us then to look for in the imagery that because it just it's just telling the story in a way and it lends itself to that so you know i think that's uh part of just the sort of visual world of the show and i think when you have a clear theme and you have an idea that's really um specific you know you want to stick with that theme and let that everything build off of that so it feels organic and not forced hopefully you know and that's what i think the great thing about this idea is that it allows for that

tendency for us then to look for in the imagery that because it just it's just telling the story in a way and it lends itself to that so you know i think that's uh part of just the sort of visual world of the show and i think when you have a clear theme and you have an idea that's really um specific you know you want to stick with that theme and let that everything build off of that so it feels organic and not forced hopefully you know and that's what i think the great thing about this idea is that it allows for that

tendency for us then to look for in the imagery that because it just it's just telling the story in a way and it lends itself to that so you know i think that's uh part of just the sort of visual world of the show and i think when you have a clear theme and you have an idea that's really um specific you know you want to stick with that theme and let that everything build off of that so it feels organic and not forced hopefully you know and that's what i think the great thing about this idea is that it allows for that

Right, and we are constantly dealing with that question all the time, the question of how much Lumen knows, how much they're listening to, how much they're seeing within the severed world. I think there's always a question of, how much they're letting happen, how much they know is happening, how sometimes the technology isn't quite great there.

Right, and we are constantly dealing with that question all the time, the question of how much Lumen knows, how much they're listening to, how much they're seeing within the severed world. I think there's always a question of, how much they're letting happen, how much they know is happening, how sometimes the technology isn't quite great there.

Right, and we are constantly dealing with that question all the time, the question of how much Lumen knows, how much they're listening to, how much they're seeing within the severed world. I think there's always a question of, how much they're letting happen, how much they know is happening, how sometimes the technology isn't quite great there.

So there's like, you know, there are places they can find like, you know, like a closet or something like that. And, you know, that's like a specific aspect of the reality of the show that, you know, maybe if we were doing this as a modern day show, everybody would be like, oh wait, well, there's no way you could do that because they would have microphones everywhere.

So there's like, you know, there are places they can find like, you know, like a closet or something like that. And, you know, that's like a specific aspect of the reality of the show that, you know, maybe if we were doing this as a modern day show, everybody would be like, oh wait, well, there's no way you could do that because they would have microphones everywhere.

So there's like, you know, there are places they can find like, you know, like a closet or something like that. And, you know, that's like a specific aspect of the reality of the show that, you know, maybe if we were doing this as a modern day show, everybody would be like, oh wait, well, there's no way you could do that because they would have microphones everywhere.

But I think there's something to the sort of clunky nature of this corporation too. that that is kind of fun and and uh you know we at we don't have any there's one security person in the first season grainer um but early on we had experimented and thought about having security guards on the floor and any time we ever brought security guards in

But I think there's something to the sort of clunky nature of this corporation too. that that is kind of fun and and uh you know we at we don't have any there's one security person in the first season grainer um but early on we had experimented and thought about having security guards on the floor and any time we ever brought security guards in