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Screenwriter InterviewsSubverting Expectations by Clashing Different Genres: A Conversation with ‘Leave the World Behind’ Writer-Director Sam Esmail

Sam Esmail spoke with Script about how he always wanted to do a disaster film about a cyberattack and how author Rumaan Alam’s book was the perfect material to adapt. On top of talking about the adaptation process, Sam shares his process of how he tackles building and breaking tension, his collaboration with key department heads, and what emotions he wanted to evoke from the audience heightening visuals and sound.

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