Mr. Robot creator/writer Sam Esmail is damn good at his job, and even better when he takes the helm as director. Every episode he directs, like many in Season 3, are pure gold.
Don't worry, no spoilers here, but let me just say a few general things about Esmail's technique: tracking shots are beautifully executed, he lingers poignantly on details that other directors would quickly pan over, and he depicts Eliot's mania so powerfully through cinematography.
If there's any season 3 episode that best shows off Esmail's talent it's episode 5. For a show that loves long takes, this ep was a masterpiece in the form, since it was practically all one long take. For 40 minutes. But it wasn't truly one long take, just made to look like that, but still...it was a stunning piece of art that you have to watch right now.
Also I appreciate his savvy use of color to signal to us notes about a character's personality or current position in a crisis, like this one from a recent episode.
Submitted December 04, 2017 at 11:36AM by SpokenWorder http://ift.tt/2iMbJ8Z
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