Breaking Bad Q&A: Vince Gilligan

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Film at Lincoln Center

Film at Lincoln Center

11 жыл бұрын

This talk conatins SPOILERS if you are not caught up with Season 5A.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center recently hosted free screenings of every currently available episode of the critically acclaimed series Breaking Bad. Along with these marathon screenings, the Film Society held panels during which the show's cast chose two favorite episodes, discussed their experience with the show, and answered audience questions.
Here, series mastermind Vince Gilligan (creator, executive producer, writer, and director), whose previous credits include The X-Files, speaks with The New Yorker's television critic Emily Nussbaum. Giligan addresses the evolution of Walter White, the Skyler backlash, and leaving questions unanswered.

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@uforje
@uforje 10 жыл бұрын
Breaking Bad is the kind of show you can go back and watch so you can see where all the pieces began falling into place.
@DaniboyBR2
@DaniboyBR2 10 жыл бұрын
This show is simply the best thing I ever watched, period, no movie/show comes close to Breaking Bad in my opinion.
@boreragnarok4798
@boreragnarok4798 Жыл бұрын
Only dexter does imo
@zedxxx9
@zedxxx9 8 ай бұрын
@DaniboyBR2 -- 9 years later and I still agree with you. Some other satisfying shows, however, have been the Fargo series, Better Call Saul, and Ozark. Quite a few others as well, but Breaking Bad still takes the cake as my all time favorite... just like Pulp Fiction will always be one of my favorite movies for being so well done and being the first of it's class.
@DaniboyBR2
@DaniboyBR2 8 ай бұрын
@@zedxxx9 Ozark SUCKS, Better Call Saul was great though. Ozark is so fake, I couldn't believe a scene, one dialogue, I quit in that one with him pretending to remove his nail with the pliers and it just coming off like it was glue on, as it was, him pretending it hurt for a second, then just talking normally as if nothing happened, so fake, I might try watching Fargo again sometime, I just couldn't the first time around, I found it a bit boring, anything that came close to Breaking Bad IMO is Better Call Saul, Sopranos, True Detective (only the first season, it goes downhill from there, the two protagonists, great actors, just left the show), The Wire but it has aged quite a lot, Sopranos seems fresh still, so does BraBad.
@gustavofring409
@gustavofring409 9 жыл бұрын
This man had me murdered.
@IcedEarth426
@IcedEarth426 9 жыл бұрын
I originally did not like Skyler, but the more I thought about it, the more you can understand why she behaves the way she does. As viewers, we sometimes forget that all of the characters are not always privy to the information that the audience has. If you think about what Skyler knows and what she actually sees at any given time you can begin to sympathize with her more. Think about all of the things she puts up with: Walter's constant lying, his constant sneaking around when she has no knowledge of what it is he's actually doing and his refusal to tell her anything, having two cell phones, his obvious attempts at manipulating her and their family, Walt's shady behavior and his shady connections which have resulted in loved ones getting hurt, not to mention Walter's increasingly aggressive behavior.
@thomassharoniard4629
@thomassharoniard4629 8 жыл бұрын
+IcedEarth426 I appreciate to read your line because my struggle to protect the Skyler's case is still on the rails we can totally understand this character and she's so trustworthy until the very end
@vincemarquez2142
@vincemarquez2142 4 жыл бұрын
Yes BUT, nobody likes Skylar. Every scene with her is hard to watch.
@UkeRebuke
@UkeRebuke 4 жыл бұрын
@@vincemarquez2142 that's not true. Skyler and Marie have great chemistry together. The Talking Pillow scene was great. Her manipulating Bogdon into selling the car wash was brilliant. As the show progressed into the final seasons, it became more clear what Skyler and Walt saw in each other when they first fell in love. They are both very smart people. I think viewers who take the time to actually think about the realities of the show can see past their frustrations with Skyler as an obstacle to Walt's success to understand and sympathize with her actions.
@isaiahromero9861
@isaiahromero9861 4 жыл бұрын
Vince Marquez not true, skylar is great, yea she’s kind of a Karen but that makes her feel more realistic and believable, plus she’s one of the few good people in this show. I feel horrible for her and what Walt did to her. Great character and great actress
@amortality999
@amortality999 Жыл бұрын
Personally, I hate Hank and Marie more than Skylar.
@ChrisRayGun
@ChrisRayGun 10 жыл бұрын
His voice is like a warm blanket. I love it.
@cryojudgement2376
@cryojudgement2376 3 жыл бұрын
How am I the first like 7 years later? Lol love your content
@e2theoc
@e2theoc 9 жыл бұрын
I love that the guy who created Walter White calls people 'folks' :) He seems like a lovely generous guy! And a creative genius!
@ytubeanon
@ytubeanon Жыл бұрын
been watching multiple Vince panels on autoplay, this one has the best questions
@marilynmanord1790
@marilynmanord1790 5 ай бұрын
Vince Gilligan has created a series that has outdone and exceeded anyone as a show runner. This series has made history. There’s nothing else like it. I loved Walter White and I rooted and watched this series countless times. There is definitely humor throughout this show from the beginning to the very end. Everyone plays such a critical role all the time from Walt all the way to Lucy serving him coffee at the dinner. Thank you …,.to everyone who contributed well I think it’s a once in a lifetime experience.
@BlaccEagle
@BlaccEagle 10 жыл бұрын
I love intelligent and brilliant people! The way they think satisfies my thinking mind.
@MrSean24601
@MrSean24601 9 жыл бұрын
Anybody else think Vince Gilligan kind of looks like Petyr Baelish from Game of Thrones?
@mattmun12
@mattmun12 9 жыл бұрын
***** Only the facial hair.
@mikenieuwenhuizen617
@mikenieuwenhuizen617 9 жыл бұрын
Sure thing!
@wisechild4608
@wisechild4608 7 жыл бұрын
l
@khara16
@khara16 11 жыл бұрын
Anecdotally...Vince is awesome :)
@user34rL
@user34rL 10 жыл бұрын
he's great, just exactly who you want to be making your favourite tv show
@hannahyun0
@hannahyun0 10 жыл бұрын
why this woman keep cutting him off? Just because she heard the story before?? We want to hear Vince was going to tell about 'Jane'!
@Kickex
@Kickex 7 жыл бұрын
Yea that was rude. But to be somewhat fair, he really has been telling that story so many times before. It's just about how they planned on having Walt killing Jane directly, instead of choosing not to save her.
@JimmyValmer85
@JimmyValmer85 10 жыл бұрын
What a lovable gentleman.
@zedxxx9
@zedxxx9 10 жыл бұрын
I like Skyler! Why would anyone not like Skyler!?!?
@JakeDaMistake
@JakeDaMistake 8 ай бұрын
Because she was a drag in damn near 62 straight episodes
@zedxxx9
@zedxxx9 8 ай бұрын
@@JakeDaMistake - 10 years later and I can't even remember who Skyler is...
@zedxxx9
@zedxxx9 8 ай бұрын
@@JakeDaMistake --- Hah... okay... this is a Breaking Bad thread. I thought Skyler was someone on a reality TV show... It's almost time for me to rewatch Breaking Bad again...
@JakeDaMistake
@JakeDaMistake 8 ай бұрын
@@zedxxx9 definitely do it! I did the whole re-run in last two weeks, finishing the finale last night. It was a whirlwind. U will definitely see a lot that u missed in your second go around, I’m excited for you
@zedxxx9
@zedxxx9 8 ай бұрын
@@JakeDaMistake -- Thanks Jake! I will do it "soon". It will actually be my third rewatching of it, so I might still wait a year or two. I did rewatch a few episodes of Better Call Saul and enjoyed them even more the second time. I still wish there had been more surprise cameos. Just to see Walter White at a gas station without any lines, or seeing Mike and his wife casually going into a grocery store or something would have added that extra bit of awesomeness to the series. But it was satisfying still. If you just watched the BB finale last night, don't forget to follow it up with the "El Camino" movie to effectively get 2 more back to back episodes of what happens to Jesse Pinkman!!
@RadioSnivins
@RadioSnivins 7 жыл бұрын
There's a pie shop in Upper Ferntree Gully called Gilligan's Pieland. True story.
@Eliguitar1
@Eliguitar1 11 жыл бұрын
awesome interview.....really wonky audio (super quiet levels from the stage mics and then deafeningly loud from "Hank's" mic in the audience). great coverage tho.
@DarkPhantomSky
@DarkPhantomSky 11 жыл бұрын
absolutely.
@pipermaru2011
@pipermaru2011 10 жыл бұрын
I have found myself always being sympathetic to Walt. I look at him as the every man,who has been beaten down by life and suddenly had the constraints of society taken away. And at some point he's opperating in a post apocolyptic survival mode. Its a tough thing not to be tempest by the dark side when it's telling you screw them all you deserve this.
@UkeRebuke
@UkeRebuke 4 жыл бұрын
I dunno... I could excuse almost everything he did on the premise of circumstance--Even Jane. I mean that was horrendous but you could at least argue that he was trying to save Jesse from the same fate.... But the poisoning of Brock was not justified at all. And his incredible greed in season 5 really rubbed me the wrong way. The scene where he, Mike and Jesse split the money from their first cook comes to mind. Killing the witnesses in prison despite being able to buy their silence for what is a relatively low percentage of his profits?? Not excusable. Those weren't just 10 criminals who died in 2 minutes, it was 10 entire families destroyed in 2 minutes.
@ismarbadzic
@ismarbadzic 11 жыл бұрын
Awesome. But the audio levels are way too low. :(
@smittylikesto
@smittylikesto 10 жыл бұрын
breaking bad ruined tv for me. after it ends it will never be the same. hope he makes another crime show.
@cybersphere
@cybersphere 10 жыл бұрын
Walter White looks a lot like Flanders too
@BiSk0iT01
@BiSk0iT01 10 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Little finger created Breaking Bad.
@hanehani
@hanehani 10 жыл бұрын
yes i mute skyrim and just listen to this while i play
@zedxxx9
@zedxxx9 8 ай бұрын
Come on Vince... we need a new show!! I'm sure you can outdo yourself if you put your mind to it!
@LegoLily
@LegoLily 9 күн бұрын
He's doing a new show with rhea seehorn as the lead actor. Not breaking bad related
@zedxxx9
@zedxxx9 8 күн бұрын
@@LegoLily -- Thanks for the heads up!! I'm excited...
@LegoLily
@LegoLily 8 күн бұрын
@@zedxxx9 np
@tubeyoumane
@tubeyoumane 10 жыл бұрын
my dads mowing the lawn outside so i cant hear a damn word this guy's saying. anywho, love the show guys!
@smittylikesto
@smittylikesto 10 жыл бұрын
he should do commercial voice overs.
@ZombieLincoln666
@ZombieLincoln666 10 жыл бұрын
This video's audio is too quiet.
@UFCpwnage
@UFCpwnage 11 жыл бұрын
it was either walter or the cook.
@heatlupilipid
@heatlupilipid 10 жыл бұрын
at first, I read it as HER voice is like warm water
@flyforce16
@flyforce16 10 жыл бұрын
I love how the cast always makes fun of his voice haha.
@asull822
@asull822 11 жыл бұрын
They didn't go after the cook because then there was no way that the cartel would be able to make the high purity meth if the cook was dead. Gus sent Jesse to Mexico because he needed someone to keep his own lab running.
@Fakman87
@Fakman87 10 жыл бұрын
This interviewer is far superior to the man who interviewed Bryan Cranston.
@flyforce16
@flyforce16 10 жыл бұрын
Your point stands equal to mine... neither of us has a shred of proof.
@DMatt343
@DMatt343 10 жыл бұрын
There isn't necessarily a contradiction. I'm an atheist, but I never fail to say, "bless you" when someone near me sneezes. He could have said something more benign, but he chose to say something that the most people would identify with and interpret as a friendly gesture, which is logical. You wouldn't question an agnostic's lack of belief if they exclaimed, "Oh my God!", would you?
@Etcircenses
@Etcircenses 11 жыл бұрын
The volume is way too low. I am on max and cant here anything.
@nikolatesla7356
@nikolatesla7356 11 жыл бұрын
28:21 You sir, are my kind of guy! :)
@Stillillgal
@Stillillgal 11 жыл бұрын
so why did they kill the cook? doset make sesns
@rushiandiggity5004
@rushiandiggity5004 6 жыл бұрын
Vince "you know" Gilligan
@Stillillgal
@Stillillgal 11 жыл бұрын
no no... i meant the cook in the flashback of gus
@poggerwhite
@poggerwhite 3 жыл бұрын
I hate Skylar but I could never even imagine anyone but Anna gunn in that role. I love her portrayal of Skyler.
@NBC.SATURDAY.NIGHT.LIVE.
@NBC.SATURDAY.NIGHT.LIVE. 4 жыл бұрын
Breaking bad. Fuck yes. That is all.
@SycrosD4
@SycrosD4 11 жыл бұрын
Well, yeah, he's a genius like you.
@Lightfeatherwing
@Lightfeatherwing 10 жыл бұрын
The same is true for Walt though and yet im going to assume that you dont hate him.
@ukaszpacan3071
@ukaszpacan3071 10 жыл бұрын
What an ungodly creature would press the dislike button?
@Stillillgal
@Stillillgal 11 жыл бұрын
why the cartel didnt kill gus???
@AndreyAndreyevich
@AndreyAndreyevich 5 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@darwinsujaya2557
@darwinsujaya2557 10 жыл бұрын
Why everybody said Walter become unsympathetic? I sympathize with him until the end... His ambition and love to his family is something I can relate to myself...
@asull822
@asull822 11 жыл бұрын
They wanted his meth cook and if they killed Gus then there was no way they were going to be able to be shown how to make the high purity blue meth.
@javiazar
@javiazar 11 жыл бұрын
I think he regrets shooting Mike.
@justinfossa1254
@justinfossa1254 4 жыл бұрын
Food & Drug Administration? Vitamin C a Drug? Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms?
@LadieTori
@LadieTori 10 жыл бұрын
I am the one who knock-diddly-ocks!
@CHINKICHOU
@CHINKICHOU 10 жыл бұрын
When Hank and JesusChristMarie showed up lel
@ernstoppable
@ernstoppable 10 жыл бұрын
Vince is like Ned Flanders IRL. What a nice guy
@nikolatesla7356
@nikolatesla7356 11 жыл бұрын
21:38 I been one of those people... until Walter shot a person with NO EMOTION WHATSOEVER!!! Imagine if you were one of those people he shot!
@Chimponaut
@Chimponaut 11 жыл бұрын
My theory about people not liking Skylar is because at the beginning of the show we get to see her bossing Walter around & almost treating him like a child. Thereby one of the reasons why Walter is so broken down and depressed and starts down this journey is her fault.
@fullmatches123
@fullmatches123 10 жыл бұрын
I didnt like Hank. I thought he was so full in his job,i mean he was a cop
@RegularGuyism
@RegularGuyism 10 жыл бұрын
@zedxxx9 You're not alone.
@BrendanOC
@BrendanOC 10 жыл бұрын
27:50 that scene always confused me, never really liked it.
@ISolomonTruth
@ISolomonTruth 10 жыл бұрын
Because she cheated on Walt.
@futurestoryteller
@futurestoryteller 10 жыл бұрын
It drives me up a wall when people claim this show is "not realistic" - what the fuck are they even talking about exactly? There is not a single moment, not a scene, not a line of dialogue, not a decision made or an interaction had that I don't believe is possible. As to whether the entire story - as a whole - is likely probably not. (What with the small world connections and what have you.) It's not likely you're going to win the lottery either, but that happens to some people. You don't write stories about typical scenarios. You write about exceptions. It's why even in non fiction newspapers are far more likely to write about a crazy man who bites a dog, than they are a crazy dog that bites a man. Besides, this is still fiction right? If Breaking Bad is "probably not" realistic, as a piece of fiction, then Goodfellas might as well be considered "probably not realistic" and I got news for you, most of the shit in Goodfellas actually happened - with some stuff that wasn't even in the movie! We're talking about a show that stops for five minutes to watch Badger and Skinny Pete argue about the proper motivations for killing zombies in video games. If this was shot on shaky cam-fake documentary style like The Shield; no one would be arguing about the aesthetic realism of the show. But who cares where you put the fucking camera, or what you do with it? The camera's not supposed to exist.
@micglou
@micglou 9 жыл бұрын
I've got one scene... and only one. The bit when Gus walked out of the room after the explosion, that one was a bit too much. When half your brain is blasted away you're dead instantly... yes some people when mortally wounded didn't really realize it the first seconds like people that got limbs blasted off... but what happened to Gus should've made him a rag doll instantly. Plus the fact that the bomb was under the wheelchair and he was mostly wounded above the waist was a big flaw in my eyes.
@futurestoryteller
@futurestoryteller 9 жыл бұрын
micglou No, I've heard of much, much weirder. But I'm inclined to agree with you on the consistency of his injuries.
@timy9197
@timy9197 9 жыл бұрын
It's about time someone points that out. It annoys me how robotic peoples take on story is. It's like they need the masses to decide the reasons why they like something.
@timy9197
@timy9197 9 жыл бұрын
micglou Actually it is possible that people can walk temporarily without their brain before dying. There have been real situations like that. Whining over the position of his wounds is a bit nit picky. Yes it would have been interesting to see what would happen accurately like what happened when Walt ran over those gangsters but it didn't effect the plot in any way, it was just meant to be stylized violence and an intense death for an antagonist.
@micglou
@micglou 9 жыл бұрын
Tim Myers No it's not possible... where do you get your information? Humans arent chickens... And 'whining'? You certainly don't win the prize for being friendly...it's what you call nitpicking, a bomb explodes at my feet, my face gets blown off but my legs are fine... bit strange isn't it?. When somebody claims that the show is 100% realistic, than such obvious details can't be over looked. Not that I mind it's not 100% realistic, just a response to someone that claims it is out of some sort of fan rage.
@iseeicyicetea
@iseeicyicetea 10 жыл бұрын
you're probably right, but i don't really care about her private beliefs as long as she doesn't make them the center of her interview.
@youngoldbones
@youngoldbones 10 жыл бұрын
Are you eight years old?
@youngoldbones
@youngoldbones 10 жыл бұрын
He claims to be agnostic yet says "God Bless everyone for listening." Hmmm.
@UkeRebuke
@UkeRebuke 4 жыл бұрын
It's a phrase. You think everyone that says "Oh my God" or "God forbid" is Christian, too?
@luckyhenry767
@luckyhenry767 10 жыл бұрын
???whaa???
@daricklapaglia4337
@daricklapaglia4337 25 күн бұрын
People hate skyler because she cheated End of story
@mrmusictelevision895
@mrmusictelevision895 11 жыл бұрын
Killed the genre? Do a live action Deathnote series with a decent budget. Antiheroes still have wiggle room.
@UkeRebuke
@UkeRebuke 4 жыл бұрын
This comment did not age well. Lol
@youngoldbones
@youngoldbones 10 жыл бұрын
Agnostics and atheists are not the same thing
@giardia2
@giardia2 11 жыл бұрын
She could have stood up when he walked on stage…
@RandomCarrot2806
@RandomCarrot2806 5 жыл бұрын
I think I would be a lot more sympathetic to Skyler in later seasons if she hadn't been so self centered, entitled and patronizing at the start. The moment at the end where she calls Walt out on his insistence that he did this for his family as his primary reason feels unearned to me because she was never shown to be any different. In fact, I still truly believe that Skyler is a worse person than Walt. Only difference is that Walt had an amazing talent which finally let his demons take over.
@UkeRebuke
@UkeRebuke 4 жыл бұрын
..... Almost all of her actions were motivated by the desire to keep her family safe. The only thing I would say wasn't motivated by that was her affair with Ted. But she was essentially trapped in a home and a bed with a man she despised--so I'm gonna excuse that. The IRS debacle with Ted was all her desperate attempts to keep her family safe and protect her children from her husband's secrets. What did she do that was anywhere near Walt's level of sin?
@sekiro4454
@sekiro4454 Жыл бұрын
Audio for ants
@youngoldbones
@youngoldbones 10 жыл бұрын
Yes, of course people hate Skyler because she cheated on Walt. Why is Vince so confused as to why people would hate her when they write her character as one who uses the act of having an affair with Ted as a weapon against Walt's criminality. Clearly that is why she went ahead and did it, to hurt Walt because she was powerless to strike back at him for dealing meth.
@beeebeeeto
@beeebeeeto 10 жыл бұрын
Re-watching the first episodes.They made it impossible to like Skylar.She was a nagging antagonist,she represented that dull social construct that we would all love to leave behind. Did Vince Gilligan think that an audience woud like a wife who does a lousy hand job as a b-day gift while watching her auction on Ebay? Skylars little reprimand to Walt for being late to his surprise party?Her hysterical and pathetic first encounter with Jesse warning him not to sell weed to Walter.
@ISolomonTruth
@ISolomonTruth 10 жыл бұрын
The reason people dislike Skylar is because she cheated on Walt. Despite everything Walt did, he never was unfaithful to her.
@Stillillgal
@Stillillgal 11 жыл бұрын
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