David Osit on the legacy of To Catch a Predator and his new documentary

Documentarian David Osit (Thank You For Playing, Mayor) rocked Sundance with his latest film, Predators, which takes on the complicated legacy of the To Catch a Predator phenomenon. Zach speaks with the filmmaker about interviewing Chris Hansen, choosing subjects like Skeeter Jean (aka Skeet Hansen), and making a film that confronts its audience. Check out our thoughts on Predators and our other Sundance favorites - https://youtu.be/yOIl1FpgUsM?si=TrfMg76KRQO0_VOKTIMECODES...00:00 - Intro00:40 - Why make this film?02:52 - Use of raw footage from To Catch a Predator05:03 - Drawing parallels between styles of true crime documentary and self-indictment11:16 - Filming with Skeet Hansen and deciding on a subject13:58 - On the bait and switch approach to storytelling14:58 - Interviewing Chris Hansen17:53 - Challenging passive audiences20:49 - Making a film while balancing other jobs in film23:36 - David Osit’s next documentary27:12 - Favorite recent watchesIf you like this podcast, share it and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!Music: Green Lightning by Calsendry - ⁠⁠https://calsendry.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠Join Intercut on YouTube as a member to get access to perks:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDwOvdBcDztjCXdaGkoJR7A/join⁠Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/IntercutPod⁠⁠⁠⁠Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theatzshow.com/intercut⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/bkQuRkeaBE⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/IntercutPod⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/IntercutPod⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@IntercutPod⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/IntercutPod⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/IntercutPod⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Clips - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@intercutclips⁠⁠