Steven E De Souza talks COMMANDO & 3 Movies That Changed Your Life: The Treasure Of Sierra Madre, North By North West & Citizen Kane

In this episode of 3 Movies That Changed Your Life screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with legendary screenwriter Steven E De Souza (DIE HARD, RUNNING MAN) about: The Treasure Of Sierra Madre, North By North West, and Citizen Kane. Discover how these films shaped his filmmaking journey, personal growth, and understanding of cinema’s power. Plus Steven E De Souza discusses how he wrote the iconic eighties action movie COMMANDO (1985) for Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about how Steven E De Souza wrote the iconic eighties action movie COMMANDO; and the lasting impact of cinema on his life with Stuart Wright on this movie podcast.   [1:20] How Steven E De Souza wrote the Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie COMMANDO (1985) 3 Movies That Changed Your Life [44:45] The Treasure Of Sierra Madre (1948): Saw this movie when it was re-released in 1955 [49:50] North By North West (1959): The first movie Steven could not second guess where the story was heading [55:10] Citizen Kane (1941): Cemented Steven's desire to be a filmmaker Key Take Aways:   Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.  How Steven E De Souza wrote the Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie COMMANDO (1985) Rewriting someone else’s screenplay Understand cinema’s transformative power through The Treasure Of Sierra Madre (1948), North By North West (1959), Citizen Kane (1941) Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast About my Guest:   Steven E De Souza is a screenwriter known for COMMANDO, RUNNING MAN, DIE HARD and much more. Find him on Twitter at https://x.com/StevenEdeSouza  Credits:   3 Movies That Changed Your Life Podcast is written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright see https://linktr.ee/stuartwright  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices