In this era of carefully calibrated marketing and image-shaping, it’s kind of amazing that M. Night Shyamalan—a blockbuster genre director who could easily spend his downtime doing whatever he wants away from the public eye—has launched an eponymous YouTube channel. It’s so low-frills it feels like that could be the gimmick, except he comes across so earnest in both entries he’s posted so far.
Obviously, the production values are top-notch; this is a Hollywood veteran, not a guy trying to land a studio deal with his low-budget creations. But the casual titles (“This is my first youtube video”) and tone are refreshing.
“What I hope it is is an…
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