After Gone Baby Gone, The Town, and Argo, Ben Affleck looked unstoppable as a director—until Live by Night happened. In this episode of Intrepid Filmographers, Bobby Shortle and Nick Rocco Scalia explore what went wrong with Affleck’s Prohibition-era crime epic. With a great cast, gorgeous cinematography, and an acclaimed source novel by Dennis Lehane, Live by Night should have been a slam dunk. Instead, it became a forgettable box office bomb. Was it Affleck’s wooden performance? The rushed storytelling? The overstuffed plot? We break it all down and discuss whether this film was doomed from the start. Subscribe now to join the ranks of the Intrepid Filmographers as we continue our deep dive into the films of Ben Affleck!
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