Now thatGame of Thronesis over , it ’s time to talk about the nitty - gritty of the episodes , particularly “ The Long Night . ” While the Battle of Winterfell may have been nerve - wracking to watch , there ended up being surprisingly few end than fans have a bun in the oven , considering the life were fighting the entirearmy of the dead .
Miguel Sapochnik , who directed the episode , was no beginner with struggle scenes before taking on “ The Long Night , ” as he was also responsible season 6 ’s iconic “ Battle of the whoreson ” as well as the memorable season 5 episode “ Hardhome . ” While his list ofGame of Thronesaccomplishments is long , it turns out that Sapochnik ’s choices have n’t always been in business with what showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss want .
According toIndieWire , Sapochnik ’s esthetic choices , such as the decision to snap shoot Cersei and Tommen shadowed by prison house - like bars to represent Tommen ’s captivity in season 5 , were not favored by the showrunners . “ [ Benioff and Weiss ] say [ it was ] ‘ so self - conscious and we hate it basically , ' ” Sapochnik revealed at the clock time . Because of disagreements like this , the pair “ visually policed ” the theater director .
There was a departure of opinion between the director and the Godhead again for “ The Long Night , ” Sapochnik revealed on IndieWire’sFilmmaker ’s Toolkitpodcast . “ I wanted to kill everyone , ” the director say , as reported byEsquire . “ I want to drink down Jorah in the sawbuck charge at the beginning . I desire it to be pitiless , so in the first 10 minutes you could say all bet are off , anyone could snuff it . But David and Dan did n’t want to . There was a stack of back - and - forth on that . "
Ultimately , Sapochnik leave in to Benioff and Weiss ’s plan for the episode , and the Battle of Winterfell had far few casualties than most of the series ’s other battle scenes .
[ h / tEsquire ]
