# 6 Films That Inspired 'The Substance' with Director Coralie Fargeat

An episode of [IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1142632832), 14 Feb 2025, 24 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PMC2081246502.mp3?updated=1739568783

Director Coralie Fargeat tells IndieWire how the films of David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, the Coen Brothers, David Cronenberg, John Carpenter and Darren Aronofsky inspired her Oscar nominated body horror classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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