Thursday 10 January 2019

While We're Young (2014 Noah Baumbach & co-scr)

Delicious comedy of manners with most interesting musical soundtrack ranging from rock to classical. Loved the way Ben Stiller realises he's been completely had by disingenuous Adam Driver - we can 'see' how good the latter's film is even without hearing it, whilst Sandler's six-hour monstrosity... - how does that exchange with his father-in-law go, something like:

It's very long.
It's supposed to be long, to make you feel uncomfortable.
Well it just made me feel bored.
Maybe that boredom was masking your discomfort.

Also loved Naomi Watts' hip-hop scene, impossible to capture here really:


Without being explicit, it's also clear that Stiller's character has not earned any income for at least six years.

It was maddening trying to recall who the father-in-law was - Charles Grodin. Also with Amanda Seyfried.


I remember thinking 'Truffaut' at one point, but can't now remember why.

Did not recognise Peter Bogdanovich as 'speaker'. Baumbach (and Wes Anderson) both love They All Laughed and call the director 'Pop'.

There he is! (Standing)

Good one for the Obscure Screen Shots series


Grainy photography by Sam Levy (Lady Bird, Frances Ha).

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