Directors Roundtable: Todd Phillips, Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach | Close Up
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- Todd Phillips ('Joker'), Martin Scorsese ('The Irishman'), Lulu Wang ('The Farewell'), Noah Baumbach ('Marriage Story'), Greta Gerwig ('Little Women'), and Fernando Meirelles ('The Two Popes') join Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter for this season's FULL, uncensored Directors Roundtable.
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I want someone to look at me the way Todd Phillips looks at Scorsese the whole time
@@Christian_from_Copenhagen take inspiration from you mean, and Todd is just a Martin fanboy that's it
Christian from Copenhagen copy to what extend?
Christian from Copenhagen neither king of comedy nor taxi driver ends with someone going on tv and killing the host. I don’t believe those 2 movies had a failed Comedian that has an abusive mother, I dont remember the characters having an illness where they can’t control their laughter. And I don’t remember the main character getting beat down by the people around him physically and mentally to the point where he goes insane in any of the 2 movies you mentioned
Christian from Copenhagen the ending of taxi driver is so different from joker, just because violence occur doesn’t mean it’s the same. And Travis is a vigilante unlike joker/Arthur. I don’t think Arthur did what he did to get attention
@@frostbitepokin9520 yes probably he's hurting that joker went on to become such a massive success. Joker written was brilliant and especially because of Joaquin Phoenix..
the best part of this roundtable is steven galloway not interrupting the panel
shravan singh so grateful he hardly talked in this one
Wait he really doesn't interrupt?
@@primark07 yes, you can watch the whole thing without being annoyed.
@@shandoticwa HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he's gotten a lot better
Every single one of them looks like their films
Lol
Lol
Except todd philips where in joker he basically ripped off taxi driver with clown makeup
@@nihaalsandim9986 Martin Scorsese initially was a producer of joker ...so....and little women .is it the 11th time?
LOL
We need one roundtable with horror directors like Robert Eggers, Ari Aster, James Wan and Jordan Peele.
great idea!! im in
YES!!!!!
yessss!!
Great idea
You missed John Carpenter, not these newcomers
Tarantino is under the table
He'll flip the table and shoot everybody in a 20 minute long end-scene
Underrated
Where he belongs!
prob just wasn't available
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
I don’t understand how Scorsese and De Niro couldn’t get financing for a film. But stuff like Cats gets greenlit
texanfan200 Because everyone is sick of Scorsese films and at $159 million to make, who would take that risk?
@@Ryaninsanity Look, I love Scorcese. But, $159 million? Probably $200 million with promotion. Would need like $400 million+ to break even. A film like The Wolf of Wall Street, which was commercial, trendy, and fast paced didn't even come close. There is no way the studio wouldnt lose $100 million+ with a film like The Irishman. Netflix said go ahead and take all the money you want. No risk of a "disaster" for Netflix because there is no box-office and Scorcese could do whatever he wanted.
@@AW-rz2jn I hate to agree with you. Had The Irishman made a traditional making and run, it would have bombed. I don't know one person aside myself that watched the movie in theaters. And those who are watching it on Netflix can't get through the first 30 minutes.
money laundering is part of the answer, I think
@@fembot521 you don't know shit
Marty loves Lulu. You can tell. He totally knows her passion and her struggle and her intensity. He has lived it for 50 years.
Lulu Wang really ended up surprising me in this interview. During the discussion about streaming platforms, she challenged the popular opinion and stood up for what she felt, and explained her perspective so calmly and rationally that even Scorsese saw where she came from. As the discussion went on, I could see her earn the admiration of Marty and the others. She has got a stan in me lol.
The story she told at the end really encapsulates what the big studios are in the way that they don't do the projects for the story they want to tell as much as for the market.
Yeah 👍
Scorsese is the youngest 77 year old person I’ve seen. I keep expecting to see a frail old man.
If you see after Lulu gave her opinion Marty was looking at her everytime he was talking
I'll be honest, I have zero desire to watch her film. But I agree with you that Marty really listened to her input on the whole industry. Probably made Marty a little jealous of the feeling of starting fresh.
Scorsese is like everyone’s grandfather here. It’s so charming
And todd looks like everyone's grandson
He is a legend most these director's uped their game by watching his movies Todd especially owes him his entire Joker movie . It's great to watch the greats amongst their students.
Todd Philips copied his formula for Joker. He looks up to him as an idol.
He's the mans man.
The man made two of the best films of all time. Taxi Driver and Raging Bull are on all the top lists of everyone who cares about film as an art form. Having said that, Fernando Meirelles also made one of the best films of all time, with City of God.
And I don't use the word "best" lightly. These three films are among a handful of films made in the last 50 years or so that can stand alongside the works of Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Ozu, Welles, Truffaut, Ford, etc. Baumbach is one of the best directors of his generation, but I don't think any of his movies are even in the top 100. That's how important Scorsese is to film.
Just my opinion.
Scorsese is so engaged and energetic for a man who's almost 80
The fact that he's so involved in streaming etc is amazing. My 80 year old grandpa is barely comfortable with a computer
His blood is pure cocaine from the 80s
It comes across in the films he is making, Wolf of wall street and the Irishman. Both long run times, both sweep you up in their energy.
He was talking too much during the roundtable. He always felt the need to hijack the other members' stories.
Master disagree
The irony that Lulu's name is not in the title after hearing what she said about the industry. I really hope she can get to keep making movies, Farewell was a great movie that me and my mom really enjoyed, even though is 75% in chinese is so relatable to us even though we are Colombian. I love how she is so faithful to her ideas and is bringing really important points to this table!
Probably because there is a character limit on CZcams for titles
I wish Greta nothing but success. She’s respectful and in awe of the directors at her table. She contributed to the conversations and you could just see she is absorbing all she can. Go Greta!
it’s cool seeing this after barbie lol
she went!
Greta is amazing! Fun fact, too: guy across the table from her (Noah Baumbach) is her romantic partner and also co-wrote Barbie!
Their collaboration is very fruitful, to say the least. Frances ha, Greenberg, mistress America, white noise- now barbie. I'm so happy they are mainstream now and everyone can see their genius.
@@hobbes4583 yess im so glad shes getting the attention she deserves
wonder how narnia is going to turn out
I love how Martin Scorsese closely listening to Lulu.
I loved that!
zhipetr i think for him it’s looking in a mirror on how he was back in the late 60s and seventies
I love how he acknowledged her personal struggles as well. So many big time directors dont.
@PietreADI how many have you made?
@PietreADI even you say her film is good, but now claim she is more talk than substance. by your own words, i might say you have neither talk nor game and should focus more on making fabrics
One hour and five minutes ago I was like: "That's a long video, I'll just see a bit of it."
me too.
That's what I thought but ended up watching entire video.
I thought the same thing. I just looked at the time and thought I was listening to this the whole time and really enjoying it.
Joe Rogan has 3+ hr. podcasts.
Haha
Plot twist: Tarantino is filming the roundtable, fanboy-ing over all of em.
Tarantino is under the table admiring their foots especially Greta and Lulu's foot lol
This maybe the most humble directors roundtable ever.
Scorsese is so involved in the conversation, it's endearing
greenapplepear Exactly, we would be expecting him to fall asleep, yet there he is. But all jokes aside, he is one of the most prolific directors and lovers of world cinema. He’s done a lot outside of his own filmography to bring awareness to impactful cinema from around the world. His involvement in the conversation stems from his enormous appreciation of cinema, of which I doubt any of the others at the table can match.
greenapplepear You stay active and interested in something thats how you end up like that when you’re old most people tend to give up on life early and wither away.
Old people always have a lot to say
he is an annoying old prick who is completely overrated and doesnt know how to converse properly.
zeza - "it's endearing". How bloody patronising! He's made more great films than all of the other panelists put together - of course, he's going to be involved in the conversation! FFS!
"I understand English but I don't feel English" the quote of the decade i can't agree more
Who said that?
@@dancemonkey118 Fernando Meirelles
And the mango tree! I expected better reception to those unbelievably expressive words. Perhaps it's something that only us, non-native speakers can feel precisely.
As a brazilian I will say: MANGUEIRA!!
@@tamiresdantas1030 same lol Mangueira just hits different
Martin Scorsese is all like “sit down, children, let me tell you the story of the good ol’ days how important it is to have dedicated friends act in your movies if you’re being underfunded”
Scorsese is so into every single argument. You can tell he lives and breaths filmmaking.
Sometimes Martin Scorsese looks like a guy pretending to be Martin Scorsese
Scorception
Scorsese is a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude !
Todd Philips directs movies like a guy pretending to be Martin Scorsese
what does that even mean? tf
What? 😂
Todd Philips looking at Martin Scorsese like he's a piece of steak.
What does that even mean? Is Todd an avid steak enthusiast?
It means a director who’s been making shitty comedies for the last two decades is savoring being across from a true artist.
moomoo1200 I was referring to his use of the word “steak.” Rather specific, coulda just said “get yourself a gal that looks at you the way Todd Phillips looks at Scorsese.”
@@moomoo1200 shitty comedies really he's made some of the best comedies
Faraz Junaid well he did make 3 hangover movies, the first of which is a decent comedy, but not top tier, and the sequels speak for themselves, also I give joker 3/5 mostly for Joaquin’s performance
When Scorsese, Pacino, DiNero, and Pesci can’t get financing for their film, our American society of culture and art is doomed. That is just unbelievable.
I think it's important to remember that film-making is still a business. Producers and studios don't finance films unless they stand a good chance of making a profit. The Irishman was an exceptionally expensive film with a production budget of about $175 million. Once you factor in the marketing budget and the cut of the box office that goes to the theaters, that movie would've had to make about $350-400 million world wide just to break even. Only one Martin Scorsese film has ever made that much money (The Wolf of Wall Street). Every other Scorsese film made less than $300 million. So, honestly, the studios were right to turn down Martin. It just doesn't make financial sense for them to put that much money into a project that almost certainly won't make back its money. Netflix themselves ended up not making all their money back on The Irishman, but they saw the movie as a prestige play, a loss-leader to get Hollywood and movie-goers to take them seriously as a producer of great films.
While we all love to think of film as a pure art form that shouldn't be "corrupted" by financial considerations, film-making today wouldn't exist if it wasn't a profitable business first and foremost.
But the movie was ok
Yep
@@Christopher_TG your right, but that's what the comment was saying . The movie doesn't make money because the American culture isn't profitable anymore to make a movie like The Irishman
DiNero is what they we're lacking 😂
the looks of admiration and little smiles Martin Scorsese is giving Lulu is adorable
love to see it
Nah
@@eye4104 you a weirdo
@@eye4104 go away, you negative energy
Noah Baumbach seems like a Wes Anderson character lmao
Anthony Larosa he actually worked with him for The Squid and the Whale lol good movie!
@@danbam3411 Noah also co-wrote the Fantastic Mr. Fox screenplay
Aaron did he?? Never knew that!
he co-wrote life aquatic too haha
Sam Clark THAT’S a new one for me haha interesting!
wish bong joon-ho could've been on that table
OH MY GOSH!!! YES YES YES!!!
He doesn’t speak that much english lmfao
Instead of Todd Phillips, absolutely.
I wish Tarantino or Safdies were there
@@Marbletrain60GR true!! but hollywood can afford a translator. Besides... his translator is ALWAYS on point.
Each time Scorsese mentioned King of Comedy I was having panic attacks for Todd Phillips.
Why??
@@bongso4163 Many people say Joker is sort of a Rip off of Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and King of Comedy
@@Guzmann-ol1ru It is !
@@Guzmann-ol1ru Thanks for explaining it. Poor Todd, lol
@@Guzmann-ol1ru It is. There are a couple scenes in Joker that directly homage Taxi Driver and King of Comedy.
i love the chaotic energy from greta. i can relate. too many thoughts, just one mouth.
no really thats why i love her, her personality is so great and relatable to me, im such an introvert but i feel like i would have no problem having a nice long conversation with gerwig because we're the same
Goddam, that Lulu Wang is the real deal: smart as hell, cares about artistic integrity, eloquent. I hope she gets to make more films her way.
Hell yea. Really liked hearing what she had to say. Her, Marty, and Greta were my favorites.
She's assertive but humble. Killer combination.
Loved that she wasn’t intimidated by these directors
I imagine how cool it must be when she and Barry are together
@@stephaniebrown3404 Umm... those are not movies...
"Making a film is like having a conversation with the child we were" damn what a line
Omg I missed it! Who said this beautiful thing?
@@Natalia-un4hu Noah
@@gustavostella5202 Thanks 🙌🏼 : )
❤️❤️❤️
it sounds like something greta would say. they are so similar.
Could not agree with Greta more in regards to knowing cinema when you see it. There are some “cinema” experiences I’ll never forget: the first time I saw “Taxi Driver” and “Scarface”, the tragic beauty of “The Dear Hunter” and “Sophie’s Choice”, the caustic, brutal, heart wrenching “Apocalypse Now”, the paranoia inducing, hypnotic sway of beauty that is “Rosemary’s Baby”, the brilliant, intense cultural warning and insanity of “A Clockwork Orange”, the first time Uma got that needle to the heart in the film that changed cinema forever, that perfect film “Pulp Fiction”, the soul stirring, tear inducing “Braveheart”, a film that hits me hard every single time I see it, the first time I saw a Lynchian wholly original and existential work of art, which is the only way I can describe anything by David Lynch, and the first time my jaw dropped at “Alien”, which left me with a psychosomatic rumble in my stomach, and every single time since the first time that I watched anything Hitchcock. And the most recent cinema experience I’ve had, which was the entrancing, heartbreaking, edge of my seat simmer to a boil that is “Parasite”. These films have stayed with me, and will never leave me. They are art. They are cinema. They are important. If for nothing more than they allow us to dream, and for more or less two odd hours, we can lay our troubles down, and lose ourselves in that dream .
This comment is underrated
you and I like the same films
Beautifully put. The best movies really do feel like dreams you don't want to wake up from
Have you watched Portrait of a Lady on Fire I would call that Cinema too.
when he said I understand English but I don't feel English... Wow
Look at these nerds geek out about something they love. The most honest roundtable filmed.
Bruh don’t call them nerds they’re geniuses
@@benjaminharris8407 'nerd' isn't an insult.
Yeah, this roundtable is so nice
This is the most humble roundtable I ever seen. It seems so nice and very casual
really impressive how passionate they all talk, and with great mutual respect
could you imagine making the hangover 1-3 then making joker which leads you to sit at the same table as martin scorsese
My man literally went from makin dude bro Films to making the most Oscar nominated film of 2020.
If you ever want to be a director,
Make art movies that are also entertaining.
Like Tarantino movies
Bong Joon Ho movies
Nolan movies
Fincher movies
Don't make Prentious movies like 2001 A Space Odyssey, etc.,
Because I can't enjoy that shit. It's a visual masterpiece with many symbolic. But I also can't re-watch that shit. Problem is whenever someone say 2001 is overrated, there are a-holes who say to watch Transformers movie and you can't understand art.
Then these petty people wants to show themselves as brilliant cinephiles. So they claim they understand the movie by reading some Google sources.
Report says 34% people who claim 2001, BR49, is great are just pretending.
So try to make art movies that are also entertaining.
@@lickenhuntsman5338 "34% people who claim 2001 ... is great are just pretending." Do you have a source on that? I'm not even sure how they'd figure that number out.
Licken Hunstman that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen
@@lickenhuntsman5338 whoosh
scorsese's laugh is contagious lmao, love how he's almost 80 and still got that energy
43:36 Marty looks between them and just knows they're great for each other
The interaction between Lulu Wang and Martin Scorsese is priceless. The new promising talent and the seasoned master talking with so much respect for each other. I could watch this forever.
"New promising talent" - you're an idiot.
@@loveanimals-0197 Idiot how?
i can see those two at a coffee shop in NY.
These interactions made the interview
Todd is basically fangirling professionally at Scorsese, I love that
Aren't we all doing the same
Kate Penniman if I remember correctly, Scorsese was attached to joker for a little bit as a producer. So Phillips and Scorsese probably have interacted before, but Phillips probably has an even higher level of admiration now, given that Scorsese’s influence gifted him arguably the biggest non marvel film of the year
We all knew it when we saw Joker... more satisfying in person though.
Dude basically made a crappy shot-for-shot remake of Martins much better films.
@@samaelmalkira9420 absolutely agree. He totally overdid it to the point it almost looks amateurish. Phoenix was good though.
Fernando Meirelles and Scorcesse side by side, I felt honored just being able to watch this video, it was a trully an amazing experience, so proud of his work.
i love so much the fact that Marty nods to every sentimental thing this contemporary filmmakers explain, about how they connect their childhood and inner kid to the films they make and stuff, he just gets it all. It doesn’t matter if they are making a film in the 70’s or in 2018, the love for films is the same and they all share that in the table. It’s just magnificent
"You and Greta are a couple"
Noah: * surprised Pikachu face *
And she's is so supportive every time he's speaking about things
3:21 Martin Scorsese: Especially King of Comedy
*Looks directly at Todd Philips*
Todd internally: "fuck"
Lmaoo
Marty hasn't even seen Joker yet. And Todd later in this video says he hasn't seen Irishman yet, which seems like a lame way to answer that. I bet he watched it the day it released
Brandon Marks i’m pretty sure Marty had since they’re talking about the backlash the film received on release
@@brandonkylemarks Scorsese has helped Todd on the script and has given him advice as well, they dont have any bad blood between them
is it just me or at 54:35 you can hear todd whisper to greta "they just like to hear her talk...i'm getting annoyed with her..." and greta laugh and say "yeah"?
Fr?
Yup, you can cleary hear him say that lol
scorsese: i tried to [become a priest] but i was asked to leave
greta: mE TOO!
mood
Scorsese has this youth like energy and passion to him when he's talking about making films, I hope he gets to make all the movies he ever wants to.
I don't think he has a backlog of dream projects left, it'll just be whichever idea strikes him best now. Last temptation, gangs of new York, Irishman, and most of all silence were the projects that he had to develop for years before they got made
@@brandonkylemarks I heard he wants to work on a Mike Tyson bio movie.i really want to see that,hope it does get made with him directing it.
Like me, he is also a small man, and I've read that smaller people do not look as old as others, and they live longer on average. I sure hope so, since I am a pretty short guy as well :D
@@brandonkylemarks He has been trying to get Killers of the Flower Moon off for years, seems it may finally happen next year, and he does actually have a big backlog of projects.
He’s always wanted to do a Frank Sinatra biopic too
Is it me or did the interviewer improve ? He doesn't interrupt anymore.
lit af , yeah definite improvement
Maybe they edited it out ... ?
It's you
maybe he got told off from past experiences
He's definitely gotten better. Previously, there's no way he would have listened to Lulu's closing story without interrupting.
At 44:50 Noah's talking about camera movements in Marriage Story and how it's about perspective, with Martin looking on, and then the camera does the focus change as it did in Marriage Story in the court scene, I loved it
I love that Marty looks like a happy father in this entire video. He seems very proud of all these directors.
The moderator has made a real improvement in his interviewing ability, allowing more room for the conversation to breath & flow naturally. Good on 'em.
Chad Blomme .... Yes, such good interviewing skills.
Yeah from the ones I've watched I agree but Id really just want to see the conversation between directors.
i noticed that on the tom hanks/shia labeouf/rob de niro interview table, hes improved a lot from his interrupting of his guests
Prolly got tired of the comments lol
Yesss exactly!! I appreciate him for actually improving
I love how Noah indulges Greta by saying what would Meryl say? Even though no one else seems to be interested when she went on that tangent before, so cute!
Lulu and Marty were diving into something there at the end that needed it’s own video. Marty’s experience and wisdom really takes hold.
Someone de-age Marty, he needs to keep on making movies.
@Miles Solomon I expected for a more sloppy reply.
The only one who can deage is marty
Don't worry his next movie comes out in 2021 and it's starring Leo and Deniro so that's going to be amazing.
ummmdudewtf KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
he is an annoying old prick who is completely overrated and doesnt know how to converse properly.
Greta Gerwig: *says she doesn't know then proceeds to give a perfect answer*
Like every top kid in class
@Alexander Supertramp I hope you get her back when you comeback from Alaska "supertramp".
Gerwig is a genius. I liked Lady Bird a lot. Little Women is almost perfect. An insane leap from strong debut to incredible second feature.
@@pjgs4933 I completely agree about her being a genius. She will be a legendary filmmaker in cinema history.
Will Spencer Yup. I cannot wait to see what she does in the future. God bless :)
That look on Greta's face when Noah's speaking like "that's my man"
The great thing about gathering these incredible filmmakers around a table is that they say all the things they wouldn’t say in a one on one interview. They all have things in common, things they didn’t even know they had in common. Now they can bounce off each other and discuss the art of filmmaking rather than the business of filmmaking. They discuss philosophy rather than method. Great video!
I'd pay for a roundtable just like this coming out every month.
I agree ;)
You would have to pay
Don't give them ideas.
With directors like Tarantino, Nolan and Michael Bay... would be awesome
It sucks we only get these during awards season and then nothing for 9 months
If tarantino was there, no one else would get a word in.
You said it perfectly
He's a great director, but yeah you're absolutely right 😂
That’s why he was not there 😂😂
Chill with the tribalism pls. yuck
That’s what happened a few years ago
At 19:29 when they all interrupted to admire Jonathan Price was pretty wholesome
And for those of you that don't know Fernando Meirelles,I urge you to watch his movie City of God,one of the greatest Brazilian movies of all time, fucking awesome movie
I understand English but I don't feel English (that's gold right there for any international director).
Hammad Siddiqui I’m so fucking scared, I’m 18:30 seconds into this video, been scrolling through the comments a little bit and literally AS SOON as I looked down at your comment the words came out of Meirelles mouth
He said it so beautifully, and i loved how everyone joined in when he talked about tbe feeling that comes from his mother tongue
As an native portuguese speaker i feel the same when i talk in english
I'm not English but I feel English.
this literally makes so much sense.. i've lived in america for my entire life. my mom is an immigrant so i grew up speaking arabic in the house and it slowly fizzled out and i dont even know how to explain how this resonates with me. resonates with so many
"The industry doesn't want my voice" - Lulu Wang that was so deep
It's an industry so it's about money not art
Unfortunately
I want her voice
its very ironic that in the video Lulu Wang
talks about creating a brand so that people can find you and be known instead of a bigger budget for a movie and yet in this video title her name isnt there. i always wonder why these people do this? why dont they put the names of all 6 people in the title. i have see very long titles so i know they can fit all these names in there so why dont you do it?
As someone who actually uploads video's regularly, it can't fit. Her name isn't the only one that's not there, neither is Fernando Meirelles. They're all listed in the description.
Todd Phillips is so good at reading the room and breaking the ice and easing up awkward situations. just a great director
Find someone who looks at you the way Todd Phillips looks at Scorsese
I mean joker which was directed by Phillips is strikingly similar to Scorsese’s taxi driver.
Nobody wants to be looked at as a friend by a potential romantic partner (i assume you meant a romantic partner)
oh that cracked me up soo bad... my ear's hurting from laffing so loud!
find a movie that looks at you the way joker looks at taxi driver
Todd Philips is a hack. Totally overdid the Joker. Phoenix was good though.
This interview made me a Lulu Wang fan. You can tell it did that for the other people at that table too.
She's smart, for sure. I'll have to check that film out.
Doug Tarnopol absolutely do it.
Doug Tarnopol it’s fantastic you won’t regret
I'm not into her films but she seems nice
Doug Tarnopol It’s a raw, funny, heartbreaking gem of a film. Definitely seek it out.
"If you got a gift, and you work, it's like a prayer. And when you go to work, it's praying." - When Scorsese said this, I teared up. Nothing I relate to more as a director. Also, as an Asian female director, it's so wonderful to see Lulu sitting at the same table with all the others.
Fernando Meirelles em uma mesa com tantas lendas. Que orgulho.
A few things:
- Absolutely fantastic conversation. Maybe my favorite roundtable so far.
- You can tell everyone there is a huuuge Scorsese fan. It's almost like they're trying to contain their excitement about doing an interview with him.
- Finding out Barry Jenkins is Lulu Wang's partner was a great surprise. Can we get a Noah-Greta-Lulu-Barry roundtable?
- The different backgrounds of these directors makes this conversation incredibly interesting. Fernando being a foreign director, Scorsese an icon, Lulu an incredible newcomer and so on, their perspectives are wonderful to listen to.
So much talent around that table. Excited for whatever they do next.
Yeah. Even Todd Phillips, who might have been the weakest link, still didn't feel out of place. For all the shit he'd caught on social media for JOKER and some of his comments, he shows himself to be an intelligent, thoughtful filmmaker in this interview. 👍
Michael J. Cassizzi Jr. You might say that, and I like that you’re at least respectful, I think Joker holds up just as well as the other films the other directors made.
Liu Ki Boy I don’t think he meant that. Joker was a fantastic film. But a year ago, many of us would have dismissed him as just a filmmaker of sleazy comedies - because that’s what he was. Joker is a diamond amongst dirt in his credits
@@Auturgist lol Todd Phillips as the weakest link? so you actually thought the Farewell was a better movie than the Joker or are you just being a contrarian for the sake of it
@@Jesse-fk3xc Firstly, you are confusing the director for the film when you assume that because I said I think Todd Phillips was the weakest link that I must think Lulu Wang's film is better than his. Don't do that. Secondly, I do think THE FAREWELL was a better film than JOKER, but really, there's not much point in discussing why because they are so very different. It's fine if you don't agree. Thirdly and finally, your condescending tone suggests to me that I'd be wasting my time further debating this with you, so I won't. Have a nice day!
I love that Marty, once he found out that Lulu likes the Theme Park film genre, clarified that he does not feel those films are lesser. What a sweetheart
Timestamp?
@@KrishayAgarwal I am not watching the whole hour again. Watch the video and pay attention
@@recoveringintrovert717 bruh I just asked a question that you can answer or ignore why you getting offended
@@KrishayAgarwal I'm a cranky bitch. My apologies
He never said they were less, or at least he never meant to. He is just worried because they are taking over and because movie theaters are now favoring those movies, leaving them for even a month, some even more, when other movies only get a week, barely.
3:31
I love that Fernando's name pop-up matches his hand movement xD
I just finished watching Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell” and was so moved by the end I’m so happy she got this opportunity it was well earned!
Love Lulu interjecting saying she rejected the bigger offer because she didn’t want to get lost in the shuffle was a really interesting perspective that didn’t occur to me. Smart choice lulu!
ETA: I laughed so hard when they talked about filming in other countries and just making an innocent comment and suddenly it happened. Speaks to the bureaucracy of the US and the red tape and rules. We need to chill out.
Natalie Zayas-Bazan the same thing happened with Crazy Rich Asians! The writer of the books, Kevin Kwan, turned down a 7-figure three picture offer from Netflix for a distribution deal with WB because he and Jon Chu KNEW how necessary it would be to have the movie released theatrically for people to see.
Sometimes, art triumphs over money and it’s even more inviting when the reasoning behind the choices are for the greater good!
She's completely right. Netflix is pushing Irishman and Marriage Story so hard that Two Popes and Dolomite is My Name are getting left out.
kellishere yeah I knew about that. Difference is ‘the farewell’ is actually a good movie. Maybe kwan should have taken the Netflix deal.
ermilo garcia I’ve seen ‘two popes’ and ‘Dolemite is my name’. They’re not good either. This year is just BAD for some reason.
Marty keeps looking at Lulu like he's seeing a bit of him in her
Yes, indeed
Joachim Constantine She wishes.
Bit of a stretch lol
I like dat
It's possible for a master director to see themselves in one with less experience, divorced from that newcomer's catalog.
They’re all so receptive, polite & selflessly generous with one another. Wonderful.
It’s crazy… I’m currently sitting in the production office working as a PA on Martin’s new film. I’ve never wanted anything other than to be a film director. Hearing him and all of them speak is so amazing. I was born to be a director and all of what they say makes so much sense to me and I clearly understand every facet of what they say. They all feel so far away and I want to be just like them. It’s my purpose/dream to be sitting at that round table one day… inspiring others.
Hey dude inspiring actor here let me know when you need an actor for the role
Lulu Wang really stood out to me in this roundtable.... Quiet, receptive, absorbs what other people say and comes up with intelligent points.... An ideal roundtable participant.... Also, The Farewell was brilliant....
Wang*
PietreADI - States that a director’s movie was good.
- States that aforementioned director has a long way to go before she can be considered...um, good.
@PietreADI why are you such a fucking stickler for punching down on Lulu Wang. You're doing it in every comment that just mentions Lulu Wang making a good movie. It's really sad. Give it up buddy
34:45 Lulu's answer towards the conflict generated by the director's toughness honestly blew my mind. The solution she proposed goes beyond the authority's power and tackles the problem to the core by saying "let me explain to you why this is important to me" rather than "I'm the director, do as I told you." She is incredibly smart.
Wow
I’d never think of that ??????????
🙄
the dynamic between martin and lulu warms my heart
It’s crazy how their individual personalities are so clearly seen though their storytellings. Like the tone of their actual voice when making a joke or talking through their observations or the speed of their thoughts is so clearly felt in how they quiete literally direct their movies. I love Greta and she always has like 50000 thoughts going at once with one piece of thin string holding it all together and that’s totally felt in the way she expresses/writes her movies like how she experiments with time jumps. Humans are so cool when they’re creating amazing things .
Well observed and well expressed.
I like how Lulu Wang and Scorsese seem to be kindred spirits... they both started out making small, personal movies about family and their culture.
Well observed.
Please add Lulu and Fernando’s names to the title. They deserve it.
There’s a character limit to CZcams video titles.
@@FramesPerSecond so put only their last names or soomething?
Upvote
No they’re not famous enough.
No, they don't. There is a character limit and they put the best director's names in the title
This could go on for hours and I would never get bored. It's refreshing how they genuinely listen to what each have to say and I just feel like they are somewhat learning from one another.
Crazy Rich Asians pandered to the masses, while The Farewell is the real deal. Lulu Wang is a great director to watch out for.
Not all Asian movies are in competition with each other/have to be the same thing
@@GoWithHim1 no he’s saying that Crazy Rich Asians presented itself to a mass audience as a formulaic romantic comedy while The Farewell was more realistic and serious in its depiction of Asian families
@@thedisgruntledidealist Lol, imagine that. A movie about super rich people is less realistic and relatable than a film about a multi-generational family coming together.
why can’t both just be appreciated in different ways
There’s space for both
My favorite part of the conversation was how everyone got really excited when they were talking about the editing process. It's really wholesome to see how invested they are in their work.
Chris Ang ~ Editing is the thinking part of any film.
@@rinzertanz So are screenwriting, blocking, angling, acting and directing. The real craft of film-making lies in composing all these things as a concerted team effort. It is a collaborative art. Editing is a process that has to do a lot with overseeing the whole, integrating and selecting scenes, finding contrasts and parallels, and crafting context, rhythm and transition, the narrative flow of the story. But without a lot of thinking going into the pre-production and production of scenes, there is not much relevant and suitable material to compose and to construe meaning and a playground for intellectual deep-diving from.
20:11
"To what extent is art autobiographical? Noah."
Noah: nervous laughter
Cut to Greta Gerwig: smile disappears, slightly shakes head no
LMFAO
yeah lol it definitely felt like she was signalling to him not to dare go into any JJL stuff
@@burritogamer3984 What's JJL?
Craydog Doctordroobe Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Noah’s ex-wife
The editing is insane in this episode.
This is my favorite Directors Roundtable so far all of them are so distinct and hold their own wisdom no matter where they are in their career.
i love how scorsese calls the movie a 'picture'
Because that’s exactly what they are and he calls them that out love for them
And I like how Spike Lee calls his movies a joint.
@@mohamedashian604 Isn't it more because of the time he was born into? Nobody uses that term anymore nowadays,no matter how much they love cinema.
Bruno Torres Scorsese does and when you think back to the early days of film they were really just moving pictures
Oscar gives for Best Picture not Best movie so that's the reason why Endgame James Bond those kind of theme park films don't make it to Oscars
Fernando Meirelles seems like such a sweet guy
He does not feel english
@@andim.8788 he's brazilian sweet
andile majozi he is brazilian bro.
And his movie City of God is one of the best movies of all time,atleast on the top 200
@@bernardocarneiro1982 Agreed.
He is very kind im brazilian and love to hear him in português
It’s cool to hear Scorsese talk about his inspirations, and how big of a fan he his of his contemporaries. Just a guy who loves what he does, and loves films
you dont know how happy it makes me seeing female directors be as incredible and successful as great gerwig, a huge inspiration
Cringe 😬
@@eye4104 you dumb?
@@eye4104how?
*sees Martin Scorsese at table
Interviewer: Great what is cinema?
Greta Girwig: JESUS
and then she talks about faith
It's a question that puts everyone on a spot I guess. The best "answer" I know isn't from an interview or a theoretical piece of writing but from the Kazan movie The Last Tycoon. Have a look at the scene: czcams.com/video/roym08fVOkA/video.html
I think he said her name, but not great, it's Greta
But she's right though. You'll know it when you see it. You will just know it
@@sieekakhan6761 if you know it when you see it then you'd be able to define it, or even describe it.
Did anyone notice the look that Gerwig gave to Baumbach when he was asked about his movies being autobiographical? It was hilarious.
she literally shook her head lmfaoo
@@moonsun-cr1ts Exactly. She gave him that "You better not say what I think you're going to say" look.
haha I came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed the headshake at 20:16
I don't understand?
fraz they’re married
Clearly directors roundtables are more interesting than actors roundtables..
Actors are generally small minded brats
Factsss
mhm agree and disagree. it depends
I loved Scorsese's view on finding your passion: "You cant try to make vocation or calling because you want to be like somebody- you have to find your own". That really is gonna stick with me.
His film "The King of Comedy" was about that.
Todd Phillips has big "notice me senpai" energy
BRO HONESTLY
One hour and five minutes ago I was like: "That's a long video, I'll just see a bit of it."
and yet its Lulu that Scorsese is impressed by.
@@jenward8737
Ooooh burn
@@jenward8737 I don’t blame him!
You can tell Noah is a writer's writer with all his quick wits.
Todd Phillips for a fraction of sec looks like Hugh Laurie like everytime he appears
I loved Lulu, she was so real. Martin is pretty darn awesome, another great Roundtable.
I have always been sooo fascinated by how Greta tries to explain her thoughts, it’s like her brain is just thinking fast and about so many things that she can’t keep up, or idk how to explain it. But I love it.
I can relate
I found her soooo endearing!
Quirky is the word you're looking it.
PietreADI So? She’s a director, not a politician.
Amy E.23 I speak like that when nervous and it’s incredibly frustrating and draining. Nice to see that you somehow find it endearing, but it can be a nightmare for the person experiencing it.
Damn, Stephen Galloway has really become a great host. Letting everyone talk and just encouraging them along is so much better than the host he once was. Kudos sir.