Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, & Charles Melton talk MAY DECEMBER I Happy Sad Confused
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2024
- Take a deep dive into Todd Haynes' MAY DECEMBER with this conversation with Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, and Charles Melton! #happysadconfused #joshhorowitz #natalieportman #juliannemoore #charlesmelton
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Introduction to May December
1:10 - May December Cast Introduction
2:42 - Natalie Portman Discusses Joining May December
4:57 - Julianne Moore's Collaboration with Todd Haynes
6:23 - Charles Melton's Audition Experience
8:38 - Portman & Moore on Career-Defining Auditions
11:56 - Self-Reflection in Acting
14:00 - Natalie Portman's Meta-Acting Role
18:19 - Charles Melton as Joe in May December
20:16 - Acting Masterclass Insights
22:04 - The Complexity of Acting
26:36 - Portman's Approach to Playing Gracie
29:26 - Charles Melton on Physical Characterization
33:07 - Behind-the-Scenes: Makeup scene in May December
36:03 - Filmmaking Techniques with Charles Melton
38:00 - Advice to Younger Selves
42:30 - Cast's Collectible Items
44:40 - Actors' Identity Mix-ups
45:30 - Challenging Directorial Feedback
49:14 - Filming the Climactic Scene
51:00 - Stylistic Decisions for Natalie's Role
52:14 - Analyzing the Mirror Scene Takes
54:05 - Exploring Joe's Parenting
56:29 - Detaching from Acting Roles
59:46 - Career Impact of May December
1:01:33 - Conclusion of May December Discussion
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Feels a bit like Dangerous Liaisons but nothing really happened in the end...
charles deserves the oscar. natalie and julianne deserve to get nominated. samy burch’s script and todd haynes’ direction are impeccable and deserving as well. ACADEMY YOU HAVE ONE JOB.
I would love love love for Todd Haynes to finally get a directing nom. Agree with everyone else too!
Charles Melton was amazing on this film. What a revelation of a performance.
I loved this movie. Haunting and beautiful performances by all three of these actors. Charles’ career is definitely one to keep an eye on! He is more than deserving this awards season.
He was amazing in that movie so heartbreaking. It makes me think of that boy Villi and how he was stuck in that marriage with that woman.
Incredible cast and movie. Charles blew me away, the way he carried his trauma was so evident. I slowly started to really love this movie.
They’re such a good cast! 👏🏽
Really loved this one! You can feel the respect and warmth between the actors. Thanks to Todd Haynes for casting this amazing ensemble.
I've watched so many interviews with these 3 and can't get enough.
Josh, this chat is great!!!
I don't know about the performances award wise to respond to these comments (they were all super strong) but the editing was truly incredible and deserves the Oscar. They knew just how long to hold on glances and stares and cut fast enough to not let you fully intellectualize moments until the end. Incredible. So was the script. I don't know how much was added or discovered in production, but if it's all there on the page it might be the best script of the year or the last five. If you're confused or perplexed watch it again all the answers are in the dialogue in the first part of the film. Its something seemingly complex that isn't. And is brilliant for it. Abuse is simple. And elizabeth gets to the truth by the end. But unfortunately for her, the truth is not that complex or salacious. It's only made salacious by morbid vouyerism. The sex scene is so damn good. With so many fucking layers of psychology and ends with a gut punch. The only negative was the music for me, but I understand the choice. Maybe if it had been mixed with less volume I would not have minded as much. Regardless, it's one of the best films I've seen in so long. Also, in my opinion she lied at the end. The key is the hunting scene. It's all about control with gracey. This kind of cinema is exciting. I'm so glad I saw it. Truly great filmmaking.
"it's almost like the movie stops on an inhale and the audience’s left to exhale on their own" ...such a good way to put it that's also what i feel with carol everytime
Love the enthusiasm of the interviewer. Wonderfully directed interview!
This was such a lovely convo!
Thanks for watching!
What a great interview!!!!
Julianne Moore is so poised and articulate
I believe that these people (these particular actor’s) are not only abundantly artistically talented, but also intellectually and philosophically adept just as much so ❤😙👌
Great interview. Fantastic movie.
Also, great interview! You really know how to ask intelligent, engaging questions and let them speak.
Josh you are simply the best I enjoy your videos. Great questions and rapport with your guests 🙏🏼❤️ just wanna tell you that
It’s weird to see Natalie and Julianne praised so much (yes, I know they’re phenomenal in other films) but here they seemed very robotic. Charles on the other hand, embodied that role. Wow. 👏🏽
I think that was the point of their characters though. Like the essence of their characters, when you get to the crux of them, was that they’re putting on a performance. That’s the diabolical nature of it. If they seemed robotic, in my opinion, they understood the assignment and made their characters lack humanity and emotion (which I agree with to some extent as this was superb as it added depth to their performance) because their characters were not good people lol. To each their own but I agree Melton was the standout but Portman and Moore held the film together and truly elevated it without a shadow of a doubt.
I disagree about Natalie and Julianne. I think they are just so good, we expect this from them already. Meanwhile, I’ve never seen Charles in anything. His character was very subdued. And he had moments of realization where he lets out all his emotion at once because he’s never allowed normally. I think it’s the characters they are playing. Joe is just a more interesting character because of what he went through. Natalie is just playing a shallow actress who manipulated people. Julianne is playing someone who thinks she is the main character and everyone should revolve around her feelings. So they played less likable character stuck in their own ways. Whereas Joe is just realizing he is not himself.
Josh you’re a great interviewer. Want to see you being interviewed!
Great ensemble
as f+tm said "how much is art really worth the very thing you're best at is the thing that hurts the most"
If The Academy wants to do things right, they can give Charles Melton this award.. and then apologize for last year and give Cate Blanchett her award
no honey. they made the right choice last year. stay mad
God Julianne is soooo intriguing
very very good.
Natalie's voice omg. Sooo sexy, so calming.
ЖЕНЯ 💔❤️ ЛЮДА 🇧🇾
Great movie
does anyone know why they had to shoot it so quickly?
Anybody have the time-stamp for Moore's mashed potatoes comments?
"Mashed potatoes!"
What's the timestamp for that?
Josh can we have Matt bomer and Jonathan bailey pls for fellow travelers
I agree!
@@lyrazim thank you we all need to ask. Josh I hope you consider PLS
OH Julianne thanks so much for saying that you too get annoyed when actors claim to "understand" an experience because they've acted it as that is something that annoys me soooo much... it's so unbelievably pretentious, arrogant and self-centred!! Also when actors keep using the word "literally"... it is NOT literal when it's acting, as profound as the acting experience can be!!
40:23 Moore slayed
Hardly any questions to Charles...
No competition no one to learn from and no friends and as usual tired so taking it easy will let u know if I find anything bye bye for now❤❤😂😂
48:00. Harold and Maud when Harold talks about why he fakes suicide scenes.
I hate mashed potatoes (the worst part of a potato and the worse way to prepare it)
I actually love fruit salad (all fruit)
People talk about Barbie getting “snubbed” even though it was nominated for Best Picture (so not a snub). Meanwhile, no one in this movie was nominated?! It seems like maybe they are just too good at what they do. 😅
Very good thoughtful movie but disagree with the ideas the female actors overlay on their characters. They bring their west coast perspective and complexity to an entirely different situational reality, while only Joe/Charles' cultural reality makes sense. Hated the score which was over the top in trying to create a sense of horror and tension. Watch out Austin and Timothée, there's a new young male lead in town!!!
I’ve never seen Charles in anything. His character was very subdued. And he had moments of realization where he lets out all his emotion at once because he’s never allowed normally. I think it’s the characters they are playing. Joe is just a more interesting character because of what he went through. Natalie is just playing a shallow actress who manipulated people. Julianne is playing someone who thinks she is the main character and everyone should revolve around her feelings. (Her older son from the previous marriage seems similar to her). So they played less likable character stuck in their own ways. Whereas Joe is just realizing he is not himself.