Frances Ha

And that one's just like so much fun and such a delight.

And, you know, kind of in that same, along with Frances Ha, it's one of the two that Gerwig co-wrote with Baumbach, and you can definitely feel that in that movie.

And then I think the biggest revelation in terms of rewatches was the Meyerowitz stories.

I mean, it's a movie I liked a lot at the time, but it was not in my top 25 in 2017.

I don't even really think of her as an actress, but she's nice as this kind of woman from Adam Sandler's childhood.

And yeah, I think it's just a beautiful movie.

And then I also revisit Frances Ha, which I think I talked about earlier this year, which is just terrific.

Yeah, it was really fun to talk about with our group.

I mean...

He did Frances Ha with her, right? Yeah, I thought that one was excellent.

Frances Ha is amazing.

Frances Ha is amazing.

That's right up there.

Greenberg was funny.

And your DP, Sam Levy, is so good at creating iconic cinematic depictions of New York.

I mean, he did Francis Ha, he did His Three Daughters, and now your film, that last shot of the city is just... an unreal depiction of, you know, it encapsulates everything we saw before.

And it's like, I love this place, but you know, I could go on about it.

But what conversations did you have with Sam about how you wanted the film to look?

Yes.

Marriage Story, Frances Ha, and Mistress America are three of my favourite films.

He has a very distinct style.

And it really shines through here.

[laughs] I feel like we already have, but that's neither here nor there.

Yeah, if you're a real fan and you've listened to the first episode, the Frances Ha episode, then you know.

Then you know.

Zip it.

That's so funny.

[laughs] But anyway, speaking of Frances Ha, really-

Mm

... such a good girlhood, girlhood film, girlhood film.

And this, again, connects back to what I'm talking about, which is this looking at her and Baumbach's movies is leading to...

I'm talking to some friends about Frances Ha, which I think that period where they were working together and she was acting in his movies and they were co-writing movies together, I think the real magic is kind of there.

Baumbach and Gerwig, they co-wrote Barbie, but I like the small-scale kind of New York character, you know, movies like Frances Ha and Mistress America, where they were kind of at their best.

And Baumbach's movies are not as big as hers, but both of them have kind of gone bigger like White Noise is this big kind of epic movie and I mean I like Jay Kelly a lot but it's a little bit splashier than some of his early stuff and that's why it's interesting to look at something like Kicking and Screaming or in Gerberg's case Nights and Weekends and also the last movie I was going to talk about which is The Squid and the Whale which I think is the movie that kind of put Baumbach into a higher class of critical darling.

This is from the mid-2000s and kind of inspired by his own childhood and his parents' divorce.

you're like,

oh yeah fuck wow um yeah i was i watched um to speak on like the fashion and stuff i watched uh francis ha with my younger sister oh what'd you think of that well i i was watching it for a second time i love it i think that movie is great yeah it's great i

watch it

i i watched it with reese it's an hour 22 it's so short it's

And the two that she was able to pull before she went back to school was the first one we did was Alien.

nice banger of a movie I gotta realize that one

and then Francis Ha and there was a moment it's with Adam Driver and he's in like the thin cardigan with the v-neck and like the hat and the skinny jeans and Reese was like never trust a man who dresses like that and I was like you're right unfortunately like everybody was dressed like that that was the move

that was the move was a thin cardigan and a hat

It's crazy.

Also, have you seen Frances Ha?

Yes.

Yes.

There's a lot of people.

Uh, the film that I most relate to, slash also one of the films that means the most to me, is Frances Ha.

Um-

Yes.