Josh & Benny Safdie interviewed by Simon Mayo

[@csjcsj2906]

Imagine an airplane turbulence movie directed by the Safdie brothers.

[@igotashake]

So Jin Choi That would basically just be Uncut Gems in a plane lmao

[@ofmanynicknames8196]

igotashake if you made it with a counterfeiting plot it could be called Fakes on a Plane

[@GiantSandles]

The more I watch Good Time the more it seems like pretty much a perfect film and I imagine Uncut Gems will be the same

[@MichaelCorleone654]

aljanat5 I suppose you’re the Forrest Gump of screenwriting. Did you write that too?

[@jaievans6655]

aljanat5 nigga what

[@MichaelCorleone654]

aljanat5 Are you one of those savants who is slow at everything except for writing screenplays? You let them use you and take all the credit and what do you have to show for it? A neckbeard, an astronaut pen that writes upside down and a cupboard full of Twinkie’s.

[@MichaelCorleone654]

aljanat5 Don’t forget the aspergers and schizophrenia

[@explanationmark_]

aljanat5 lmao

[@DrawingABlanka]

Going to see Uncut Gems on Sunday. Pretty excited after good time.

[@jakeram4439]

Adored good time and was blown away by uncut gems on my first viewing. I loved it even more on second watch, and like Good Time I know it will become a classic as I watch it several more times.

[@EstimatedProphet92]

Jake Ram man I watched it twice in theatres and it did not get easier. I think that’s the ultimate testament to its power, like even knowing what’s coming I felt it every bit as much as I did the first time. And I mean, it’s not as if it’s purely a high wire tension act, I think the film works on so many interconnecting deeper levels, but as that anxiety is the vehicle that drives the film, it’s amazing it works even the second time around.

[@gp2860]

Punch-Drunk Love is a phenomenal movie, so for popular media and people alike to say this is Sandler’s big molting into Oscar-worthy acting is only a testament to how the works of filmmakers like PTA and the Safdies end up tragically overlooked.

[@navigatingmadness180]

Going to see the film tonight!

[@christianwood1607]

Jaamie B you’re in for a treat mate

[@arsenalfan13]

Top 5 movie of all time in the 2010s.

[@MatthewLowery]

I'm seeing this film this evening. Think I'm going to watch Punch-Drunk Love this afternoon to prepare myself!

[@seancorrigan7448]

Great interview. Adam Sandler was incredible!

[@jordanbayne23]

Benny sounds like Chris Evans

[@frenchbullfrog]

They were Robbed today !!

[@angelvarela9830]

Explain

[@frenchbullfrog]

@@angelvarela9830 The Academy turned their back on Sandman and Safdi's

[@angelvarela9830]

@@frenchbullfrog that's so lame! The safdie brothers made me actually consider filmmaking

[@RanjanDuttaRoy]

@@angelvarela9830 Me too! Such a wave of inspiration hit me after seeing Gems and Good Time. Just to know that there an be something that's..new and good, that there can be a new chapter or era of Hollywood that doesn't suck or just rips off older films

[@graemecreegan6749]

These guys really help bust a lot of Jewish stereotypes with this movie 😅

[@periklisbegzos]

Watching the movie felt like good old Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia era Anderson that is. And you were both right on not drinking a red bull before watching...

[@ohno144]

Periklis Begzos spot on!

[@rolandhector510]

B

[@graemecreegan6749]

Just when you thought Adam Sandler couldn’t get any more irritating, he goes to another level !

[@fbcaware8805]

Don't waste your time on Adam Sandler.

[@urmintrude]

Not gonna take movie advice from a car, sorry.

[@fbcaware8805]

@@urmintrude VRRRRRRRMMM

[@Petergonzalezcomedy]

@@urmintrude idk man it's an orange car..

[@joshuahext9236]

@@Petergonzalezcomedy ...but it's a bad orange car