Netflix's I'm Thinking Of Ending Things Interviews | Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley & Charlie Kaufman

[@zlee001]

Haha theyre both named jessie. Woooow. That is crazy considering their characters.

[@yawner1154]

woooah i hadn't even thought about that

[@nabil731]

Oh shit i just realize 🤯

[@huskydogg7536]

Wrong, his name is Jesse!

[@kaniblurous]

Yup, and Jesse portraited a villain that kidnaps the main protagonist Jesse in Breaking Bad.

[@zlee001]

@@kaniblurous he did? Weeeeird

[@jubelbrosseau7966]

Charlie Kaufman has long been the one screenwriter where I will watch a film because he wrote it. And he has since turned out to be a phenomenal director in his own right. We're lucky to have him!

[@drubie67]

Hell yea dude...Being John Malkovich & Adaptation were a revelation!

[@sleepyJaclyn]

Well said, couldn’t agree more

[@IknowIamkindagreat]

Such a profoundly sad film, but so masterfully made, Jaw dropping stuff.

[@ruly8153]

Jesse Plemons career is on top right now. The Irishman, the post, Bridge of Spies, this, He’s becoming such a popular character actor and he’s worked with Spielberg, Scorcese and PT Anderson already

[@brightlights23]

There isn't a Charlie Kaufman film that I haven't rewatched. He finally found his perfect medium.

[@itsdxll-p5z]

I would say Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is his lowest point for sure, he really only goes up from that!

[@TheMultiPickle]

Omg she has an Irish accent in real life!!

[@charlotteziggy8353]

I like her impression of an American accent .

[@richardadesmond]

I was recently in her home town, Killarney, really nice.

[@kop1986]

I'm Irish and I'm very surprised when I heard her speak.. Really great American accent she did

[@jdcapshew]

This very strange film that I was tempted to turn off ultimately was fascinating and sticks in my head.

[@stemikger]

Yeah, and if you watch a second time, it will be even better.

[@blazing420ish]

There's a strange pride in viewing this interview. The desire to look deeper and reinterpret the film as Kaufman intended. Rewatching now.

[@1o69]

I think it's pretty impressive how honest Kaufman is about seeking a project that was literally just going to cost less. Through the interview then it really conveys how to work complex ideas into simpler narratives and I think for younger filmmakers who are tighter with money, as well as arthouse directors in general, it's nothing short of inspirational - opposed to, say, Spielberg giving an interview on a multi-million dollar project and the tasks they went about doing.

[@marcicaudell709]

Well said !

[@VividFilmProductions]

I saw this movie at the right time. It was tedious to get through but I firmly believe sometimes you watch movies you NEED to watch vs movies you want to watch. Made me not want to waste my life.

[@dilantro24]

I feel you bro. Hit me in the exact same way.

[@2legit2Kwit]

This movie blows my mind. Phenomenal in all ways. Great job to all.

[@stemikger]

Loved everything about this movie, it is not for everyone and I'm sure many will hate it. Having said, I see myself watching it several times for the two real life Jessie's!! Amazing actors I could not take my eyes off them and of course Toni Collette can do no wrong in my eyes.

[@tomatoahmed7380]

This movie made me depressed

[@stemikger]

Then it worked. lol

[@tomatoahmed7380]

@Sherry Rose Yeap, getting older is scary.

[@Af0]

It's very nihilistic, yes. But it's easy to debunk a lot of its nihilistic ideas. Don't be depressed too long!

[@xxxprincessxdinaxxx7017]

it made me exhausted lmao

[@UncleEbenezer77]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the greatest love story ever told, imho.

[@ferracaro1]

This one too!!

[@envy8762]

Her & Eternal Sunshine are my favorite ones

[@ferracaro1]

@Max Stevens I like this movie too

[@AbsurdoMX]

This movie is not about love. Is about loneliness, and unloved people.

[@UncleEbenezer77]

cdlandtm You're speaking of the OP, not ESotSM, right?

[@cetys-workportfolio7546]

Masterpiece. The artistry is off the charts. Plumbs the same depths as Kubrick, the Coen Brothers, and especially David Lynch. But, unlike those other artists, the homicidal violence is never revealed. And,, its far more articulate than Lynch’s work.

[@SesameCake]

Yes, I feel that Lynch often opens the doors to dreams, visions and deeper intuitions but never elucidates enough for it to stick, (though he is brilliant at framing scenes and beguiling you into the story via setting and unique characters) while Kaufman is able to fully immerse you into the chaotic nightmare and gives you enough cues so you can have a dialogue with the work, yet never fully reveal what the core of the message is. The scenarios he comes up with (with due credit to Iain Reid as well) are so bizarre and unsettling, yet somehow relatable, like they are the seeds of something you thought or dreamed brought to its regress.

[@crispyrobot77]

Wonderful film. Like a strange dream. Much like Charlie Kaufman's other films. The less you know about the film before viewing for the first time, the better. Best to see it cold.

[@Kiddo_williams]

This movie tackled so many things it’s a true masterpiece

[@DrAlchem01]

6:46 Me sitting in the dark at midnight after watching the movie, and now watching KZbin on my Phone: 😮

[@LongdogBookReviews]

A beautiful adaptation. Loved the acting; Jessie Buckley took a character that was supposed to be blank and passive, and made her unforgettable.

[@chewyjello1]

It's always so wild to hear an actor speak in their natural voice and what comes out is a completely different accent than what you were expecting! Wow! Her American accent was GREAT. I had no idea. Even the tone of her voice sounded different in the movie. How odd.

[@tomerohanabentzvi9866]

I am so happy plemons got a starring role in a great movie

[@steph1921]

Jessie Buckley 😍😍😍😍

[@yawner1154]

Jessie Buckley is a gem

[@elephant2072]

thanks for this breakdown. I was lost. I also love Jessie Buckley. I discovered her in The Lost Daughter

[@WilliamThomasjr]

BIG SPOILERS AT THE TOP OF THIS VIDEO This should really be labeled for spoilers

[@HarryMoho]

Should probably put spoilers in the title, no?

[@hgv3666]

Charlie kaufmann looks like someone who would make a movie like this lol

[@benrosn8154]

Charlie Kaufman is my favorite filmmaker screenwriter. I will watch anything he does literally I do not know why he isn’t given money every day.

[@williampb4166]

The acting was brilliant, the set design was brilliant, the sound design was great and the cinematography was really mesmerising. The only thing I'd say was the story felt like it had the build up with very little pay off, I felt disappointed by the end.

[@rofoltofol]

While i thought the cinematography was 'good', to me it was very bland and colourless, and i get thats part of the point but it just made the movie so unintetestering having to stare at the jessies for half the movie through the tinge of a snowstorm. Like we get it bro, its snowing

[@mantekia]

this movie made me feel like i don’t know what’s real anymore. very cool movie it felt slow but weird and a little bit of wtf.

[@kop1986]

I watched this film last night and it's just so so different to anything else. Very David Lynch like. I really enjoyed it

[@mandiranarayan2064]

Mind blowing!!

[@frenchydawg]

Jesse plemmons is starting to grow on me

[@Jesse-fk3xc]

movie about solipsism and the main characters are named Jesse thats just what I need

[@emilianomarquez1629]

Magical Realism for the darker parts of the psyche of a family, she's introduced, not as a person, but as a character. And these caracters have played themselves very poorly for a whole life, she's the clear mirror their distorted beings reflect on. And that hurts as an audience. The escalation, the potential danger of the situation is that she becomes stuck with them, and in a way she already has, for it seem that these events have replayed themselves, for infinity within the story. The end seems to me, the man's character looking back at what could have been in his head, for that one person, that might just have provided some sense and warmth to his existence.

[@joshuawade1495]

Excellent interviews!

[@pauloricardosalgado1888]

Charlie Kaufman ❤️

[@danirelle4199]

I have schizoaffective disorder so this movie bothered me. It made me uncomfortable to watch cause in a way I have been through this but not this severe.

[@richicamacho7989]

This movie. Nuts. I love it.

[@Optidorf]

Nothing against Jesse Plemons, but that man must fall asleep listening to himself when he speaks.

[@chandlerklangsmith7913]

Wow -- loved the book *and* the movie and was surprised how dismissive Kaufman seemed of the source material in this interview. Reid does uses explicitly creepypasta-ish imagery in a way the film shies away from... but the genre elements get subverted in the novel too, fragmented and mosaic'd into an impressionistic emotional landscape. What matters about the tall man (for one memorable example) isn't a dumb plot point -- it's the way he makes us *feel.* In Reid's vision, that emotion is just primarily horror instead of regret.

[@chandlerklangsmith7913]

OK, maybe I misread Kaufman here, because in this discussion he's way more generous: www.netflixqueue.com/charlie-kaufman-and-iain-reid-are-thinking-of-things/

[@chandlerklangsmith7913]

@@drog.ndtrax3023 read my comment again: "loved the book *and* the movie and was surprised by how dismissive Kaufman seemed of the source material in this interview." I wasn't critiquing the film, I was saying I didn't agree with the words he spoke out loud about the book in this YT video.

[@chandlerklangsmith7913]

@@drog.ndtrax3023 "I don't care in the slightest wheter one of the greatest filmmakers gives a shit about the source material for their films." If you don't care about Kaufman's opinions, why not just watch his movies? Why are you here on YT watching an interview with him?

[@chandlerklangsmith7913]

​@@drog.ndtrax3023 I hear you. Fwiw, I am also a Kaufman (and interestingly enough, Kubrick) superfan. And I *never* care about how faithful an adaptation is to its source material -- thus my undying affection for Adaptation! For me, though, the interesting thing about the relationship between the book and the movie in this case is that Kaufman changes what the story is *about*, but stays surprisingly close to the book's original structure. Ultimately, the book's ending is more straightforwardly explainy, but for the first 2/3s or more, Reid is just as interested in subverting our narrative expectations as Kaufman is. I felt like what Kaufman said here made the book sound like a by-the-numbers genre exercise when it's anything but. And if I were Iain Reid, that would cut me to the heart. Also, not trying to trumpet my bonafides here, but I not only read books -- I also write them. Here's an interview I did with Entertainment Weekly when my own novel came out: ew.com/books/2018/02/23/chandler-klang-smith-sky-is-yours/

[@WillJBailey]

Another masterpiece from my favourite director

[@happyfacercs]

And I have finally lost Contact with reality

[@JimLaczkowski]

SPOILERS!

[@fiazrahman4552]

I’m thinking of ending things is the newest Netflix film directed by Charlie Kaufman. This was a film I was very excited for, it had so many things going for it. All the talent in front and behind the camera and the story just looked fascinating. Did it deliver though, in short answer kinda but there’s more to be said. First of all let me just say how much I respect and admire Charlie Kaufman as a Screenwriter and even director. His work is always super unique, different and they seem to focus on characters that are well realized. I’m thinking of ending things though, feels like a 2020 Charlie Kaufman film monitored by Netflix where he is under restrictions on creativity and can’t fully express this story the way he would have liked. I know that this film is based on a book so that may explain why this story and the outcome of it all is so unfulfilling but it had so much potential to be something better. Let me just give credit where credit is due though, because there’s a lot of positives to I’m thinking of ending things and there’s no denying that. It’s a well done film overall, the way it was shot, the musical theme the film has throughout its runtime is pleasant and joyous, the acting from everyone is excellent but the standout for me was Toni Collette. She was always an actress of such range, where she is able to go with the characters she plays, her commitment and her performance here just gave me more respect for her. I’m thinking of ending things is a character driven film that prioritizes conversations that characters have with each other. It has a lot of dialogue, and there aren’t many locations that are explored. Most of the settings are in locations that are seen often and we’re supposed to get comfortable spending time in them. Since the film has so much dialogue it’s important for the screenplay to be strong. The screenplay is intriguing at times and I liked the tone of it all but I felt like what the film was trying to convey it didn’t do a good job of conveying. The first two acts of the film are great, I liked the setup, where the story was potentially going and how the film wasn’t afraid of not explaining itself. Let’s talk about that, how the film doesn’t explain itself. From the get go a lot of how this story unfolds is odd, weird, creepy and you have a lot of questions. That’s how we the audience relate to the protagonist because we're experiencing the same things and have the same questions as she does. So there is some sense and search to find out what is going on but I felt like all that went to waste in the clumsy third act. The third act didn’t wrap things up at all, but instead got more confusing, weird and I checked out. I’m thinking of ending things is a film with a lot of depth, hidden meanings and there’s so much more under the surface. I give it praise for not trying to go the straightforward route but with a third act that doesn’t care about giving the answers and explaining itself the outcome of it all made me ask what was the purpose of all that just happened.

[@miguelplata7121]

Sorry, I completely disagree. Having read the book I think Netflix gave Charlie Kaufman way too much freedom with this. His pretentiousness killed the book's atmosphere and he over complicated it, which it did not need. In this case I completely blame Charlie Kaufman (I believe he adapted the book) for completely watering down everything that hooked me to the book. Yes it has good shots, a very clear artistic concept, great acting but my god did he waste Jessie Buckley in this. I'd give the book a shot, it's much much better than the film. And yes I have watched and enjoyed other films by Charlie Kaufman.

[@huckthomas7231]

The movie is self-indulgent nonsense, but this Jessie Buckley is mesmerizing, my new fave actress.

[@Avratin]

All a writer/ director has to offer is themselves. The less apologetic a piece is for being a piece of the writers soul, the more self-indulgent it will seem.

[@dkdi6265]

@@Avratin Well said. People seem to label anything that's confusing or thought-provoking as pretentious.

[@pitbull635]

confusing ≠ pretentious “nonsense” film is an art form. it’s a spectrum, it can be confusing at one end of the spectrum while have a clear narrative at the other end. be open to more unconventional cinema, not everything needs to be clear and have a digestible plot.

[@kevinlakeman5043]

I really like Kaufman's work in general, esp. his writing. But this one left me rather empty and unimpressed. Just that overly long car ride, esp. those long, tedious quotes. Wtf, took me right out of the movie with the tedium of it.

[@Pedrofiliac]

Her character's name is Lucy not Girlfriend

[@suttree3233]

Her name changes from Lucy to Lucia to Amy throughout, she has no name.

[@owlsloveme]

I’m pretty sure this is a fake interview. 👎🏽

[@kevinlakeman5043]

I really dislike using the 'p-word' in general, esp. since it's grossly overused incorrectly by dubious minds, but this is the type of movie that pretentious people will claim to love, even if they miss much or even most of what the writer and/or director was trying to say. It functions mostly on theoretical terms because Charlie Kaufman has thought it to death. Despite the surface trappings, and the suggestion that this is, at heart, a woman's story, it's still just another account of a self-regarding intellectual with serious girlfriend issues who likes to bemoan his place in an unfair world.

[@tallisonrausch5719]

That’s a pretty literal read. To me it manifested much greater allegorical value.

[@InimicusSolitus]

This movie was incredibly boring. I almost turned it off several times. The ending: WTF did I just watch.

[@nouhaila2983]

It’s because you didn’t understand it

[@richicamacho7989]

It was a poetic movie. Did you not understand it?

[@NawafTech]

Omg exactly same

[@InimicusSolitus]

@@richicamacho7989 I understood it. It was still boring.

[@JoeJoeJoe25]

Switch perspective!

[@soularzensei1754]

Saw this movie the other day. Exceedingly boring, don't waste your time on it.

[@kickkennedy8698]

It’s boring in YOUR opinion 🙄

[@soularzensei1754]

@@kickkennedy8698 Not just mine but shared with many, as shown in the reviews. There was a 20 minute scene of 2 people just chatting in a car and nothing happened the whole time, I was screaming at the movie like WHEN IS THIS SCENE GONNA STOP

[@kickkennedy8698]

@@soularzensei1754 that’s how I felt the first time I watched it like omg it’s so boring but I just seen it again for the second time & I love it cause I understand it better