This is wild. I subscribed to your newsletter maybe a week ago because your writing is great, and your POV is truly and fascinatingly singular.
However, this review hits different for me because I produced this movie and was shooting it almost exactly 4 years ago. So reading this from you is, for lack of a better way of phrasing it, really fucking cool on a personal level.
And per usual, your take on this film is different from any other I’ve heard over the years, and wonderfully insightful.
P.S. I sent this to James Morosini. I think he’ll dig it.
You know, I saw you followed me and I was like, why does that name sound a little familiar? And then I looked you up and realized this was one of my next movies, and you were one of the people responsible. Purely a coincidence, and a cool one too -- this movie is hilarious, truly so.
Thank you for your kind words! Please tell James about the idea behind this Substack, so he doesn't think, "My movie made this guy think of prison??"
I have never, nor will I ever see my father laugh; really laugh, the way a child would while eating an ice cream cone. I'm also young enough to believe that I've made peace with that.
Beautiful piece, friend. You may have hidden a lot of your traits from your father, but know that the world benefits immaculately from witnessing those very traits.
It’s so incredibly disappointing to me that being a reader is a “negative” and a “feminine” quality looked down on in men. My father is a smart man and would’ve never looked down on my brother if he had wanted to read. I’m sorry your father doesn’t see good in you- which has nothing to do with being masculine at all.
I have always realized how lucky I was to have the father I had. Being female, I wouldn't have had to worry about living up to masculine "ideals", but he always held my brother and I to the same standards and was our biggest champion no matter what passions we pursued. I'm sorry you weren't so lucky in the parent lottery, but I hope that you find a way to connect with the love that I would like to believe your father has for you. And if he doesn't, it's his loss (and he's a poor judge of character).
This is wild. I subscribed to your newsletter maybe a week ago because your writing is great, and your POV is truly and fascinatingly singular.
However, this review hits different for me because I produced this movie and was shooting it almost exactly 4 years ago. So reading this from you is, for lack of a better way of phrasing it, really fucking cool on a personal level.
And per usual, your take on this film is different from any other I’ve heard over the years, and wonderfully insightful.
P.S. I sent this to James Morosini. I think he’ll dig it.
You know, I saw you followed me and I was like, why does that name sound a little familiar? And then I looked you up and realized this was one of my next movies, and you were one of the people responsible. Purely a coincidence, and a cool one too -- this movie is hilarious, truly so.
Thank you for your kind words! Please tell James about the idea behind this Substack, so he doesn't think, "My movie made this guy think of prison??"
For sure!
I gave him that context when I sent it! By the way, he was stoked and said he loves your post.
Thanks so much! Tell him I said congrats on the new Black List script!
I have never, nor will I ever see my father laugh; really laugh, the way a child would while eating an ice cream cone. I'm also young enough to believe that I've made peace with that.
Beautiful piece, friend. You may have hidden a lot of your traits from your father, but know that the world benefits immaculately from witnessing those very traits.
Thank you kindly.
It’s so incredibly disappointing to me that being a reader is a “negative” and a “feminine” quality looked down on in men. My father is a smart man and would’ve never looked down on my brother if he had wanted to read. I’m sorry your father doesn’t see good in you- which has nothing to do with being masculine at all.
Thank you.
I have always realized how lucky I was to have the father I had. Being female, I wouldn't have had to worry about living up to masculine "ideals", but he always held my brother and I to the same standards and was our biggest champion no matter what passions we pursued. I'm sorry you weren't so lucky in the parent lottery, but I hope that you find a way to connect with the love that I would like to believe your father has for you. And if he doesn't, it's his loss (and he's a poor judge of character).
Also, another great post, thank you!
Thank you!