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Spend an Hour with the Coen Brothers as They Explain the Opening Scenes of Their Films

06.14.11 @ 1:01PM Tags : coenbrothers, lincolncenter, noahbaumbach, panel

I remember reading in the book My First Movie: Twenty Celebrated Directors Talk about Their First Film how Joel and Ethan Coen had raised most of the financing for their first film, Blood Simple, from dentists. The Coen brothers aren’t known for doing a ton of press interviews, so that was a rare treat — as is this hour-long interview from the brand new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center. Here, the Coens talk with writer/director Noah Baumbach (auetur of one of my favorite Brooklyn-set films, The Squid and the Whale) about the opening scenes of their films. More »

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Seen: Greenberg

03.26.10 @ 12:00PM Tags : greenberg, noahbaumbach, selfpromotion

Noah Baumbach’s latest feature Greenberg, starring Ben Stiller, opens nationwide in theaters today. I edited some behind-the-scenes promos for the film, such as this clip:

I did the titles and transitions in After Effects; they’re hand-drawn masks with the “Wiggle – gelatin” behavior applied.