In anticipation of the Netflix release of his latest film, Marriage Story, writer-director Noah Baumbach focused on the power of beginnings in his lecture for the BAFTA Screenwriters’ series.
The filmmaker, who has also worked extensively with director Wes Anderson, has seen success with films including The Squid and the Whale, Frances Ha and The Meyerowitz Stories in 2017.
Conscious that this was his first lecture, Baumbach cited the words of Mike Nicholls, Brian De Palma in discussing the importance of a film’s opening scenes. He summarised: “It’s your only chance to introduce the audience to your characters and to your movie. It’s your opportunity to do anything you want and a director must take this responsibility very seriously.”
Though aware of this importance, he joked that “Greta Gerwig pointed out to me that my movies tend to tell you what they’re about at the very beginning.
The filmmaker, who has also worked extensively with director Wes Anderson, has seen success with films including The Squid and the Whale, Frances Ha and The Meyerowitz Stories in 2017.
Conscious that this was his first lecture, Baumbach cited the words of Mike Nicholls, Brian De Palma in discussing the importance of a film’s opening scenes. He summarised: “It’s your only chance to introduce the audience to your characters and to your movie. It’s your opportunity to do anything you want and a director must take this responsibility very seriously.”
Though aware of this importance, he joked that “Greta Gerwig pointed out to me that my movies tend to tell you what they’re about at the very beginning.
- 12/6/2019
- by Luke Walpole
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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