SNL this weekend featured a short film directed by Noah Baumbach and starring the show's guest host, Paul Rudd, whose very funny Role Models is in theaters now. Costarring Fred Armisen and Bill Hader, upcoming in Greg Mottola's Adventureland, the film, says Karina Longworth at Spout, is "a cute bit of bromance," but it's also a kind of a small-screen mumblecore/indie film reunion. Joe Swanberg, whose in-post feature, Alexander the Last, was produced by Baumbach, was the d.p.; fellow Alexander producer Anish Savjani (Wendy and Lucy) produced; Swanberg and writer/director/actress Amy Seimetz operated the camera; and Guatemalan Handshake director Todd Rohal lit it. Check it out below.
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posted by Scott Macaulay @ 11/18/2008 11:03:00 PM
Comments (6)
The film is so much fun, but the sound (and general quality of this clip) is horrible. Why isn't there an official version of this available online? #posted by Karsten @ 11/19/2008 7:35 AM
Excepting his collaborations with Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach is a pox. "The Squid and the Whale" and "Margot at the Wedding" were insipid, dreary satires where cynicism choked off any comedy. At least he captured the milieu of most "Saturday Night Live" skits - what could've been funny for 30 seconds was drawn out to 3 minutes. By the time the camera started zooming in on their mouths, here's what I wanted to happen to my body: the same violent death that happened to those viewing Paul Rudd's painting. That short was actually funny. #posted by Nick @ 11/19/2008 9:29 AM
Nice to see Swanberg has finally discovered the tripod. #posted by Anonymous @ 11/19/2008 10:40 AM
Nick,
Don't forget about Baumbach's first three films. I'd hardly call the guy a pox. #posted by Antoine @ 11/19/2008 12:23 PM
Question:
The only reason anybody is talking about this short is because of who did it -- so does anybody think it's really so good that it wouldn't have been forgotten in a minute otherwise?... #posted by Anonymous @ 11/19/2008 3:18 PM
Like some low-level, college-grade Jarmusch imitation, Baumbach, and the circus whose work he enlisted on this film, should feel ashamed of themselves for contributing this inane short of such idiocy, and then riding underneath the peachy parasol of entertainment that SNL now represents. With no grace of intention, and only a couple of hokey writing tricks, this short falls way flat. But, any press is good press, then, right? Desperate-entertainers or Self-promoters, you can choose the best way to describe these folks. Best not to call any of 'em artists though. #posted by Anonymous @ 11/20/2008 11:47 AM
