2017 Directed by Michael Chaiken
Get to know the siblings whose films have captured the skittering pulse of New York’s city streets. An original documentary featuring footage from the making of their new thriller, Good Time, along with several of the brothers’ early features and shorts.
Alright Criterion, this was a cool little look into the fellas filmmaking.....but where on the criterion channel is the uncut version of the time that they went into the criterion closet!!!
it’s easy for me to start watching something by the safdies and then wanting to revisit everything from them just to keep up that same level of energy and excitement. you can tell their love for filmmaking comes from a place of love for their family, for nyc, for the strangers you see on the street, and just for creating something that makes all that blend together and become real. i love watching how benny & josh work together and meld their talents. i love watching them tell stories over each other, listening to their words collide. i love watching them play with their ideas and talk about the projects. just overall the sweetest, short doc that highlights everything that draws me to them & fuels the love i have for them <3
edit: and shoutout to benny’s poster of peter falk in husbands we love to see it
mind ur business!!!
p.s. josh safdie if ur reading this i am free to hangout at any time! i am also free to intern at elara! whatever u want, i'll do it!!!
“some people, they just naturally sort of um, very naturally allow you to be the sort of best version of yourself, because that’s the part of you that they see.”
after watching this my love for the safdie brothers as well as their movies themselves has grown immensely. what each of them brings to the table as filmmakers is incredibly inspiring and in retrospect can so clearly be seen in what they do. i cant wait for Uncut Gems now and i can’t wait for “life after Gems” either.
josh and benny, thank you so much for your authenticity in filmmaking and thank you for giving me at least some of the answers.
honestly i could see josh and benny walk nyc streets for days and that would never get me bored
i absolutely love the way that they see things and it's so incredible seeing the way that they work together and how their talents complement each other
watching this made the love and appreciation that i have for them even stronger ): you can see how much they love filmmaking and that's so inspiring to me
and yeah! they are my favorite directors as yall can see
i'm very excited to see whats coming after gems :)
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Very well put together. Love the Safdie's. Love the Criterion Channel.
Would recommend.
Everything in this doc — their dad basically being a real life version of the protagonist of Camerabuff who works a shady job in the diamond industry, the way Josh talks about New York City, the Cassavetes poster up in Benny’s office — explains so much about them and their work. Watching this put into perspective just how much of themselves they put into their films, and it makes even their most stressful work all the more beautiful.
