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Noah Baumbach Breaks Down the ‘Marriage Story’ Courtroom Scene | Vanity Fair

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January 28, 2020

Writer and director of ‘Marriage Story’ Noah Baumbach takes us through the tense courtroom scene where Laura Dern and Ray Liotta are going head-to-head as divorce lawyers, fighting on behalf of Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. Baumbach explains the nuances of filming a scene that relies heavily on body language to communicate emotion and why he was deliberate with physical direction in the script.

Noah Baumbach is the writer and director of ‘Marriage Story.’ Available to stream now on Netflix: www.Netflix.com/MarriageStory

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32 Comments

theworldaccordingtovivian

January 28, 2020 at 6:11 pm

wait this is so irrelevant but i just realized laura was nora and ray was jay and their names rhyme

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Cecilia Wang

January 28, 2020 at 6:15 pm

It’s weird knowing that Netflix helped make this absolute masterpiece and also tall girl…

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- Real Mexican Food Shouldn't Give You Diarrhea
  
  January 28, 2020 at 7:25 pm
  
  Cecilia Wang lmao
  
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- Josh 234
  
  January 28, 2020 at 7:27 pm
  
  Yep, I have a feeling Netflix doesn’t really have much involvement in the actual storyline and production, they just fund and make sure it works with their brand name/agenda
  
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Catie Louise

January 28, 2020 at 6:19 pm

this is such a beautiful movie

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Małgorzata Dziekońska

January 28, 2020 at 6:30 pm

I can see why Adam and Noah are friends 🙂 Both of them are talking about these scenes in a similar way. I could listen to them all night long 🙂

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Bianca B

January 28, 2020 at 6:30 pm

this was my favorite scene of the movie, it was so heartbreaking and powerful, Ray and Laura truly are powerhouses it was chilling! and so sad, the lack of control of what was being said escalated so fast… it was amazing!

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cr3aT!FFity

January 28, 2020 at 6:31 pm

Where’s my aspiring filmmakers taking notes?!

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The Latest And The Greatest

January 28, 2020 at 6:33 pm

I loved Joker, Irishman, 1917, Parasite. All were directed by legendary directors. But what Noah did with this movie is amazing to see. I hope he takes home the Oscar for it

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Elizabeth

January 28, 2020 at 6:34 pm

i love these so much

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Disaster Artist

January 28, 2020 at 6:34 pm

This is easily his best film to date
Baumbach becomes the new Woody Allan and this tome with mature emotional impact

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Mateo Maher

January 28, 2020 at 6:39 pm

Laura Dern’s performance is outstanding 😍

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Orter Minat

January 28, 2020 at 6:43 pm

I cannot believe he didn’t get a best director nomination. Absolutely laughable.

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- Luis Martinez
  
  January 28, 2020 at 7:37 pm
  
  Orter Minat i know both him and Greta were snubbed for that category
  
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Rayhan Ihsan Nasution

January 28, 2020 at 6:49 pm

With this perfect directing he still doesn’t get nominated in that category? The academy and also a lot of people seems not realizing his directing skill, this film is not just perfectly written but Baumbach also keep every details on point that’s why he is a great director. They’ll never know the effort he gave until he describe every element of it which is superb.

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Amitt Sinha

January 28, 2020 at 6:50 pm

Scarlett deserves the Oscar.

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- Tony DiMeo
  
  January 28, 2020 at 7:06 pm
  
  Amitt Sinha I’m really hoping that she wins
  
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- Amitt Sinha
  
  January 28, 2020 at 7:10 pm
  
  @Tony DiMeo me too
  
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Lisbeth Arreaga

January 28, 2020 at 6:51 pm

Can I marry this guy? I love filmmakers. The attention to details, the creativity, how smart they are. You sometimes watch a scene and yes it causes an emotional impact in you but you don’t realize all the hard work and thought that gets into developing such scenes. He deserved an Oscar nomination for Best direction, for sure.

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Mary-Jo

January 28, 2020 at 6:53 pm

Adam Driver is truly a phenomenal actor

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Benjamin Venegas

January 28, 2020 at 7:05 pm

And no point did he consider casting actors who are in their sixties and seventies and ‘deaging’ them through CG.

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- Benjamin Venegas
  
  January 28, 2020 at 7:08 pm
  
  This would seem like a choice not even worth applauding, but…
  
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Poisonivysart

January 28, 2020 at 7:11 pm

I really love this movie

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strawberry

January 28, 2020 at 7:19 pm

his last name literally means “tree stream” you’re very welcome

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- YZ
  
  January 28, 2020 at 7:33 pm
  
  His name is moving tree stream, hebrew and yiddish.
  
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cool beans

January 28, 2020 at 7:29 pm

Wonderful!!!!

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YZ

January 28, 2020 at 7:30 pm

*Karsten has entered the chat*

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Calvin Law

January 28, 2020 at 7:30 pm

Should’ve been nominated over Todd Phillips

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Rafael Vasconcellos

January 28, 2020 at 7:38 pm

I want a spinoff of the subplot of the sick judge

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tomhUK

January 28, 2020 at 7:42 pm

Never explained why the Judge doesn’t like cricket, does anyone know?

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Daniel Etheridge

January 28, 2020 at 7:47 pm

Crying shame that Noah isn’t up for Best Director.

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bananabob456

January 28, 2020 at 7:53 pm

Why is he actually attractive tho… 😩

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