Comments on: I've heard it's the fillet of the web.

I've heard it's the fillet of the web.

jne1813 — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:53:21 -0800

Noah Baumbach, Writer and Director of The Squid and the Whale, has a short film on youtube. 1--2--3

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:26:11 -0800

OT: I didn't watch the film, but damn, your post started out like an obit. Thank god it's not. I think he's my age. I quite enjoyed Kicking & Screaming and Mr. Jealousy. Thanks for the link. I'll check it out when I'm on a real connection...

By: twsf

twsf — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:06:27 -0800

I don't care who directed it, that's some of the worst acting I've ever seen - bailing after 2 minutes...

By: saraswati

saraswati — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:13:26 -0800

I found it pretty unwatchable too. Shame because I enjoyed The Squid and the Whale.

By: luckypozzo

luckypozzo — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:17:54 -0800

The Squid and etc. sucked too. Characters are not just objects that say things. Why can't this guy learn this?

By: dobbs

dobbs — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:36:19 -0800

Characters are not just objects that say things. Yeah, they occassionally do things too. Like in The Squid and the Whale.

By: jne1813

jne1813 — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:53:35 -0800

Okay, Baumbach's work is dialogue-drive so I'm sorry if you guys are expecting car chases. Secondly. if your not willing to give a film more than two minuted you ought to stick reality t.v.

By: django_z

django_z — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:53:59 -0800

I thought The Squid and The Whale was one of the finest films of the past 5 years. And the acting from all the leads was impeccable. That makes this short much sadder in comparison. But hey, it's a short and I'm sure it was made on no budget. Still it sounds like it was mostly improv-ed...and not very well.

By: django_z

django_z — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:54:54 -0800

jne1813 - time to come clean. did you work on this short or know someone with some kind of connection to it?

By: jne1813

jne1813 — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:54:57 -0800

* "Secondly," * minutes * stick to

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:14:45 -0800

you're

By: wool sock

wool sock — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:40:13 -0800

I liked The Squid and the Whale and I really wanted to like this, but I also did not. To be fair, I also only gave it a few minutes of consideration. Nonetheless, it's a good post jne1813, so I don't mean to criticize you. My disappointment is with Noah.

By: buriednexttoyou

buriednexttoyou — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:41:38 -0800

The Squid and the Whale was brilliant. This has some laughs, but it seems he didn't put his best into it. It's not so much a "short film" as much as it is just Noah goofing around with a camera and some friends.

By: pointilist

pointilist — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:00:36 -0800

I thought it was funny! but, uh didn't get past the 2.17 mark.

By: jne1813

jne1813 — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:56:42 -0800

i loved the direct-object drinking game

By: Frank Grimes

Frank Grimes — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:18:30 -0800

I like the Squid and the Whale. I watched the first segment of this and was disappointed. I tried to imagine one of the Wilson brothers reading the dialogue to make it funnier, but I just couldn't get over the bad acting.

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:02:32 -0800

I hated Squid and the Whale though I thought the acting was top notch. A lot of the writing, too, I thought was good. But I hated the movie. I hated the story, the characters, almost everything. I had arguments about this. This? I thought these guys were utterly weird - who the fuck _are_ these guys? Are they a couple? I watched the whole thing (masochist/time to kill) and laughed out loud a couple times. The dialogue was funny. Ridiculous. Totally worth it. If, that is, you're a bit of an aesthetic masochist and you have some time to kill. Otherwise, do pass. On another note, wasn't this what the whole 'youTube' thing was supposed to be?

By: skryche

skryche — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:14:58 -0800

This can be found on the Criterion Edition of Kicking and Screaming. If I recall correctly, a lot of it is improv'd. Improv is a great tool for creating wonderful and unexpected moments, but trying to make engaging scenes solely out of improv is very difficult.

By: synaesthetichaze

synaesthetichaze — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:30:27 -0800

Noah Baumbach films in order of greatness: 1. Kicking & Screaming 2. The Squid & the Whale 3. Mr. Jealousy 4. Sex tape featuring Noah & Wes Anderson tag-teaming Parker Posey 5. This thing

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:50:45 -0800

OK, synaesthetichaze - that "4. Sex tape featuring Noah & Wes Anderson tag-teaming Parker Posey" wasn't funny. I looked everywhere. And ha ha, it doesn't exist. Now I have six days of work to catch up on. Thanks, asshole!