September 3, 1969. According to Noah Baumbach (our first Sun in Virgo!), the writer-director doesn't make autobiographical films, but personal ones. His specific brand of pathos typically addresses the neurotic dysfunction of familial and romantic relationships, both torn apart and shoddily sewn back together through enduring love and common understanding. On this episode, Michelle and Jeremy discuss Baumbach’s mid-2000s breakthrough hit "The Squid and the Whale" and his most recent Oscar-winner "Marriage Story," where the central patriarchs, Bernard and Charlie, grow increasingly defensive and desperate when their small world of big culture is shattered by their female partners’ desires for an independent career.
In the end, artistic literacy doesn’t actually give someone the vocabulary for the language of love.
How wet is this episode? How did Michelle pass out on a train? Is "Blue Velvet" the perfect date movie?
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Artwork by Sara Helm / Music by Jacob Anstey
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