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Jeff Baena
Jeff Baena
American Director
Born: Jun 29, 1977
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Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
When people are committed to things, and the world view they have is no longer in alignment with our world view, then it becomes funny. Jeff Baena
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In Judaism, the temple was the most holy site in the world. But if you extend that argument as a metaphor, and you say 'The world is a holy place,' and you're treating this holy place like a money-lending psycho, then Jesus says, 'This is hypocrisy!' and he'd point it out and flip it over. Jeff Baena
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I am interested in all aspects of filmmaking, so I have an opinion on every aspect, so sound design, score, cinematography, editing - all that stuff I have experience doing myself, so I had a very strong idea of what I wanted, and I got, for the most part, people that were able to articulate that idea, which was nice. Jeff Baena
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After doing 'Life After Beth,' which I think had one line that wasn't scripted, everything was scripted so that it sounds natural, and I went to such great lengths to create dialogue and to come across the way that people wouldn't sound like they were on the nose. Jeff Baena
Life Great Natural People Think Everything Way One Line Had Come Like Sound Dialogue Doing Sounds Line Were Nose After Which Scripted Create Across
Comedy is all about rhythm and context, and there's all types of comedies, and it's about finding that right brand, that consistency in tone. Jeff Baena
Comedy Consistency Types Finding About Comedies Context Brand Rhythm Right Tone
Not to be negative, but I think the biggest lesson is don't trust anyone. Jeff Baena
Trust Negative Lesson Think Anyone Biggest Biggest Lesson
I went to film school; I went to NYU film school. Jeff Baena
School Film NYU Film School
I try to keep everything under wraps. Everything I can do to make sure people don't know what they're getting themselves into, I will do it. Jeff Baena
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If you look at zombie movies throughout history, they're always making adjustments. Even the idea of the virus zombies and the back-from-the-dead zombies... there's been tons of tweaks. Jeff Baena
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Having been through breakups when you get back with the person thinking it's going to work the second time - it never does. Jeff Baena
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It's life, so you're a constant evolution of tragedies and achievements and ups and downs. You can probably get a little bit more immune to things, but whatever is the most amount of pain you feel at any given moment feels like the most amount of pain you'll ever feel. Jeff Baena
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My pet peeve is when people criticize things when they're just trying to have a conversation. Jeff Baena
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I wanted to do something a little bit more feminine after my second movie, 'Joshy,' which was so masculine. Jeff Baena
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For us, when we think about the Middle Ages, it's sort of this rarefied, distant time that we have no connection to, especially if you grew up in America. Jeff Baena
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Zombies sort of typify this ambiguity, that they're not dead and not alive. Jeff Baena
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I don't like the idea of seeing a movie and it feels comfortable because you've heard it before. Jeff Baena
You Before Seeing Idea Feels Like Comfortable Because Heard Movie
I don't know if it's because my sensitivity is through the roof, but I can't stand contrived dialogue anymore. Jeff Baena
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I know, when I was in film school, some of my films were silly, but a lot of them were more dramatic. I don't think I intentionally set out to do comedy stuff. I guess that's a consequence of coming up working with David O. Russell and skewing toward those sensibilities. Jeff Baena
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