MarriageStory: Scarlett Johansson praises Noah Baumbach for his 'exhaustive' directing technique
, have both been hailed for their tour de force turns as a theater director and his actress wife caught in an acrimonious divorce. Johansson, who has never been nominated for an Oscar, shared her reaction to the award buzz with“It’s great and it’s exciting,” Johansson said at the film’s premiere on Tuesday night at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles. “I’ve never really experienced this before. It’s mostly exciting for me to be able to experience all of this with my cast and crew.
The actress credited Baumbach, who she was working with for the first time, with drawing strong performances out of the cast, describing his directing style as “relentless.” “He will work his actors to an exhaustive state, which is interesting because that’s when weird, kind of interesting stuff happens,” Johansson explained. “You make discoveries that might not be possible if you kind of have your wits about you.
Though the film is an unflinching portrayal of the ugliness that can come with divorce, Johansson said it conveys an overall uplifting message about love and marriage.
Baumbach, whose “The Squid and the Whale” script was up for an original screenplay Oscar in 2006, toldthat he is appreciative of the film’s favorable reception. “It’s been very gratifying because people bring a lot of themselves to the movie,” Baumbach said. “So when people talk about it to me, they are often talking about their own experience and I find it’s an easier way to talk about a movie.
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