Joanna Arnow, a filmmaker celebrated for her fearless and humorous shorts, joins host Rico Gagliano to discuss her debut feature exploring BDSM relationships. They delve into the comedic nuances of everyday life, revealing how seemingly mundane moments can elicit laughter and profound connection. Arnow shares the challenges of casting her parents as themselves and reflects on the intersection of humor and vulnerability in personal storytelling. The conversation is a delightful mix of insights and anecdotes that highlight the complexities of human intimacy.
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Lentil Soup Scene
Joanna Arnow's film features a 30-second closeup of her character emptying a pouch of Indian food.
Rico Gagliano found this scene unexpectedly hilarious.
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Comedy of Mundanity
Arnow believes the humor comes from highlighting mundane daily rituals.
Observing these actions through a distanced lens makes them funny.
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Laughing Through Takes
Arnow reveals she laughed throughout the lentil soup close-up shots.
The sound had to be re-recorded due to her laughter.
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Filmmaker Joanna Arnow’s shorts and docs are funny, fearless looks at people at their most excruciatingly vulnerable — especially herself. In her debut feature THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED, she ratchets up the deadpan humor to tell the story of a woman navigating the alternately mundane and surreal worlds of work, family…and BDSM relationships.
Arnow sits down with host Rico Gagliano to talk about her characters’ crossed wires, why pouring soup is funny, and what happens when you cast your parents as themselves.
Every May, the population of sleepy Cannes, France triples — as film pros and cinephiles from around the globe convene for the two-week movie-thon called the Cannes Film Festival. For the fourth season of the MUBI Podcast, we sent host Rico Gagliano into the eye of this celluloid storm, accompanied by an intrepid camera crew, to grab interviews with a cross-section of filmmakers who made Cannes 2023 one of the most celebrated in years.
Guests include legendary director Wim Wenders, perennial Cannes favorites Kleber Mendonca Filho and Monia Chokri, and a slew of new filmmakers destined to be world cinema's next wave — from Belgian hip-hopper-turned-auteur Baloji to New York's wry boundary-smasher Joanna Arnow.
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