The Safdies before they broke your nerves—watch them build their beautiful chaos from scratch.
Get to know the siblings whose films have captured the skittering pulse of New York’s city streets. An original documentary featuring footage from the making of their new thriller, Good Time, along with several of the brothers’ early features and shorts. Produced by the Criterion Channel for their "Meet the Filmmakers" series.
Direction
Safdies' raw early shorts show evolution in real time.
Editing
Chaiken cuts with same manic energy as his subjects.
Production
Behind-the-scenes Good Time footage is gold.
Director
Michael Chaiken
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This doc essentially maps the 'post-Gentrification Brooklyn indie' wave that Sundance tried to bottle and mostly failed.
Ronald Bronstein—featured here as collaborator—co-wrote and edited Uncut Gems, and his chaotic energy in interviews explains so much about that film's rhythm.
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