Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Preview: NYFF 2019 - CENTERPIECE: NOAH BAUMBACH'S "MARRIAGE STORY"
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER
THE 57th NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
NYFF 2019
Sep 27 to Oct 13, 2019
CENTERPIECE
FRI OCT 4, 2019
FRI OCT 4, 2019
THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF
NOAH BAUMBACH'S MARRIAGE STORY
Noah Baumbach’s new film is about the rapid tangling and gradual untangling of impetuosity, resentment, and abiding love between a married couple negotiating their divorce and the custody of their son.
Adam Driver is Charlie, a 100-percent New York experimental theater director; Scarlett Johansson is Nicole, his principal actress and soon-to-be L.A.-based ex-wife.
Their “amicable” breakup devolves, one painful rash response and hostile counter-response at a time, into a legal battlefield, led on Nicole’s side by Laura Dern and on Charlie’s side by “nice” Alan Alda and “not-so-nice” Ray Liotta. With Merritt Wever and Julie Hagerty as Nicole’s sister and mom, and Azhy Robertson as their beloved son, Henry.
What is so remarkable about Marriage Story is its frank understanding of the emotional fluctuations between Charlie and Nicole: they are both short-sighted, both occasionally petty, both vindictive, and both loving. The film is as harrowing as it is hilarious as it is deeply moving.
“I grew up coming to the New York Film Festival with my parents. And it's where my first film Kicking and Screaming premiered 24 years ago,” said Baumbach. “I couldn't be more thrilled and proud that Marriage Story has been selected as Centerpiece of the NYFF. The 14-year-old me’s mind is blown; the 49-year-old me’s mind is also blown.”
Tickets for the 57th New York Film Festival will go on sale to the general public on September 8. Festival and VIP passes are on sale now and offer one of the earliest opportunities to purchase tickets and secure seats at some of the festival’s biggest events, including Opening Night.
Labels: Adam Driver, Alan Alda, CENTERPIECE, film, Julie Hagerty, Laura Dern, MARRIAGE STORY, New York Film Festival, Noah Baumbach, NYFF, NYFF 2019, NYFF54, Scarlett Johansson
