FOUR YEARS OF HUNG UP
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There’s a line from an interview with Noah Baumbach that I think about a lot. Speaking to the New York Times about Marriage Story, Baumbach was asked about how working with Greta Gerwig, his partner and frequent collaborator,1 has affected his approach to work. “I think I’ve always recognized something in her — the way that I would like to be, both as a person and, now, as a filmmaker,” he said. “I think I grew up in a way where there was this idea that you shouldn’t celebrate. ‘Don’t celebrate because it all might just fall apart anyway.’ Or ‘Don’t celebrate because something better will come and that’ll be the thing you’ll celebrate.’ Greta knows how to celebrate.”
Then the really beautiful part: “I haven’t always been good at enjoying everything,” he said, “but I th…
