Directors Roundtable: Todd Phillips, Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach | Close Up

Todd Phillips ('Joker'), Martin Scorsese ('The Irishman'), Lulu Wang ('The Farewell'), Noah Baumbach ('Marriage Story'), Greta Gerwig ('Little Women'), and Fernando Meirelles ('The Two Popes') join Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter for this season's FULL, uncensored Directors Roundtable.

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[texanfan]

I don’t understand how Scorsese and De Niro couldn’t get financing for a film. But stuff like Cats gets greenlit

[shandoticwa]

the best part of this roundtable is steven galloway not interrupting the panel

[HEARD]

Scorsese is like everyone’s grandfather here. It’s so charming

[misMEGAVIDEOS]

Every single one of them looks like their films

[zezaa]

Scorsese is so involved in the conversation, it's endearing

[tarnopol]

Goddam, that Lulu Wang is the real deal: smart as hell, cares about artistic integrity, eloquent. I hope she gets to make more films her way.

[arunimatiwari]

Lulu Wang really ended up surprising me in this interview. During the discussion about streaming platforms, she challenged the popular opinion and stood up for what she felt, and explained her perspective so calmly and rationally that even Scorsese saw where she came from. As the discussion went on, I could see her earn the admiration of Marty and the others. She has got a stan in me lol.

[AshtonGleckman]

I want someone to look at me the way Todd Phillips looks at Scorsese the whole time

[MrRacine]

The interaction between Lulu Wang and Martin Scorsese is priceless. The new promising talent and the seasoned master talking with so much respect for each other. I could watch this forever.

[Jonmad]

Scorsese is so engaged and energetic for a man who's almost 80

[KKG]

Marty loves Lulu. You can tell. He totally knows her passion and her struggle and her intensity. He has lived it for 50 years.

[coltonmartinez]

Look at these nerds geek out about something they love. The most honest roundtable filmed.

[zhipetr]

I love how Martin Scorsese closely listening to Lulu.

[ErickMendesMe]

One hour and five minutes ago I was like: "That's a long video, I'll just see a bit of it."

[chucklos]

I wish Greta nothing but success. She’s respectful and in awe of the directors at her table. She contributed to the conversations and you could just see she is absorbing all she can. Go Greta!

[chad_bloom]

The moderator has made a real improvement in his interviewing ability, allowing more room for the conversation to breath & flow naturally. Good on 'em.

[notproguitarist]

A few things:
- Absolutely fantastic conversation. Maybe my favorite roundtable so far.
- You can tell everyone there is a huuuge Scorsese fan. It's almost like they're trying to contain their excitement about doing an interview with him.
- Finding out Barry Jenkins is Lulu Wang's partner was a great surprise. Can we get a Noah-Greta-Lulu-Barry roundtable?
- The different backgrounds of these directors makes this conversation incredibly interesting. Fernando being a foreign director, Scorsese an icon, Lulu an incredible newcomer and so on, their perspectives are wonderful to listen to.
So much talent around that table. Excited for whatever they do next.

[francylorenagambamartinez]

The irony that Lulu's name is not in the title after hearing what she said about the industry. I really hope she can get to keep making movies, Farewell was a great movie that me and my mom really enjoyed, even though is 75% in chinese is so relatable to us even though we are Colombian. I love how she is so faithful to her ideas and is bringing really important points to this table!

[thepragmaticvoice]

Scorsese has this youth like energy and passion to him when he's talking about making films, I hope he gets to make all the movies he ever wants to.

[sayedelsherif]

"I understand English but I don't feel English" the quote of the decade i can't agree more