![]() Although the Marigold Hotel movie made so much money. But now it seems like old people movies are about Alzheimer’s or dementia. Maybe I’ll be writing about people older and older. Well I’m not gonna be writing about cute old people, you can be sure of that, because I always find that really insulting - when old people are portrayed as so cute, and people call them cute. Nobody likes to say that, but I am.Ī lot of movies about older people tend to be very pandering, whereas yours are evolving, I think, with you. But yeah, it feels a little bit like the “geriatric romantic comedy” drawer, but you know, I guess I’m in it. Although this movie is my most mainstream. ![]() Whether they’re old or young, I think that this compartment - you know, I think it’s more of an indie compartment, or not as mainstream, I guess. Very few filmmakers do that real people thing well, like Mike Leigh people that I aspire to be like. There’s not enough “real people” movies out there. The movie’s enjoyable for anyone, I think. Sometimes when you hear that label it can be almost pejorative, though, as in “This is a movie for old people” - which can do a disservice. I think people are definitely wanting to see movies like this - I know I am I’d go see this movie - and that there aren’t a lot like this at all. Hey, as long as people are going I’ll take whatever compartment they put me in. ![]() This is your biggest hit at the box-office, in gross terms at least, and I guess the common wisdom is that the audience is still out there for “mature, adult comedies.” What are your thoughts on that? Is that a good thing, or do you feel a bit compartmentalized by that tag? With Enough Said continuing to enjoy a steady theatrical run, we had a chance to speak with Holofcener about the film, making movies for “old people,” and her affection for both Louis-Dreyfus and Gandolfini - who she remembers with great fondness. The filmmaker’s latest, which stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the late James Gandolfini as single parents negotiating a tricky new relationship, has struck a chord with audiences looking for a sharp, finely-tuned comedy, andīoasts warm, funny performances from its two appealing leads. And that’s really who he was.In another year filled with franchise product shoveled upon undiscerning audiences, Nicole Holofcener’s Enough Said has managed to find success in that increasingly endangered niche: the smart, adult-orientated comedy. I believe that's why his depiction of Tony Soprano was so extraordinary, because there is that incredible vulnerability underneath it that was present all the time. “Juxtaposed to his size and his demeanor, it doesn't seem to make sense. “What was so particularly touching about working with him is that I feel as if the character he played in ‘Enough Said’ was very close to who he was as a person: a tender-hearted guy soft a vulnerable, even insecure guy,” Louis-Dreyfus told USA TODAY last month. But the relationship gets knotty when Eva learns that Albert is actually the ex-husband of her new friend, Marianne (Catherine Keener). In the 2013 film – released three months after his death – Gandolfini played a soft-spoken single dad named Albert who falls for a massage therapist, Eva (Louis-Dreyfus). NEW YORK – To many TV fans, James Gandolfini will always be ruthless New Jersey mobster Tony Soprano.īut on the set of romantic dramedy “Enough Said,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus saw a very different side of “The Sopranos” star, who died of a heart attack 10 years ago on June 19, 2013.
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