Babygirl with Halina Reijn and Spike Jonze (Ep. 520)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Director Halina Reijn discusses her new film, Babygirl, with fellow Director Spike Jonze in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, she discusses finding a tone for what she describes as “a comedy of manners”, working with her Composer to create a soundtrack that follows the seduction over the drama, and finding Actors that could inhabit seductive roles with comedic turns. The film follows a high powered businesswoman who begins a taboo relationship with a much younger intern at her company. As the secret affair deepens, she puts her career and family on the line. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/en/Events/2025/February2025/Babygirl_QnA_1224

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0:00.0	This is a cautionary tale in that sense, that if you are not at ease with that part of yourself,
0:05.1	then it's going to express itself in risky, dangerous ways.
0:09.7	What does power mean?
0:11.0	What does surrender mean?
0:11.9	What is vulnerability?
0:13.1	And they both have these questions in very different moments in their lives.
0:17.1	And they meet each other and they sort of click into each other.
0:21.4	And even though we might not approve of this affair, they are healing. Hello and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:49.9	In this episode, a CEO ensnars herself in a dangerous affair in director Helena Reyn's erotic thriller, Baby Girl.
0:58.3	The film follows a high-powered businesswoman
1:00.8	who begins a taboo relationship with a much younger intern at her company.
1:05.6	As the secret affair deepens,
1:07.6	she puts her career and family on the line.
1:11.4	In addition to Baby Girl, Raine's other directorial credits include the feature films,
1:16.3	Instinct, and Bodies, Bodies, Bodies.
1:20.7	Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,
1:24.6	Rain spoke with director Spike Jones about filming Baby Girl.
1:28.5	Listen on for their spoiler-filled a conversation.
1:37.9	Hello, thank you guys for coming tonight.
1:39.9	I know it's the holidays and everyone must be busy.
1:43.2	So thank you for that.
1:44.5	Thank you so much.
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