Benny Safdie

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Benny Safdie has done work on both sides of the camera. He's starred in movies like Oppenheimer and co-written and directed films like Uncut Gems. Recently, he co-created and starred in a new series called The Curse. It's a very intense show that runs from stomach-flipping cringe to stomach-flipping actual genuine terror. Benny joins us to talk about The Curse and how it all came together. Plus, we get into his time as a stand-up comedian.

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0:18.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorne is a production of maximum fund.org
0:22.0	and is distributed by NPR. It's bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorne. You might have seen Benny Safey in the movies.
0:42.0	He was in Oppenheimer and
0:43.7	licorish pizza. You might have seen the movies that he has made. He and his brother
0:48.7	co-wrote and directed uncut gems, among others.
0:52.7	Safi is full of a sort of irrepressible energy,
0:57.6	but it's not always happy, light up the room energy.
1:01.9	Sometimes it's a kind of antsy, uncomfortable energy or a quiet, almost
1:07.6	threatening energy. His show The curse radiates vibes from the weirder, edgier end of that spectrum.
1:16.3	Safi created it with another master of the disquieting, Nathan Fielder.
1:22.0	Basically, the emotional palette of the curse runs from stomach flipping cringe
1:27.5	to stomach flipping actual genuine terror.
1:32.2	It's about a couple who do house flipping.
1:35.2	Supposed to be eco-friendly, almost altruistic, and they're trying to get a TV show off the ground
1:40.9	about their work. So the hire Safi's character, Dougie, to direct.
1:46.6	The couple, they're played by Fielder and Emma Stone, they're already kind of an awkward
1:52.4	fit, and Dougie is constantly poking the two of them, looking for drama.
1:58.0	In this scene, they're all shooting the show within the show.
2:01.0	An older lady named Yodera and her son Fernando
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