Jay Kelly with Noah Baumbach and Todd Field (Ep. 582)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Director Noah Baumbach discusses his new film, Jay Kelly, with fellow Director Todd Field in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses finding inspiration in Fellini, Bergman and other self-reflective cinema, the technical process behind filming the flashback sequences, and how he tailored the lead roles to Actors George Clooney and Adam Sandler. The film tells the story of movie star Jay Kelly and his devoted manager as they take a whirlwind trip through Europe. Along the way, their journey becomes unexpectedly profound as they are forced to confront their choices, relationships, and the legacies they’ll leave behind. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/events/2025/december2025/jaykelly_qna_1125

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I'd work with Adam on the Myrwood stories and I had such a great experience that this time
0:07.0	I was, I really wrote it for him because I thought it was a way for him to play something
0:12.0	quite close to himself but hidden in the other guy, even though he's Jay Kelly in real life.
0:19.6	Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:43.6	In this episode, a famous actor and his devoted manager embark on a journey of self-discovery
0:49.0	and director Noah Bombach's comedic drama, Jay Kelly.
0:54.2	The film tells the story of movie star Jay Kelly and his devoted manager as they take a whirlwind
0:59.7	trip through Europe. Along the way, their journey becomes unexpectedly profound as they are forced
1:05.6	to confront their choices, relationships, and the legacies they'll leave behind.
1:11.6	In addition to Jay Kelly, Bombach's other directorial credits include the feature films
1:16.6	White Noise, Marriage Story, The Meyerowitz Stories, Mistress America, While We're Young,
1:23.6	and Frances Ha.
1:26.9	Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in New York,
1:30.8	Bombach spoke with director Todd Field about filming Jay Kelly.
1:35.6	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:46.5	All right.
1:47.2	Hi.
1:48.2	Hi, how you doing?
1:48.8	Good.
1:49.3	How are you?
1:49.9	I'm okay.
1:53.0	I'm going to change to my reading glasses.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 6 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Directors Guild of America, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Directors Guild of America and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.