“Hi, I'm Josh Safdie. I'm the co-writer, co-editor and director of “Marty Supreme.” This is when the dream is very much alive during the first act, and we see Marty in the role that he sees himself as. And I talked to Timmy about what it means to win. And I said, I need that almost on superhero levels. This is the character of Kay Stone, the former movie star, beautifully and tragically played by Gwyneth Paltrow. “…do you see the open window with a plate of fruit on it? the table?” “Do you see it?” “Yes.” “This is what is going to happen. I'm going to make an apple appear in that bowl. And if I do, you're going to ruin your little date…” And we filmed this scene; I wanted to film both scenes, Marty's side and Kay's side at the same time. So we turned it on, and they're actually joined by a door, these two hotel rooms. So they're talking to each other on vintage phones in real time, so I can capture their emotional points of view. The name of the signal you're listening to is called “The Apple,” after Dan Lopatin, my composer. And the apple is again the ultimate sign of victory. And here she appears as part of his deal. And that's the Viennese choir, about 30 voices, that Dan orchestrated in an effort to really have this kind of heavenly vibe. And it's nice because I get to base the scene on Kay's point of view, who is kind of a surrogate for the audience, who is seeing Marty in his full dream and his full stardom, and it's a reminder of her of a hustle that Darius Khondji once pursued. my cinematographer and I tried to emulate, as best we could, the glory and amazement we saw at the newsreel championships in 1949. “Let's have some fun with this one.” “Okay” “Have some fun, okay?” “Got it.” footage to find the perfect points to emulate. Timmy played some of these exhibition style points and so did Geza, but the hardest part for them was timing this with the computer-generated ball. “Spot, Kletzki.” openings, 6 to 20, Mauser leads two games to none.” “Match point again for Mr. Mauser.” And this is one of my favorite moments in the movie, right here, the way Bela puts it like that. Pure spectacle. And Timmy's laugh, which is just an incredible part of his performance and I think it's indicative of the way he can fill the movie with these great feelings of excitement and joy.
