Marty Supreme with Josh Safdie and Ben Affleck (Ep. 593)

Director Josh Safdie discusses his new film, Marty Supreme, with fellow Director Ben Affleck in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses how he uses his casting process to select Actors that make every character feel like a fleshed-out person, his attention to minute details in recreating the time period and texture of 1950s New York, and the process of working with Actor Timothée Chalamet to capture an aggressively determined performance. The film follows Marty Mauser, a cocky and ambitious shoe salesman who dreams of pursuing greatness. Using his table tennis skills to hustle his way towards the top, he quickly rises in the ranks with the singular goal of escaping his mundane life. See photos and a summary of this event below:

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Marty Supreme with Josh Safdie and Ben Affleck (Ep. 593) is an episode from The Director's Cut - A DGA Podcast by Directors Guild of America.

This episode is 38:03 long.

This episode was published on Dec 24, 2025.

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