Paul Giamatti Says The Holdovers Is Not a Period Film
Paul Giamatti talks about filming The Holdovers at his high school's rival school, not being able to watch the movie until it was finished and why swimming is the most boring sport.
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“No, I hit him with a car.” That was so unexpected and beautifully delivered!
@Joe_Montfort
5 ай бұрын
...and Seth's reaction to it 🤣
"That's a swimmer's run." is so brutal, in so many ways.
@HansHenderson
7 ай бұрын
She's got a face just perfect for radio
I saw holdovers twice it was such a beautiful piece about grief, loneliness and connection
@acs12305
6 ай бұрын
I saw it once and have been dying to see it again, but I worried it wouldn’t be as good the second time. I’ll go for it though!
@lyonellaverde3135
5 ай бұрын
It's people who watch these movies more than once (and pay to do so) that enable people like Alexander Payne to keep making them.
@BlueSageFilms
5 ай бұрын
I went to see it a second time and if anything it hit me harder. Such wonderful filmmaking! Loved everything about it
@nadiascroce1189
3 ай бұрын
@@acs12305 I saw it a second time and figured out a few things that I didn't figure out the first time.
I've always love this man's talent. Especially when he's in an independent drama movie where he fits perfectly in those type of movies. Paul Giamatti is criminally underrated, hopefully he gets some award nomination next year for The Holdovers
The Holdovers is so good. A legitimately delightful movie
@armandoarrojo9841
6 ай бұрын
I want to live in that movie
@Moonchild99.
5 ай бұрын
@@armandoarrojo9841 Same
@fabb5
5 ай бұрын
Exelent movie
@user-fl2nc8ho4j
3 ай бұрын
Paul is such a compassionate magnificent human being. That's why he is such a great actor!
This was such a great movie, this man deserves soooo many awards for his performance
@fabb5
5 ай бұрын
Agree 100%
Seth's interviews are always so good -- natural and relaxed.
Giamatti is one of the most versatile and likeable actors I've had the pleasure to watch on screen.
Saw it in a theater. Excellent film. Although the film is set 3 years before I was born, it does a good job of “feeling” like the period, now over 50 years ago.
@brandonkashinsky9222
4 ай бұрын
It was a great film. I wish I saw this film in the theater
THIS is PG’s master class performance. Stellar!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The ensemble cast was superb. 👏👏 Bravo to the casting director!👏👏
Went to a school just like this in the 90s, god this movie got so much right. Saw it with my parents who didn’t like it, they had worked at those schools and took the many subtle criticisms personally. Which I see as a positive.
@Notturnoir
5 ай бұрын
Need more details! You went to a prep school and it was a rip!
Paul Giamatti is one of the most naturally hilarious people ever😅
One of my favorite actors of all time ❤
@Bob-sh3vd
7 ай бұрын
Me too
I'm thankful for Paul Giamatti. He's one of those rare American actors who is just so classically talented in a way that you really only see in British actors. I love his podcast too
Your take on high school sports cracked me up. Laughed so hard.
"We'd have to give YOU a head start" absolutely slaughtered me, that was really good
@DanReviewsIt
5 ай бұрын
Great joke
Duets Underrated & one of his best movies
When Seth laughs at the clip, you know it’s gonna be good
I still need to see that John Adams miniseries. Been on my list forever.
@lsaideOK
7 ай бұрын
Wait until July 4, 2026, exactly 200 years after Adams's death.
@daviddestefanis2989
6 ай бұрын
Don't wait. Watch it and watch it again! I rewatched it earlier this year. Such a great show!
The Holdovers was my favorite movie of 2023. Paul Giamatti's performance was great. I just adore this movie.
Paul Giamatti is always absolutely delightful!! 😂😂
Wow the shout out is amazing 🤩 Thank you Seth and Paul 🎉
@topdeckortutor
6 ай бұрын
Has Seth asked you to be on his show yet? I feel like they don't have enough contact lens techs as guests in general.
@Groovyz123
6 ай бұрын
Haha that would be fun but no I have not be “contacted” 😂
Thoroughly enjoyed the movie and Paul was fantastic in it. Got to see it in the theater from the movie too!! So good.
I want to see a Day Drinking with Paul and Seth!
Great interview !
Love Paul Giamatti. One of my most favorite actors of all time.
I loved sideways too, my goshI’m going to have to rewatch that again. So good. Paul can surely pick great scripts.
@MrRalphF
5 ай бұрын
I could watch a Giamatti marathon and never get bored.
Loved Paul in The Hangover too!
Great film. The man is a wonderful and kind person in real life.
A quick glance at Zach Ripps' IMDb page proves he's been around for a few years doing contacts for many different shows and movies.
Loved him in Cinderella Man!
Great interview. Where's Part 2?
There is something about the movie that I feel like rewatching it.
Choate, Deerfield! My my. Prep school rivalries.
Fun interview Love Giamatti
Brilliant actor…always great in any movie he plays
New Haven's finest... my worst pitching performance was vs. Choate when Paul was there!
I loooooved the movie, both Paul and Devine were amazing!
you guys, 30 monedas, season 2, he is so good. epic actor
My dad went to Choate. I miss him.
win win is another favorite of mine
I'm reminded of my gym teacher yelling at me to "run normal!" What a dick. Still in my head 35 years later.
Love Paul, loved The Holdovers, Seth is the best late night host 😊
Fun interview.
I love the smell of the pool. I also like the ambiance of Lady of the Water because of the pool.
@brandonkashinsky9222
4 ай бұрын
That film was atorcious
Proud to be from Worcester Mass, great movie
I adore him.😘
Paul should play Billy Joel ❤️🎸🎶
@actownsend7288
4 ай бұрын
Then you gotta find someone kick ass to play Billy Joel before 2000
@brandonkashinsky9222
4 ай бұрын
Oh yes I agree. He looks like him a little bit
I love Paul, but I know him because of his dad and Pete. That’s one of the most heartbreaking stories of all time.
@icaprone1
6 ай бұрын
wouldn't have minded seeing Pete Rose punished in a way he deserved.
This guy is so underrated ,just wachbthe movie ... top notch acting ....instead of asking him how was to have half a eye covered
We love paul Giamatti and seth meyers
@flowrinse9671
7 ай бұрын
Day drinking with these 2 would be fun.😊
DOMINIC FUCKING SESSA KILLED IN THIS MOVIE
This film totally deserved to be nominated for best picture
Amblyopia! And it can be in the vertical plane as well as the horizontal. ;)
The great Paul Giamatti!!!
I just watched it today. What a beautiful movie.
The Holdovers is a great movie!
Great actor, loved the movie
Seems to be Paul's year. He just won the Golden Globe Best Actor. He inhabits his role in The Holdovers.
Paul went to Choate? My niece went there!
He is the greatest
Zach Ripps gathering his whole family in front of the screen.
@Groovyz123
5 ай бұрын
😂 you ain’t lying
Hope he wins an award for this movie...
@lpr5269
4 ай бұрын
He is not the favorite. Cillian Murphy is but, it's possible. They might give it to him for his body of work in his career. In my opinion, he should have won an Oscar for Sideways. That was absolutely his best movie.
Going to see this again for 2nd time
Girls swimming was in the fall, thank goodness. I don't think i could have done it in the winter.
So much swimming bashing! It's a glorious sport!
What's up with beeps? Is that the show or YT?
Must have been tough taking the mercedes van from Choate to Deerfield.
Just realized that we NEED to get HIM and MATTHEW LILLARD into the SAME MOVIE playing GOOFY CRANKY BROTHERS.
"Sweet leaf" walk on music?
HEY! it's Story Lord!!! I know that voice anywhere...
No questions/ mentions about John Adams after talking about it for so long before
The Holdovers is a great movie. I highly recommend it.
Giamatti has transitioned in to George Carlin.
It's not a period film, I didn't follow the first few minutes and was wondering if this was just a modern hypertraditionnalist school until they mentioned Viet-Nam and seeing everyone smoking indoors but even then until they go out of the school it feels quite timeless. It captures the vibes of a 70's movie with the grain and the music and some "matter of fact" exposition but it never tries hard to remind you you're in the the seventies like modern media often do when they choose a recent decade as a gimmick.
Swimming's one of those things unless you're doing it, you don't wanna be there.
On the scale of acting, you have two sides of the spectrum. On one end you have the Dwayne Johnson's, who make the movie about themselves, have massive egos, and never try to improve their craft because they believe THEY themselves ARE the movie and what people are going to see. On the other end you have the Paul Giamatti's, who act to make the movie about THE MOVIE, they essentially have zero egos, and always do what they can to give the best performance, playing to exactly what the character and stories NEED, they are APART of the movie and do all they can to help in making the best movie they can. I always favor the Paul Giamatti's.
I highly disagree, combination of coconut sun screen and the mild chlorine smell, I loved that. Anytime I find coconut scented air freshener, I remember my swimming and diving days.
@Notturnoir
5 ай бұрын
East coast is indoor pools
What 'Whiplash" did to J.K. Simmons "The Holdovers" should do to Giamatti.
Not being picky but Deerfield is outside of Boston?
John Adams in a liquor store
😎
Incorrect. We may know him from “Big Fat Liar” and other films
The Holdovers best movie of the year.
Or ambliopia
I really like the actor but I take a big issue with his portrayal of Deerfield Academy being "outside of Boston"! Technically it is, but so is Washington DC or any other point. It's in the same State but there's more to MA than Boston. Yankee Candle, started in the area (Hoyoke/S.Hadley) and then moved to Deerfield and became a popular place to visit, especially for Christmas. They had a magical set-up and a Santa that authentically looked the part, no makeup needed. I brought my kids there for years. There was a famous massacre there and have a historically preserved section with intact houses etc, where you can see how people lived in colonial times. But its clear on the other side of the state, Western Ma, 100 miles away from Boston! People don't have the accent, it's simply not considered by anyone that Deerfield is anywhere near/outside our capital city. Sorry about the diatribe but it gets old hearing how MA seems to have just the one city. Dunkin Donuts & Boston! We're more than that! PS, I swear I don't work for tourism or whatever, just a long time resident reacting to a long held trigger
@kyleliegel
7 ай бұрын
The film takes place at the fictional "Barton Academy". It can be wherever it wants to.
@lindaward3156
7 ай бұрын
@@kyleliegel Yes, a fictional academy could be anywhere. He was talking about the very real school he went to in Deerfield and described it right outside of Boston. He wasn't talking about a movie location, he was talking about the school he attended, big difference
@Notturnoir
5 ай бұрын
100 miles is not far! When i think of mass i think of the show This Old House! and now Mortadella Head
@lindaward3156
5 ай бұрын
@@Notturnoir 100 miles is pretty far! Maybe not in Montana or Alaska, definitely in our rather compact State. More tho, not only do people have different accents, it's a different vibe. We're a lot more earthy-crunchy, nobody ever accuses Boston of that. Boston is like that out of town cousin you only see on occasion, full of mischief, a bit naughty, lots of fun but you're relieved when they go back home and you survived it.
Private school privillege in acting is everywhere
I loved him in The Princess Bride!
@wendydarling5790
7 ай бұрын
He's not in that. Or you were joking?
@venusboys3
7 ай бұрын
@@wendydarling5790 I was joking... I used to get him confused with Wallace Shawn.
@Notturnoir
5 ай бұрын
@@venusboys3thats just mean, but he could do the role!
Was suprised that Paul is so lukewarm on Billions. Thought he liked the show but when he was asked about it on his recent Variety interview he was very "meh"......wished he could have faked his love lol....
John Dies at the End
Suggestion for Seth: remember the two ears and one mouth rule.
@actownsend7288
4 ай бұрын
His show his rules
Uhbillions?
U gotta be kidding me
that intro clip is a huge spoiler...
Strabismus
@IguanaMom
7 ай бұрын
It runs in my mom's side of the family but we always just called it lazy eye. My older brother and I both have it, and going back a few generations before us as well.
Good, but slow moving, boring characters, but well acted. 3 out of 5 stars.
Such a stupid, spoilery choice for a clip from The Holdovers (a wonderful film, btw).
@millionaire5
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the warning
@jpjordan90
6 ай бұрын
Your comment makes it spoilery
@shmackatrotsky5394
6 ай бұрын
@@jpjordan90 pointing out a spoiler is a spoiler. mmmmkay.
@jpjordan90
6 ай бұрын
@@shmackatrotsky5394 we didn't know it was a spoiler until you mentioned it and explained it, mmkay?
@Notturnoir
5 ай бұрын
Agree, wrong scene to show… dont watch it
Shockingly overrated film
Poor Paul. Life is so hard for rich kids at one the most expensive private boarding schools in the country.
@anthonypeterson428
6 ай бұрын
Money doesn't always bring happiness.
@Notturnoir
5 ай бұрын
Watch the movie cuz thats not what its about
I thought it was slow and boring and a big disappointment.