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Marriage Story (2019)

Film

DirectorNoah Baumbach

Meta takes5

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Form & technique

The climactic argument scene
The film's narrative structure

Tropes

Nicole's character arc → The Postfeminist Sensibility
The contrasting settings of New York and Los Angeles → Cinematic Psychogeography
Charlie's piano bar performance of "Being Alive"
The lawyer characters (Nora and Jay)
The film's cinematography during arguments → Haptic Visuality
The self-destructive nature of the divorce proceedings → The Repetition Compulsion
The professional lives of Charlie and Nicole → The Enterprise of the Self

Films most connected to Marriage Story

Frances Ha (2012) — via The Postfeminist Sensibility, Cinematic Psychogeography
The Departed (2006) — via The Enterprise of the Self, Cinematic Psychogeography
Kinds of Kindness (2024) — via Haptic Visuality, The Repetition Compulsion
Uncut Gems (2019) — via Haptic Visuality, The Repetition Compulsion
Fidelio, Alice's Odyssey (2014) — via The Postfeminist Sensibility, Haptic Visuality
300 (2006) — via The Postfeminist Sensibility, Haptic Visuality
The Bourne Identity (2002) — via Haptic Visuality, The Enterprise of the Self
Y Tu Mamá También (2001) — via Haptic Visuality, The Enterprise of the Self