I want to work with these people because they're doing really interesting stuff.” It happened with “Succession” as well, where I look at the work of what these people are doing and I say, “I have to be part of this. This is an experience I have every now and then. The reason I did the movie, though, was actually because of the Safdie brothers' earlier movie, “ Good Time,” which blew me away.
It's a good beat, but essentially, I'm the bad guy chasing him for the money and I have henchmen who are my muscle. It's a spoiler to tell you exactly who Arno is in the movie, so I don't want to give that away. At any rate, the story is that he is a terrible gambler and he owes a lot of people money, and one of the people he owes money to is me.
He doesn't have this sort of oilier quality that he's been grooming. All of a sudden, he's sort of a different guy in that moment.
UNCUT GEMS BUDGET MOVIE
There's one point in the movie where he has to show up at an auction house to auction this stone. But this is one where he carries the whole movie all the way through and some of the beats are amazing in what he's doing as an actor. I know him like everybody does, as a comedic actor, and then his sort of stints in a couple of dramatic movies. The acting parts, and I'm talking about watching the whole cast, but watching Adam in particular. I've seen it five times now and I see new things every time I see it. They took a long time to make this movie and it's very dense with detail. There's a Furby that's all covered with gold and diamonds and everything. Really garish, ugly stuff, if you've seen any of the coverage. The story itself is that Adam Sandler plays this guy, Howard, who works in the jewelry district selling bling to sports stars and rappers and so forth. Tell us about the story and what made you want to make this film. In terms of the cast, Adam Sandler's character is desperately unlikeable, unless you understand him, but also so good. That is all intentional, of course, as we know from the filmmakers, the Safdie brothers. “Uncut Gems” is a very stressful and noisy film. To hear more about that and his role in HBO's "Succession," watch my "Salon Talks" interview with Eric Bogosian, or read an edited transcript below, trimmed slightly for length and clarity.
Bogosian delivers a multi-layered performance that made me see Sandler's character differently as the film progressed. In that moment, Bogosian explains, he learned that working intensely through a few lines could make him a better, more impactful actor. "Uncut Gems" is no exception. In fact, while working on a Woody Allen's "Deconstructing Harry" more than 20 years ago, Bogosian had an epiphany: He realized that his five lines could be studied and presented in so many different ways. He described to me his approach to acting and how he looks at make a big impact with little dialogue. In "Uncut Gems," the actor - in person both affable and warm - hones the chilling glare he's known for to perfection as Arno, to whom the film's protagonist Howard (Adam Sandler, in an Oscar-buzzing dramatic role) owes a large sum of money. Set in New York’s diamond district, "Uncut Gems" is a noisy, tense dramedy already getting rave reviews from critics.īogosian, whose range has long been celebrated by film and theater lovers, is a rare actor who can do a tremendous amount with very few lines. It's called "Uncut Gems," and it opens Christmas Day. Eric Bogosian, the iconic actor, playwright and writer known for writing and starring in stage-to-film adaptations like "Talk Radio" (directed by Oliver Stone, who co-wrote the screenplay) as well as his work on prestige cable dramas like HBO's breakout hit "Succession," sat down with me in Salon's studio last week to discuss his new project: a grainy, 35-mm film shot in exquisite detail by film industry darlings the Safdie brothers.
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