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# They Are Just Telling Each Other Stories
- URL: https://andys.blog/just-stories/
- Published: 2026-09-22T05:26:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T05:41:02.000Z
- Author: Andy Trattner

So if you, like i, just watched *Brief Interviews with Terrible Men*, then you - like i - are insanely curious why and how 

John Jim Krazinski's first directed movie (before a Quiet Place) was a box office smash that grossed $27 thousand whole dollars and got a 43% on Rotten Tomatoes.

[Watch Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | Prime VideoDirected by John Krasinski and based on David Foster Wallace’s best-selling book, this provocative and hilarious film explores sex and relationships. Co-starring Will Arnett.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cd/86/cd86d82c-7ac7-4970-a6aa-07c9f50c77ba/content/images/icon/favicon-fed3faa4-4ff9-4012-ae00-47862a82e22c.ico)Amazon![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cd/86/cd86d82c-7ac7-4970-a6aa-07c9f50c77ba/content/images/thumbnail/channels-logo-white.png-0-0-1920-1080-0-0-1920-1080-1578-847-263-156_kvf21cb47db8d34aa971cd86f57a65cf8d_SX624_FMjpg_-1a6db87c-a40f-4700-a471-076e8b8665d7.jpg)](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B09Q36LS5M?tag=justus1ktp-20&ref%5F=atv%5Fdp%5Fsign%5Fsuc%5F3P&ref=andys.blog)

**very, very well done. i love this movie. i will watch it again with* [**Alex*](https://andys.blog/gf/) [**later*](https://andys.blog/alex/)**.*

But, it's beautiful and heartbreaking and sad. 

So i give it ***certified fresh 95%*** for attempting to movie-itize a David Foster Wallace book with Will Arnett and all the other famous people you've seen and heard of before in this smash Avengers cast of a cheaply made film which 

is true art.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cd/86/cd86d82c-7ac7-4970-a6aa-07c9f50c77ba/content/images/2026/09/image-48.png)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cd/86/cd86d82c-7ac7-4970-a6aa-07c9f50c77ba/content/images/2026/09/image-49.png)

spent $x, made x y z... [*The Production Function*](https://andys.blog/production-function/)! David Foster Wallace...

then did QUiet Place and now is worth over $100M+ with Emily, good job Jim.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cd/86/cd86d82c-7ac7-4970-a6aa-07c9f50c77ba/content/images/2026/09/image-50.png)

do not kill yourself. ever.

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*cross posted to: rdrama, hackernews, slackernews :)*