Uncut Gems | Q&A with the Safdie Brothers | MoMA FILM

Filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie discuss their 2019 film “Uncut Gems“ in a post-screening Q&A in MoMA’s Contenders series. In “Uncut Gems,“ a thriller 10 years in the making, the Safdie brothers take their gritty treatment of New York’s underbelly to dizzying new heights. Adam Sandler’s revelatory performance as a bullish jeweler down on his luck—a mensch who can’t resist a big play and only barely lands on his feet—propels this breathless character study that zigzags from the Diamond District (where Sadfi