(wind blowing and twinkling, whimsical music)
Zooey: There’s no place like home.
There’s no place like home. (shoes clicking together)
There’s no place like home.
Hi, I’m Zooey Deschanel
and this is Watch With Me.
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If I’m watching something really good
and it just draws me in
I feel like I’ve been transported.
Wizard of Oz was the first movie
I just fell in love with.
I was just totally enamored of
Dorothy and all the characters and the songs.
Dorothy Gale: ♪ Somewhere over the rainbow ♪
♪ Skies are blue ♪
Zooey: Think I loved the Tin Man
the most because he wants
to have a heart.
The Tin Man: The tinsmith forgot to give me a heart.
Dorothy and the Scarecrow (together): No heart!?
The Tin Man: No heart.
Zooey: And he wants to love.
(knocking on tin plate)
(thrilling music)
(door cracks and thuds)
Hagrid: Sorry about that.
Zooey: The Harry Potter movies
are so much fun.
If I could be a student at Hogwarts, would I do it?
Yes, 1,000%.
I would love to.
Professor Flitwick: The ability to make objects
fly.
Zooey: And how fun would it be
to discover that you have magical powers?
All: Swish and flick.
Hermione Granger: Wingardium Leviosa.
Zooey: I love Hermione because
I relate to her.
Hermione: It's “Levi-O-sa,” not “Levio-SA.”
Zooey: She’s nerdy, like me.
Ron Weasley (imitating Hermione): Not “Levio-sa.”
Harry Potter: I think she heard you.
Zooey: You might not expect it
but I love The Shining.
My dad is a cinematographer.
We would watch Kubrick
and had a little film class at home.
Jack Torrance: Here’s Johnny!
Zooey: The supernatural fantasy thread
that’s running through
is so well done.
Danny Torrance (mouths): Redrum.
Zooey: Redrum.
(laughs)
Buddy: I think you have
the most beautiful singing voice
in the whole wide world.
Zooey: When I got the script for Elf
I laughed the entire time.
Buddy: It’s just nice to meet another human
who shares my affinity for elf culture.
Jovie: Why you messing with me?
Zooey: It made me really want to do the movie because
I just thought it could be such a classic.
Gimbels Manager: Santa’s coming to town.
Buddy (screaming): Santaaaaaaaaaa!
Oh my god!
Santa here?
Zooey: Will Ferrell
has an innocence to him
that makes him the
perfect comedic character.
Buddy: That is marvelous how that—
(tube sucks) (Buddy laughs)
Zooey: He
knows exactly
how much physicality or little
to make the situations the funniest.
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My favorite holiday movie
would have to be
It’s a Wonderful Life.
Jimmy Stewart feels like
he’s a failure, and
an angel steps in to help him
see that he’s not.
Clarence: I told you, George, I’m your guardian angel.
George Bailey: Yeah, yeah, I know. You told me that.
Zooey: I think that’s just the human experience
that you can get really…
focused on these small details
and you fail to see the big picture.
George Bailey: Merry Christmas!
Zooey: He learns to appreciate the life
even though he’s in
dire circumstances.
(bell rings)
Zuzu Bailey: Every time a bell rings
an angel gets his wings.
George: That’s right.
Zooey: It makes me feel sentimental, appreciative of my family.
(light music)
I Love Lucy is the show that set the tone
for every sitcom ever.
Lucille Ball was not your typical
leading lady at that time.
She was in her 40s.
She had a pregnancy on the show.
Ethel Mertz: Is it really due any minute?
Fred Mertz: How do you feel?
Ethel: Are you sure you’re all right?
Zooey: A lot of people would say
a woman’s career is, like
over when she turns 40.
(audience laughter)
The fact that she did that
in spite of all those things
is very inspiring.
Rose Nylund: Dorothy, would you like to
stay up all night
with Blanche and me and
watch “I Like Lucy?”
Blanche Devereaux: “I LOVE Lucy.”
Rose: Well, I haven’t seen it yet
so I don’t know how I feel about it.
(audience laughter)
Zooey: Golden Girls is, like
the perfect sitcom.
I think especially the
relationship between Rose and Dorothy
because Dorothy is so dry
and she gets everything
and Rose seems to get nothing
and so the
combination of the two of them is
like, this perfect comedic recipe.
Rose: Shall I set this down someplace?
Dorothy Zbornak: No, Rose, go to
the corner and open a stand.
Godmother: Hold onto that
… and, um, there.
You’re a natural.
(Godmother laughs)
Zooey: Fleabag is such an amazing show.
She plays a lot to the camera. (laughs)
I love her dynamic with her sister.
Claire: Did you wash your hands?
Fleabag: Of course not.
Claire: Oh my god!
Zooey: She’s extremely immature
and her sister is, like, very driven and
accomplished.
Claire: Tell the truth.
Fleabag: It’s horrendous.
Claire: It’s horrendous.
Fleabag: It’s modern.
Claire: Don’t lie!
Fleabag: I’m not.
Claire: I look like a pencil.
Fleabag: It’s French!
Zooey: They feel like opposites.
Claire: Really?
Fleabag: Yes.
Zooey: And I think that’s
kind of what makes them
have such a fun dynamic.
When I watch a great piece of cinema
it feels, like, delightful and addictive
and thought provoking.
It helps us understand our lives better.
Thanks for hanging out with me.
See my watchlist and more on Google TV.
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