Noah Baumbach and George Clooney’s Jay Kelly is a Netflix dramedy about the death of Hollywood stardom and the theatrical experience. Ironically, with Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros., the call is definitely coming from inside the house.

Jay Kelly is the latest from director and Barbie cowriter Noah Baumbach currently streaming on Netflix after a very limited theatrical release — just enough to be Academy Award eligible of course. The movie opens with a Sylvia Plath quote revealed through smoke in order to emphasize its ephemeral quality: “It’s a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It’s much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all.”

While you’re mulling that over, a five-minute tracking shot ensues showing a big Hollywood movie production in full swing. It’s the last scene

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