A featurette production for “ The Smashing Machine ” by Benny Safdie
by Alex Billington
September 16, 2025
Source: YouTube
“The breaking machine is a love letter to relationships, the grace of victory and the lesson of loss.” A24 revealed a new promotional featurette behind the scenes for The breaking machinedirector Benny Safdie. This time, it’s just Benny’s project alone, he wrote and realized this without his brother Josh. He came from his first at the Venice Film Festival in 2025, where he won the best director, and will be released in theaters in October in a few weeks. In The breaking machineHistory is focused on the “UFC, pride and VFC fighter” Mark Kerr During the top of his career in 2000. Detailing the good, the bad and the ugly of his ascent at the top of the sport. The MMA fighter Mark Kerr, fights against dependence, victory and love during his peak at the UFC. With Dwayne Johnson With impressive facial prostheses in a powerful main role in Kerr. Co-Awarl also Emily Blunt Like her girlfriend, and featured Lyndsey Gavin,, Oleksandr USYK,, Ryan Bader,, Satoshi Ishii; more Bas Rutten And Stephen Quadros Like themselves. Presenting authentic matches, which they show a little in this appearance. They really overloaded the aspect “it was hard that people did not understand” of this film, which, I do not think, will attract a lot to theaters. Thoughts?
Here is the new featurette “First Look” for Benny Safdie’s film The breaking machineof Youtube:
You can watch Benny Safdie’s first trailer The breaking machine Here / second trailer here.
The film tells the story of Mark Kerr (with Dwayne Johnson), a legendary MMA fighter from the UFC without restraint, while he struggles with personal demons and the pressures of his career in his peak. Beside him, Dawn (Emily Blunt), Kerr’s girlfriend, has trouble finding her place in the turbulence and contradictions of the world of Mark. The breaking machine is written and produced by an acclaimed American actor / American / producer Benny SafdieHalf of the Safdie Brothers duo (also with Josh), making their first solo feature film as a alone director. He also co-produced, with Josh, the films Papa Longlegs,, Lenny Cooke,, Paradise knows what,, Good timeAnd Uncoupled gems Previously, with a few other shorts. With consultation on the script of the real Mark Kerr. It is produced by Eli Bush, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Dwayne Johnson, David Koplan and Benny Safdie. This was created at the Venice Film Festival in 2025. A24 published Safdie The breaking machine In the United States, theaters begin October 3, 2025 This fall.
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