perceptive

The company was called Perceptive Pixel, a bunch of graduate students, brilliant guys at NYU.

“Subconsciously, I think it was a defense mechanism. I started really being very perceptive about group dynamics and patterns of people. I would know exactly the beat to fit into and lose the ‘new guy’ status as fast as possible.”

But all in all, Burstein’s film feels big and perceptive, a love letter to a remarkable, interesting and very human human.

“I’m highly intuitive and perceptive. So I’m honestly confused as to why I never feel earthquakes. ... Maybe when you have generational time spent in L.A., you become like one with the earthquake?”

The perceptive dramedy “I Used to Be Funny” features a mic-drop performance by Rachel Sennott as a rising stand-up comedian derailed by a vague, internet-viral crime.