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ourdramaqueenFrom the Hollywood Reporter (subscribers only):
Liev Schreiber, the New York theater and film actor, searched for his roots while filming his directorial debut, "Everything Is Illuminated" in contemporary Odessa and the countryside outside of Prague. His adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's 2001 novel stars Elijah Wood as a young man trying to find his grandfather's Ukrainian village. Former Soviet screen star Boris Leskin and Ukrainian-born New York musician Eugene Hutz play his tour guides. "They both learned Ukrainian for the part," Schreiber said. "That's more than you could ask."
Raised in the Eastern European film tradition by his family, Schreiber brings the absurdist humor and rhythms of the films of Milos Forman, Dusan Makavejev and Emir Kusturica to the movie. Speaking by the phone from the Venice International Film Festival where the film received a 20-minute ovation, Schreiber said, "I had wanted so much to make this a European film. Jonathan and I compared stories of our grandfathers. I wanted to show their survivors' sense of humor: If you believe your life is excrement then you either drown in it or transcend it with irony. That's a distinct Eastern European trait."
Seriously, I'm so fucking excited and relieved that I could cry! I also wish I could have been there and see this, but OMFG I'M SO PROUD OF THEM!!!!! *squishes everyone involved in the making, from JSF himself to the dogs who playes Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.* Of course the wait until Christmas or whenever we really will get it here will only be more and more unbearable the more people on my wishlist have seen it... I don't think except for LOTR I've EVER awaited any film with so much anticipation and impatience! At least I'll have the NZ trip to distract me immediately beforehand...
OMFG!!!!!!!!!! *bounce squeee bounce squeee bounce squeee*
Liev Schreiber, the New York theater and film actor, searched for his roots while filming his directorial debut, "Everything Is Illuminated" in contemporary Odessa and the countryside outside of Prague. His adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's 2001 novel stars Elijah Wood as a young man trying to find his grandfather's Ukrainian village. Former Soviet screen star Boris Leskin and Ukrainian-born New York musician Eugene Hutz play his tour guides. "They both learned Ukrainian for the part," Schreiber said. "That's more than you could ask."
Raised in the Eastern European film tradition by his family, Schreiber brings the absurdist humor and rhythms of the films of Milos Forman, Dusan Makavejev and Emir Kusturica to the movie. Speaking by the phone from the Venice International Film Festival where the film received a 20-minute ovation, Schreiber said, "I had wanted so much to make this a European film. Jonathan and I compared stories of our grandfathers. I wanted to show their survivors' sense of humor: If you believe your life is excrement then you either drown in it or transcend it with irony. That's a distinct Eastern European trait."
Seriously, I'm so fucking excited and relieved that I could cry! I also wish I could have been there and see this, but OMFG I'M SO PROUD OF THEM!!!!! *squishes everyone involved in the making, from JSF himself to the dogs who playes Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.* Of course the wait until Christmas or whenever we really will get it here will only be more and more unbearable the more people on my wishlist have seen it... I don't think except for LOTR I've EVER awaited any film with so much anticipation and impatience! At least I'll have the NZ trip to distract me immediately beforehand...
OMFG!!!!!!!!!! *bounce squeee bounce squeee bounce squeee*
