Sunday, April 30, 2006
Mount of Olives
There's an interesting film by Mormon director Mitch Davis that has been in the works for a while, set and filmed on location in Israel. From this almost-month-old article:
The project marks the first Hollywood production to be filmed here since the outbreak of the intifada.Remarkable.
This is yet another version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but the twist involves the conflict of love between a "beautiful Palestinian doctor," Jula, and Romy, a "young Jewish man," from America. If you ask my opinion, that is just ripe; I couldn't think of a better contemporary setting to place this story in:
Two households, both alike in dignity...I'm hopeful. I wonder if Mitchell has the sensitivity for such a politically charged epic.
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life...
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
I found some interesting pictures that look fairly official from Art Coordinator Tanya Preminger. I'm fairly certain the bus explosion and riot settings are not real, but man do they have the look of authenticity.
posted by Rhapsidiomite @ 11:55 PM
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3 Comments:
Nice find... I've been looking for information about this film for a while.
I attended a preview of this film for the purpose of collecting audience feedback before final editing. Does anyone know what the status is? That was a couple years ago.
It's now called A House Divided.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0455981/
It played at the Cannes in May.
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