Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (2006)

Name: Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
Director: Gary Leva
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006-02-07
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Philip Kaufman, Jean-Claude Carrière, Walter Murch, Saul Zaentz

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Milan Kundera's rambling novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, though greatly admired, was thought by Hollywood studio executives to be "unfilmable." Director Philip Kaufman and producer Saul Zaentz proved them wrong. Emotional History follows Kaufman and Zaentz as they enlist the help of screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière and legendary film editor Walter Murch to turn the Kundera novel into an imaginative exploration of politics and eroticism, set against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. Our documentary goes in-depth to discover how indelible moments in the film - Lena Olin kneeling on a dressing mirror; Russian tanks invading Prague; Juliette Binoche photographing her boyfriend's nude mistress; became a part of cinematic history.

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2006

Runtime

30m

Genre

Documentary

Director

Gary Leva

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Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎬 Gary Leva 👤 Philip Kaufman 👤 Jean-Claude Carrière 👤 Walter Murch

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Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' has a runtime of 30m ( and 30 minutes).

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Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' was directed by Gary Leva and released in 2006.

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Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' is a Documentary film (2006).

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The cast of Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' includes Philip Kaufman, Jean-Claude Carrière, Walter Murch, Saul Zaentz.