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Saw Paul Rudd and finn Me: WOW AN AVENGERS AND STRANGER THINGS. | Nell Minow February 7, 2020 "Waiting for Anya" begins with a helpful explanation of what was going on in 1942, the first indicator that the target audience may be those who have not yet learned some basic history about WWII. It is not the last. The film is based on a popular YA book by Michael Morpurgo, author of The War Horse, and it is?inspired by French villagers who rescued Jewish children from the Nazis by smuggling them over the mountains into Spain. Despite the obvious sincerity of the filmmakers, the best efforts of Jean Reno and Anjelica Huston, and some lovely scenery, it remains overly didactic, talking down to even the middle school audience it is aimed at. Advertisement An old man ( Jean-François Balmer) serves as off-screen narrator, describing his life as a young shepherd in occupied France. In 1942 the Nazis had not yet reached the southern part of the country, bordering on Spain, so much of life continued as usual. But the war had already touched the village. A boy named?Jo ("Stranger Things'" Noah Schnapp) has a lot of new responsibilities because his father left to fight for France?and is now in a German POW camp. Jo's grandfather (Reno) has warned him to stay awake while watching the sheep, but -- METAPHOR ALERT-- Jo dozes off, only to be awakened by a bear approaching the flock. Jo runs to tell the village, and a group of men go after the bear and kill it, toasting Jo for sounding the alarm. But Jo's grandfather suggests that he should not have left the sheep. And, in the film's best scene, the incident is reframed the next day when Jo goes into the woods?looking for his sheepdog and?sees a stranger who tells him that the bear was a mother trying to protect her now-orphaned cub. Now, he says, either he or Jo will have to take responsibility for the cub. The stranger takes the cub with him without telling Jo his name. The man, Jo will eventually discover, is Benjamin ( Frederick Schmidt) a Jew hiding out with his mother-in-law (Huston), a grumpy widow who lives on a remote farm. He is waiting there in hopes that his daughter Anya will find him there. He has not seen her since he desperately thrust her into a bus as he was escaping a Nazi transport to a concentration camp. While he waits, he is helping other Jewish children escape over the mountain. Jo promises to help, too. And then, the Nazis arrive and take over the town, searching everywhere for anyone who may be hiding anything. One German officer ( Thomas Kretschmann) is less harsh, especially after his own daughter is killed in Berlin by?an Allied bombing raid. He tries to be kind to Jo and his developmentally disabled friend Hubert (Declan Cole), taking them into the mountains to look for eagles, to make the war seem far away. But tensions are high and it is imperative to get the remaining children out of harm's way before they are discovered. As the era of the Holocaust moves beyond the time of living memory, the struggle to understand and communicate what happened becomes even more difficult. That is even more complicated when it comes to explaining the history to young people in a manner that is accessible enough for them to understand?and honest enough to be meaningful. A much better way to begin to communicate one of the most unthinkable horrors of the 20th century and remind us that civilized people can be responsible for atrocities is to show them films like "Paperclips, " "The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm, " or "The Diary of Anne Frank. " Those already familiar with the basics of history?may find it adds nothing new to see this film’s?opening moments with terrified Jews wearing yellow stars herded into trains, a baby crying, a woman screaming, and?a sad violin on the soundtrack.?For middle schoolers, who may never have?been exposed to these images, the film?may be educational about such?horrors.?But “Waiting for Anya”?remains thin, sugary, and over-simplified. Reveal Comments comments powered by.
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You smell of medication... So that's why nurses have a hard time finding boyfriend or girlfriend ????. This looks so interesting. Is it just me, or does Disney produce too much movies nowadays and in conclusion the quality isn't Disney-Standart anymore. Waiting for this movie to come out also it's good to see Noah growing in the acting career ?. YouTube. Oh, it's Clueless! Yes, that movie uses, in part, this as source material. The BEST. What are you doing? in the end gave me the chill. And that's how you make a trailer. In times of hardship, it is often too easy to overlook the?tinier instances of heroism and bravery that, in so many ways, have an immeasurable impact on human lives. Waiting for Anya, Ben Cookson's sophomore feature,?depicts one such act. Based on the children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, the film follows Jo (Noah Schnapp), a young shepherd, who opts to help his neighbor smuggle Jewish children across the border of southern France into Spain. Before the film's limited theatrical run on February 7, Screen Rant had the opportunity of speaking with its star, Noah Schnapp, about his experience working on the project. How was this project introduced to you and what made you want to be a part of it? Noah Schnapp: I mean it just came my way like any other film project. I read the script and I was really excited about it, especially because it's surrounded around a Jewish character and I myself am Jewish. So I really resonated with it and when I told my family about it, they were excited about [the project] too. I was really into it and?[filming] in France with amazing actors was very exciting for me. Was?the film?offered to you with the idea that Angelica Huston was attached to it because I think that would be a pretty big draw? Noah Schnapp: Yeah, I think they had all the main actors already cast, so it was very exciting?for me?seeing all of these [people] be a part of it. It's funny you call them main actors because you're really the main actor in this film, in that you're both the face of the movie and the driving force of the narrative. How did you handle that responsibility? Noah Schnapp: It's really exciting to get to be the main character of something. I was on set all the time all day. It was definitely hard work always having to be prepared and being in almost every scene. But it was definitely worth it and I had a great time. I had so many acting opportunities, and just getting to see the film in its final state was really exciting. How does that compare to your Stranger Things experience? Because, of course, your career has been defined by that series over the last four or five years. What are the biggest differences in working on a film set and a television set? Noah Schnapp: I mean, it's kind of the same thing. With TV and Stranger Things, it's more dragged out; it's a lot longer. I would live near set for almost a year, nine months, ten months. And for this, it was faster, more like one month, or two months. But they're pretty much the same. In?Stranger Things, of course, I have all these kids around me and I feel like on a TV show, you're more connected with everyone already. But it's fun getting on a movie set and getting to know everyone. There're pros and cons to everything. Do you find it easier to?do scenes with people you've known for a long time, compared to people you've just met? Noah Schnapp: Yeah, that's a good question. I definitely think it's easier with someone I've known for a long time obviously because I'm more comfortable with them ? especially?during deep, emotional scenes, it's definitely easier with someone that I'm connected to. Like in?Stranger Things, I've had a lot of emotional scenes with Winona [Ryder]?and we're very close. Now that I'm thinking about it, it's definitely easier when you're comfortable around the person. So how do you prepare for these emotional scenes when you don't know the other actor? Noah Schnapp: It's always different for whatever the scene asks for but usually, I listen to music before the scene just to get into the mood, mellow myself out and really put myself into the character's shoes. I zone out?from everything going on around me and just focus on what I have to do. From there, I just let it happen. But you have to be comfortable with everything because it's kind of awkward and uncomfortable. Even in Stranger Things,?doing these crazy intense scenes and all the eyes are on you and all the lights are shining, you have to be able to zone out and focus on what you're doing. You're dealing with a very sensitive topic in this film with the Holocaust.?What sorts of things did you watch and take in before doing this film? Noah Schnapp: Just preparing for the movie, I read the book, obviously, which was a great book. And it was actually kind of weird because I remember reading it and realizing it was a children's book, so I was surprised [to find out] how such a deep topic could be turned into a children's book. Then I was wondering how they were going to turn it into a movie, but they did an amzing job. And I also talked to my parents about it a lot, and?because?my family is Jewish, we all connected to it in a way. I wanted to talk about that because your character himself isn't Jewish, but he does help people who are. Though I don't want to say that religion alone?defines experience, in the case of the Holocaust, that's sort of true. As a Jewish person, how did you get into the mindset of a World War 2 era character who wasn't Jewish? Noah Schnapp: It's more of just knowing that during?this time period, Judiasim was completely separated from everything else and if you were Jewish, you were a bad person, basically. It was less of "I'm Jewish, " and more of realizing that these religions were very separated. I had to know that going into the room. It sounds like it would be hard to separate that. Noah Schnapp: Yeah, it's what acting is. You have to put yourself in someone else's shoes. That's what it is. Do you find it difficult to stay in this heightened emotional state of mind for extended periods of time? Noah Schnapp: Yeah, it can be challenging. Emotional scenes can be especially?difficult because I'm such a hyper, excited person, so sometimes that can be hard. But that's why I listen to music to mellow myself out and do my best to zone out of what's going on around me. Sometimes with these scenes, you have to film them over and over and over all day, and it can be so exhausting when they do it at every angle with so many takes. But usually, if I stay in my zone and don't get out of focus, it doesn't take long. You have another film coming out shortly, Abe, which premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival. For those of us who weren't at Sundance, what can you tell us about that production? Noah Schnapp: In that production, I play the main character again and it's more centered around food and culture. It's a coming of age story and the kid in that one, actually, is Jewish. Maybe that pulled me more to the project just because I resonated with that. The whole crew was very diverse; some of them were Brazillian and Muslim, and it was just a really cool project to do. So?maybe it is easier to step into characters?that you share attributes with, even though you separate yourself from them? Noah Schnapp:?Yeah,?but I also think it's more exciting when I get to play someone who's the polar opposite of me. I'm not always attracted to characters who are similar to me, but in this instance, I was. What can you say about any other projects coming up? Noah Schnapp: Well last summer, I filmed an Adam Sandler movie. And that was really exciting because it was a change of pace from what I usually do: it was a comedy and it was really fun to experience new things and learn a lot about something other than drama. Plus, it was a really lighthearted set and I had a good time. That will be coming up sometime soon. And I'll be filming season 4 of Stranger Things here in a few months. More: Stranger Things' Original Plan Was Very Different Waiting for Anya will have a limited theatrical release?starting on?February?7 and will be available On Demand and Digital. Email Sony Delays All Summer 2020 Movies To 2021 About The Author Luke Parker is an award-winning film critic and columnist based in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. As an entertainment journalist, he has interviewed several members of the film industry and participated in some of its most prestigious events as a member of the press. Currently, he is working to obtain his bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication at Towson University. Follow Luke on Twitter @montyparker31 More About Luke Parker.
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Woohoo! So glad I'm in LA, can't wait. Just hearing Julia without an accent is creepy enough. BUt I'm a NiCe GuY.

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