Jesse Eisenberg
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As soon as I saw that, I took the characters out of Mongolia and I set them on this Polish trip. But that was really the feeling. It's like you could drop these characters in anywhere, in any scene, and it will still be amusing. And so, like what you said, they're going to all of these places fraught with the history of trauma.
As soon as I saw that, I took the characters out of Mongolia and I set them on this Polish trip. But that was really the feeling. It's like you could drop these characters in anywhere, in any scene, and it will still be amusing. And so, like what you said, they're going to all of these places fraught with the history of trauma.
And yet the characters have an appealing bond that you can kind of just repeat and further uncover.
And yet the characters have an appealing bond that you can kind of just repeat and further uncover.
And yet the characters have an appealing bond that you can kind of just repeat and further uncover.
Yes. I've thought about this so much, not just because of making the movie, but because I do the same kind of tourism. I've been to the Rwandan Genocide Museum in Kigali and in Cambodia that, you know, killing fields. I'm fascinated with this kind of tourism. And yes, there's always the weird part of it. Like we have to get lunch on the way there.
Yes. I've thought about this so much, not just because of making the movie, but because I do the same kind of tourism. I've been to the Rwandan Genocide Museum in Kigali and in Cambodia that, you know, killing fields. I'm fascinated with this kind of tourism. And yes, there's always the weird part of it. Like we have to get lunch on the way there.
Yes. I've thought about this so much, not just because of making the movie, but because I do the same kind of tourism. I've been to the Rwandan Genocide Museum in Kigali and in Cambodia that, you know, killing fields. I'm fascinated with this kind of tourism. And yes, there's always the weird part of it. Like we have to get lunch on the way there.
Do we get bad lunch because bad things happened here? Right. Or do we get the lunch we like because we want to have the energy to tour this place? And it's so weird. So in the movie, the characters are like kind of trying to reconcile that disconnect, this necessary disconnect. Like we're on the train going to a concentration camp and we have first class tourists.
Do we get bad lunch because bad things happened here? Right. Or do we get the lunch we like because we want to have the energy to tour this place? And it's so weird. So in the movie, the characters are like kind of trying to reconcile that disconnect, this necessary disconnect. Like we're on the train going to a concentration camp and we have first class tourists.
Do we get bad lunch because bad things happened here? Right. Or do we get the lunch we like because we want to have the energy to tour this place? And it's so weird. So in the movie, the characters are like kind of trying to reconcile that disconnect, this necessary disconnect. Like we're on the train going to a concentration camp and we have first class tourists.
seats because the you know exchange rate in poland allows for us to have this you know we're on a yuppie tour of poland and uh kieran's character cannot stand the fact that we're in first class but like coach is not that much better you know what i mean no he goes he's you know he's saying our people were put on trains in poland in this terrible situation to be killed right uh
seats because the you know exchange rate in poland allows for us to have this you know we're on a yuppie tour of poland and uh kieran's character cannot stand the fact that we're in first class but like coach is not that much better you know what i mean no he goes he's you know he's saying our people were put on trains in poland in this terrible situation to be killed right uh
seats because the you know exchange rate in poland allows for us to have this you know we're on a yuppie tour of poland and uh kieran's character cannot stand the fact that we're in first class but like coach is not that much better you know what i mean no he goes he's you know he's saying our people were put on trains in poland in this terrible situation to be killed right uh
Yes, but also what if you did also have this kind of residual guilt that other people didn't have the sandwich and your moldy sandwich is not something to even have pity for. You know what I mean? Like there could be a version of you that goes like, oh my God, yeah, you're right. I'm feeling bad over something I haven't earned. You know? Yes.
Yes, but also what if you did also have this kind of residual guilt that other people didn't have the sandwich and your moldy sandwich is not something to even have pity for. You know what I mean? Like there could be a version of you that goes like, oh my God, yeah, you're right. I'm feeling bad over something I haven't earned. You know? Yes.
Yes, but also what if you did also have this kind of residual guilt that other people didn't have the sandwich and your moldy sandwich is not something to even have pity for. You know what I mean? Like there could be a version of you that goes like, oh my God, yeah, you're right. I'm feeling bad over something I haven't earned. You know? Yes.
I mean, my family. I'm telling you, I'm not asking you. I'm just telling you that Poland is important to you. Are there any other countries I should look into as being important? You're also into Guam. Okay. Okay, so protectorates, yes. Yeah.
I mean, my family. I'm telling you, I'm not asking you. I'm just telling you that Poland is important to you. Are there any other countries I should look into as being important? You're also into Guam. Okay. Okay, so protectorates, yes. Yeah.
I mean, my family. I'm telling you, I'm not asking you. I'm just telling you that Poland is important to you. Are there any other countries I should look into as being important? You're also into Guam. Okay. Okay, so protectorates, yes. Yeah.