Jesse Eisenberg

We went over every word in the script. We went over every angle that we wanted to film.

and it took a long time but they agreed to it and we had two cameras and we basically set up the shots in the most like you know un kind of fettered way we would you know it was written in the script even that these scenes will be shot very simply there will be no music the actors will walk in and out of the room so that's how I wrote it in the script and that's what we filmed we set up the shot the actors walked in I asked them to not block each other so we could see everybody's you know face or whatever and they experienced what they experienced looking at

and it took a long time but they agreed to it and we had two cameras and we basically set up the shots in the most like you know un kind of fettered way we would you know it was written in the script even that these scenes will be shot very simply there will be no music the actors will walk in and out of the room so that's how I wrote it in the script and that's what we filmed we set up the shot the actors walked in I asked them to not block each other so we could see everybody's you know face or whatever and they experienced what they experienced looking at

and it took a long time but they agreed to it and we had two cameras and we basically set up the shots in the most like you know un kind of fettered way we would you know it was written in the script even that these scenes will be shot very simply there will be no music the actors will walk in and out of the room so that's how I wrote it in the script and that's what we filmed we set up the shot the actors walked in I asked them to not block each other so we could see everybody's you know face or whatever and they experienced what they experienced looking at

the shoes or looking at a gas chamber, et cetera, these places of horror. And then they exited the room. And so it was done with like the absolute utmost simplicity and care and reverence.

the shoes or looking at a gas chamber, et cetera, these places of horror. And then they exited the room. And so it was done with like the absolute utmost simplicity and care and reverence.

the shoes or looking at a gas chamber, et cetera, these places of horror. And then they exited the room. And so it was done with like the absolute utmost simplicity and care and reverence.

That's exactly it. So, you know, this place, Majdanek, is in Lublin. So it's in the southeast of the country. Lublin is this really bustling, gorgeous, vibrant college town. And five minutes away from this, again, gorgeous, bustling, you know, cosmopolitan college town is this death camp. And when I say five minutes, that's not hyperbole.

That's exactly it. So, you know, this place, Majdanek, is in Lublin. So it's in the southeast of the country. Lublin is this really bustling, gorgeous, vibrant college town. And five minutes away from this, again, gorgeous, bustling, you know, cosmopolitan college town is this death camp. And when I say five minutes, that's not hyperbole.

That's exactly it. So, you know, this place, Majdanek, is in Lublin. So it's in the southeast of the country. Lublin is this really bustling, gorgeous, vibrant college town. And five minutes away from this, again, gorgeous, bustling, you know, cosmopolitan college town is this death camp. And when I say five minutes, that's not hyperbole.

Like, you drive five minutes down the road, and you are in this death camp. And so... It's not a real known one, but what makes Majdanek really interesting, as opposed to Auschwitz, is that it's so far east that the Russians liberated the camp before the Nazis could really destroy it.

Like, you drive five minutes down the road, and you are in this death camp. And so... It's not a real known one, but what makes Majdanek really interesting, as opposed to Auschwitz, is that it's so far east that the Russians liberated the camp before the Nazis could really destroy it.

Like, you drive five minutes down the road, and you are in this death camp. And so... It's not a real known one, but what makes Majdanek really interesting, as opposed to Auschwitz, is that it's so far east that the Russians liberated the camp before the Nazis could really destroy it.

So the other camps, as you go further west in Europe, were destroyed by the Nazis as the Soviets or the Americans liberated the camps. But this one, as we say in the movie, is kind of well-preserved, for lack of a better phrase. It looks like it was liberated that morning.

So the other camps, as you go further west in Europe, were destroyed by the Nazis as the Soviets or the Americans liberated the camps. But this one, as we say in the movie, is kind of well-preserved, for lack of a better phrase. It looks like it was liberated that morning.

So the other camps, as you go further west in Europe, were destroyed by the Nazis as the Soviets or the Americans liberated the camps. But this one, as we say in the movie, is kind of well-preserved, for lack of a better phrase. It looks like it was liberated that morning.

Yeah. So, like, I imagine you're probably familiar with, like, the reputation that Poland has amongst, like, kind of American Jews, which is that, you know, I grew up hearing, oh, they're anti-Semitic and, you know, they're, you know, all the death camps were there, you know. But my experience there was so different. My experience there was really different.

Yeah. So, like, I imagine you're probably familiar with, like, the reputation that Poland has amongst, like, kind of American Jews, which is that, you know, I grew up hearing, oh, they're anti-Semitic and, you know, they're, you know, all the death camps were there, you know. But my experience there was so different. My experience there was really different.

Yeah. So, like, I imagine you're probably familiar with, like, the reputation that Poland has amongst, like, kind of American Jews, which is that, you know, I grew up hearing, oh, they're anti-Semitic and, you know, they're, you know, all the death camps were there, you know. But my experience there was so different. My experience there was really different.

Kind of revelatory in the following way. We were going to all these sites of Jewish history, of Jewish, you know, horror. And all the people that I met who were working there were like, you know, 90% non-Jews, people who had spent their lives doing far more to memorialize my family's history than I or anybody in my family is doing.