Sunday, June 26, 2011

Chris Weitz on Twilight Nods, Oscar Hopes, & the Politics of A Better Life

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About three years ago, in the same year he landed the gig directing the second film in the Twilight film franchise, Chris Weitz fell in love with a script about a poor illegal immigrant and single father chasing the American dream in East Los Angeles. Entitled The Gardener, the project would feature no stars, shoot on location in gang-affiliated L.A., and would never in a million years enjoy a hundred million dollar opening weekend. Weitz had to do it. 

Read the FULL article over at movieline.com

~Robstenfan

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