January 25th, 2010: Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Bartha were spotted wondering around together in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival Monday. Jesse signed autographs and both young men were seen talking to girls.
Jesse Eisenberg talks HOLY ROLLERS at Sundance.
Jesse Eisenberg & Ari Graynor in Sundance Film Festival -Day 4, 25 January 2010.
Or as costar Ari Graynor says, the film is not so much about the drug wars or even religious affiliation as it is "all about family."
"Holy Rollers" is just one of a slew of dramas playing in Park City this year, but -- with its unique premise, guerrilla execution (lots of dark lighting and close-ups, in part because of the lower budget and accelerated shooting schedule) and the fact that it somehow got made despite few of the pre-sold elements preferred by financiers -- it embodies the current spirit of the festival. Even after Eisenberg and Bartha signed on, the film went another year and a half in limbo as Asch and producer Danny Abeckaser (who also has a supporting role in the film) found, lost and found again sources of financing.
Along the way, the filmmakers sheared the budget and, maybe more importantly, cut out many of the larger drug- and crime-movie tropes that would have made it a more commercial, and perhaps not as effective, picture. "I felt if we kept in a lot of those things, we would have wasted the opportunity to make a character drama," Asch says.
If an actor musing on his neighbors isn't enough to catch your attention, think of Eisenberg -- last seen falling for Kristen Stewart in a 1980s amusement park in "Adventureland"-- and Bartha -- the bachelor who goes missing in Vegas in "The Hangover" -- together wandering the streets of Brooklyn, seeking out men in black hats and beards.
Justin Bartha & Jesse Eisenberg - EW Photo Studio Sundance 2010 Portraits."A lot of people would sit down and talk to us," Bartha says. "You just could never tell them you're making a movie." -- Steven Zeitchik Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com
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