The Everything Is Illuminated trailer has hit the web, and I’ve gotta say I’m really looking forward to it now. Elijah Wood seems to be doing just about every right to make sure he doesn’t get locked into a “Frodo” stereotype after the success of The Lord of the Rings by taking interesting off beat roles for himself. I mean… how seriously creepy was he in Sin City! He made my skin crawl.
Everything is Illuminated looks like a funny/thinking sorta of film in the vain of Wes Anderson. The good folks over at MovieWeb give us this synopsis of the film:
Based on the acclaimed, best-selling novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, “Everything is Illuminated” tells the story of a young American Jewish man’s quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather–in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion.
The journey begins as a comic nightmare–with an eccentric trio of paid “expert” guides sorely lacking in expertise: a cranky grandfather who insists on bringing his unruly seeing-eye dog to help him drive, and his over-enthusiastic grandson, whose fractured command of English, passion for retro American pop culture, and inability to shut up threaten to make the worst of every situation. But what starts out as the tour from hell turns into a surprisingly meaningful journey–with an unexpected and powerful series of revelations that will indelibly change all of their lives.
The trailer is actually a fantastic one. It has a couple of laughs… it doesn’t really give too much of the film away… but most importantly it instantly had me fascinated with the lead character. Now I want to see the movie just because I want to know what makes this guy tick.
To see the Everything Is Illuminated trailer just head over here.
