Report: 0006 It's All about Love (4/58/01)
Joaquin in Copenhagen
Joaquin Phoenix is in Copenhagen, Denmark, filming his newest movie It's all about love by danish director Thomas Vinterberg. The actor and co-star Claire Danes have been accommodated in private homes instead of hotels.
According to the movie's producer, Lars Rahbek, Joaquin is so down to earth that he is riding around on a bicycle in Copenhagen, instead of sitting in a limousine, like many other stars prefer. They will stay in Denmark for a month, and then move to Trollhättan, Sweden, to continue the shootings.
Article from it's All About Love
CAMERAS ROLL ON THOMAS VINTERBERG'S IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE
"A classic love story set in a world on the brink of cosmic collapse"
Copenhagen....April 23, 2001
Cameras rolled today on Thomas Vinterberg'shighly anticipated feature film IT'S
ALL ABOUT LOVE. Produced by NimbusFilm, the picture will shoot on location and
in studios in Denmark and Film i Väst in Sweden with extensive second unit
filming in New York and around the globe. Starring Joaquin Phoenix as John and
Claire Danes as Elena, with a strong supporting cast, which includes Douglas
Henshall, Margo Martindale, Alun Armstrong and Mark Strong, this spectacular
English-language picture will shoot for 10 weeks and will be completed for May
2002 and a summer release worldwide.
"I have always wanted to make a love story," says Thomas Vinterberg,
"I see IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE as a romance which embraces the thriller genre.
An epic love story for the 21st Century.
"In a world where people become more and more self-obsessed and where the
speed and complexity of everyday life increases by the minute, the basic
conditions for love seem difficult. It is almost as if life itself negates love.
This very conflict is my basis for IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE.
"We will be shooting on super 35mm and in Cinemascope. And though our story
is near-future, the production design by Ben van Os (ORLANDO; THE COOK, THE
THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER) is more retro than futuristic. Art deco mixes
with visual influences from old Technicolor films. The film will present some
sfx sequences which I hope the audience will find truly unique.
"IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE is in all humbleness my portrait of our modern
society."
Producer, Birgitte Hald, who also produced the highly acclaimed FESTEN, is very
excited with the way the film is proceeding, "the film has been a long time
in gestation" she commented, "but I think this has been invaluable in
giving us the opportunity to really work out the plot lines, the script, the
design. In fact, I believe, it has allowed us to come up with something
wonderful, not least the casting which is very special indeed."
Trust Film Sales' Annakarin Ström will handle sales for non-English speaking
territories while FilmFour handles sales for English-speaking territories.
Distributors and financiers include: A.M.A. Films, CoBo Fund, Danish
Broadcasting Corporation, Danish Film Institute, Dutch Film Fund,
EgmontEntertainment, Film i Väst, FilmFour, Frenetic, Golem, Isabella Films,
Key Films, Memfis Film AB, Nordic Film & TV Fund, RCV Film Distribution,
Senator Films, Shochiku, Slot Machine.