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Everything Is Illuminated Series Of RevelationsWhat starts out as a journey to piece together one familys story under the most absurd circumstances turns into a surprisingly meaningful journey with a powerful series of revelations -- the importance of remembrance, the perilous nature of secrets, the legacy of the Holocaust, the meaning of friendship and, most importantly, love. Mostly, it feels like a mistake -- the wrong director matched with the wrong material. Or perhaps it is a film that wants a new generation to remember a past which profoundly shapes its present. Elijah Wood plays a young man who travels to the Ukraine to remember what he could about his Jewish grandfathers escape from the Nazis in WW2. Everything is Illuminated is one of the more odd road movies you will ever see. The film isnt very funny, although it has been dubbed a dramedy. Elijah Wood gives a very subtle and good performance as Jonathan and the rest of the cast, which is unknown to me, is very good as well. The movie is unexpectedly weird and is not made in a very straightforward fashion, which I like. It is extremely well made though, with some beautiful cinematography and a score that fits the scenery and story very well. Jonathan is a Jew who collects and everything that somehow relates to his families past. He goes to the Ukraine is search of a woman who saved his grandfathers life during WW2, when their village was invaded and destroyed by the Nazis. ![]() I like this movie because it is about a Jew whos family was affected by WW2 and the Nazis, yet it isnt a Holocaust film. Im seriously getting sick of watching WW2 related movies about Jews because they are all about the Holocaust and there are so many of them. This manages to be about much more and it also manages to be a extremely beautiful piece of filmmaking. It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past.
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